Vegetarian

Mambazha Pulissery

A traditional Kerala Sadya (feast) curry delight-Mambazha Pulissery is unique with its blend of sweat and sour tastes. Mambazha pulissery is typically served as the traditional sadya side dish, to go on the side of the coconut leaf, but can also go as a main-curry-mix with boiled rice. The preparation […]

Pumpkin Halwa

Here is another custom recipe, this time a sweet and chewy dessert dish “Pumpkin Halwa”. The preparation uses jaggery as a sweetener along with grated coconut milk and ghee. I used minimal quantities of richness ingredients, to make this dish healthier. If you wish consider adding more of milk, ghee […]

Jigarthanda

Jigarthanda (meaning “cool heart” in Hindi) is a Tamil beverage specifically to Madurai region. It is very commonly served by roadside shops as chilling refreshment during summer season. The traditional recipe uses jelly made out of agar-agar (also known as china grass) in cold syrup prepared out of milk, rose water, […]

Ari Unda

Ariyunda (meaning “rice ball”), another authentic Kerala delight, prepared typically for festival occasions and family gatherings. These sweet semi-hard balls made of coarse grind roasted rice go well as a tea time snack or snacks.  The preparation uses boiled brown rice (well known to be “Kerala –rice”) for its authentic […]

Spinach Chapatti

A healthy chapatti (Indian flat bread) preparation with wheat flour mixed with chopped spinach (Palak). The recipe is a tricky alternative to feed kids those naturally have the resistance to take green vegetables like spinach as a separate dish. The greenish aesthetics of the chapatti makes this dish favorable to […]

Curd – Home Made

For good percentage of Indians, Curd (plain yogurt) is an unavoidable handy ingredient in kitchen, which is traditionally made at home from cow milk. But it’s surprising to me that most of Indians live in western world rely on ready-made curd available in grocery stores, which not even tastes closer […]