It never ceases to surprise me that the simplest of recipes sometimes are the most loved and relished! And I am often asked for the exact recipe. Many of my friends love this simple vegetable side dish of green beans with coconut.As in most Kerala dishes, coconut oil and coconut are the key ingredients in […]
Vegetable dishes
Beets in a yoghurt sauce (Beet root pachadi)
Pachadi is the name (in Kerala) for any side dish curry that is made using yoghurt and a vegetable like green mango, ash gourd, carrots or beet root. It is really an accompaniment to the main course, which is usually rice and some other vegetable curry. Growing up, ‘kumbalanga(ash gourd)’ and green mango pachadi was […]
Spicy Long String Beans (Payyaru Ulathiathu)
Long String beans (also known as Chinese Long Beans or Yard Long Beans, Asparagus Beans, Garter Beans, and Snake Beans) are a long, thin green beans that can measure from 1 to 3 feet in length. These beans are a subtropical/tropical plant that is widely grown in Southeastern Asia, Thailand, and Southern China, and are a […]
Okra and Mushroom masala
Okra,also called as Lady’s finger or Bhindi (in India) is becoming a popular health food now due to its high fiber, vitamin C, and folate content. Okra is also known for being high in antioxidants. Okra is also a good source of calcium and potassium. Further, okra is known for harnessing a superior fiber, which helps with digestion and is really beneficial for those who […]
Mixed vegetables in coconut sauce || Kerala ‘Avial’ (Vegan, Paleo, AIP)
Avial (pronounced as Aveeh-ial) is a delicious and sumptuous mixed vegetable dish that is essentially very simple to make (if you follow the directions carefully!) I would say the only complicated part of this dish is the use of many different vegetables and the different cooking times that they require. Avial is made […]
Curried Cauliflower and Potatoes (Aloo Gobhi)
Aloo Gobhi, literally means Potatoes and Cauliflower and is a quintessential Indian vegetable dish (sabzi). I am not sure exactly which part of India it originated in. But I am pretty sure that now it has become a staple in most Indian households. Although each family recipe will have their own variations, all of them […]
Cabbage with Coconut(Cabbage thoran)
This cabbage sabzi (vegetable side dish) was one of the first things I learned to cook when I started paying attention to my amma’s cooking. This is a very simple and easy recipe with really a very few ingredients yet the beauty of this dish lies in its simplicity. Many of my friends like this […]