Coconuts grow in abundance in Kerala and hence coconut milk , grated coconut and coconut oil are widely used in Kerala cuisine. One vegetable dish that uses coconut milk and no red chilli powder and is therefore white in color is ‘vegetable stew’. The stew usually is made out of vegetables like potatoes , carrots and […]
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Hot and Spicy Chicken noodle soup
Hot and Spicy Chicken noodle soup Not many people I am sure associate ‘hot and spicy’ with chicken noodle soup. Chicken noodle soup is really one comfort food that is perfect on a cold, frigid night. Last week when I decided to make this for dinner, I thought ‘Why not kick this up a notch’? […]
Sesame Ladoo/ Brittle || Til Chikki with honey || Til Ladoo with honey
Today, January 14th is Sankrant or Makara Sankranti , which is one of the most auspicious festivals for Hindus, and is celebrated in almost all parts of India and also in Nepal and SriLanka with great fervour and festivities. Sankrant is a harvest festival and it also is regarded as the beginning of an auspicious phase. In Maharashtra, which is a state in […]
Caramel Bread Pudding with chocolate and candied cherries
Re-posting this from before since I just updated with video too. Also since my blog had been private for a long time and I just recently made it public, i will be re-posting some of my old recipes. Bread Pudding was a very common dessert while we were growing up. My mom had learnt how […]
Pumpkin and Tomato chutney (Pumpkin Dip)
Pumpkin Chutney is something that I recently learned to make as I was looking for ways to use my left over pumpkin puree! ( yes I still had some more of pumpkin puree left over from my 2 large Halloween pumpkins. I had roasted them and frozen the puree.) This chutney is very common in […]
Chicken Biryani (in a coconut and cashew masala)
Chicken Biryani is a labor of love …you have to take your time to assemble this beautiful, aromatic combination of fragrant basmati rice with delicately spiced and perfectly cooked chicken pieces. Today I am posting this recipe for my very dear friend, Amanda who simply loves this chicken biryani that I make. In this recipe, […]
Fluffy Rice Pancakes (Vella Appam)
Vella appams (which means White bread in malayalam) are a very typical Kerala bread that is eaten in breakfast with any of the following four curries – Egg Curry, Chicken curry, vegetable/potato stew or Kadala curry (black chick peas curry). These appams are round, white, fluffy and soft in the middle with thin and […]
Black chick pea curry (Kadala curry)
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Pesticides in Foods: 6 Sensible things you can do
Pesticides are so prevalent these days that we may be exposed to them in a variety of ways . The Environmental Protection Agency considers food, drinking water, and residential pesticide use as important sources of exposure. However, the most common way is through the foods we consume. According to the National Academy of Sciences, the major source of […]
Tangy Coconut Chutney (Coconut Dip)
Chutney is a mixture obtained by grinding various ingredients and spices and is usually something that is very hot, spicy and tangy. These are meant to be consumed in moderation – just a slight dip that lends a kick to the main meal. Chutneys can elevate the main dish to great levels and it can […]
Roasted Red Pepper Hummus
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Crepes with coconut filling (Mutta Pathiri)
Kerala is quite a tiny state in southern India yet it is amazing that there is so much diversity in foods even within this minuscule state. I got to know this when I got married. Even though my husband’s family also hails from Kerala, some of the dishes that I grew up with were things he […]