Flavorful Paleo and AIP recipes
This recipe of sweet poha or flattened rice is an easy and healthy recipe that you can make for breakfast or a snack. What is Poha? Poha or flattened rice is obtained by first cooking rice (with its husk) and then dried in the sun. This is then pounded and flattened to get […]
Today I want to share this delicious one pot meal recipe of cassava and shrimp(prawns). Every time I visit my favorite aunt, I always learn a new recipe! She lives in Kerala in India and makes the best Keralan food! In my son’s words…. “everything this grandma cooks is just so tasty!” Very true! I […]
Hi guys! Spring is here finally! It’s hard to think that we have been under varying stages of lockdown for more than a year now! But I guess we have many things to be thankful for! Thank God for technology like FaceTime and WhatsApp Video calls which have made us stay connected with friends and […]
Ada is a traditional keralan food where different kinds of stuffings are stuffed inside a rice flour dough and then steamed by wrapping them in banana leaves! As a kid, I loved the ‘Adas’ with the sweet coconut fillings. Yum! I have made a sweet potato version of these sweet coconut filling dumplings which you […]
Plantain fritters are a traditional snack of Kerala and I have posted the traditional version of Pazham Pori (as it is called in malayalam) earlier. Now of course I make the gluten free and grain free version using cassava flour. I actually prefer the texture of this version now more than the traditional version. Also I do […]
Puttu is a breakfast food that originates from the southern Indian state of Kerala. It is usually made from rice flour. But a variation of that is using kappa (which is the malayalam word for cassava) and kappa puttu is mostly made using fresh kappa (cassava) since most households in kerala have cassava plants growing […]
Not many folks are familiar with Jackfruit. Is it a fruit or a vegetable some will ask! And even fewer folks are aware that the ripe jackfruit is very different from the raw aka green or tender jackfruit. Well if you are new to jackfruit (or rather if Jackfruit is new to you), no worries, […]
Our ancestors did not just eat the meat of animals. They also ate the organs like liver, heart, brains and even testicles! Organ meat are one of the most nutrient dense foods and can be a great addition to your diet. They’re packed with nutrients, such as vitamin B12 and folate, and they’re also an […]
Doesn’t the title make you drool? I don’t know how I got this idea but one day I was sitting eat my lunch browsing through a recipe magazine, the kind that you get at the grocers these days and I saw a pic of ‘chicken and dumpling soup’ which made me drool. And then I […]
I don’t eat pork that often but this curry is the only way I like to eat it! Growing up, my parents never cooked pork at home and we had it occasionally only at our friends’ homes or when we visited Kerala and my grandma made it. My grandma’s pork vindaloo was the best […]
Traditional recipes like these are what make me feel good about blogging my recipes. Until last year, I did not know that we could cook colocasia stems! Having been raised in Bombay instead of Kerala where my parents are from, I somehow missed this seasonal curry in our annual vacations to Kerala! What a tragedy […]
Beef and Potatoes anyone? And what if the beef is cooked in a sauce/curry made from toasted coconut and curry spices like fennel and coriander? Hmm…can you imagine the aromas! This traditional Keralan(Kerala is a coastal state in southern India) Beef Curry is usually slow cooked with either yams or taro root (yes, no potatoes:)) […]