The idea of this recipe is from my sweet hubby !!!. In his childhood days they used to do make this dish in traditional way, with mushrooms (കുമിൾ) that mushroom overnight in rainy season. The ingredients, wrapped in banana leaf used to be cooked in the normal wooded fire (കനൽ […]
Ghee Rice (നെയ്ചോറ് ) is a typical Muslim-kitchen, main course dish, especially for festival occasions and marriages. This rich rice dish is served along with spicy chicken or Mutton (Lamb) Curry. It goes well with other dishes like egg masala or spicy veg stew too.
Parippu (mung daal) curry (പരിപ്പ്) is an un avoidable side-dish for Kerala cuisine especially for traditional “Sadya” (സദ്യ), in occasions like Onam or Vishu. It is the first to be served with rice, along with papad (പപ്പടം) and ghee. From north to south, the preparation of this daal curry varies […]
Puttu (പുട്ട്) is a traditional breakfast dish of Kerala and nothing new making it. But making it with the coconut shell (ചിരട്ട ) in my kitchen here in Sunnyvale was little bit challenging. First I prepared coconut shell for this- the half shell with the eyes on it- cleaning it […]
Palak Curry OR Palak Cheera Kadnjathu (ചീര കടഞ്ഞത് OR கீரை கடையல்) is a typical Tamil Nadu preparation. It uses a spinach verity known to be Palak, cooked with lentle (dal) and spices. The mix of ingredients will be made as a paste during the preparation, with the process called Kadayal. Same like other […]
This was one of my long time wish to try this pickle!!!. Accidently saw these raw green grapes (പച്ച മുന്തിരിങ്ങ ) during my last week vegetable shopping. It was nice to see them arranged in the shop. But when tasted, it was extremely sour!!! That’s what I wanted to try […]
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