Bread is so easily available everywhere – so many bakeries even inside grocery shops that have freshly baked bread and so one may think why go to this trouble of baking breads since it seems so incredibly complicated anyways? I agree that some of the bread recipes do seem complicated plus they require a lot […]
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Banana Nut Bread
At the end of the week, I often end up with at least a couple overripe bananas and I usually make one of two things with them – ‘Unni appams’, which are steamed banana muffins or ‘banana nut bread’, which is a cake with bananas and walnuts. Sometimes I also add other dried fruits to […]
Puffy Steamed Rice and Lentil bread (Idlis )
Idli is another breakfast item from the South indian kitchen, which is a close cousin and a healthier version(since they are steamed) of the Dosas. The batter for the two are very similar with slight differences. In fact one can make idles or dosas interchangeably with the same batter too making slight modifications. You need […]
Dosa (Sour dough Rice and Lentil Crepes)
Dosas are a South Indian specialty food that is craved by all Indians, irrespective of which place in india they belong to. Traditionally, Dosas (and Idlis)are breakfast items from the South indian kitchen. However, they have slowly and steadily made their way and their mark as appetizers/snacks or even as main course meals. Dosas […]
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 […]
Apple and Date Chutney (Paleo, AIP) || Instant Pot Apple Jam
A couple of weeks ago I was craving for sweet mango jam to have with hot paranthas and since I did not have any home-made mango jam left(that my sis sends me from india) but had a lot of apples (from our apple picking last month), I decided to try to make an apple jam […]
Healthy Black Bean Brownie
My kids love chocolate and they especially love fudgy chocolate brownies. So I am constantly trying to make healthier versions of this dessert. Recently I came across a brownie made with black beans when I was watching Food Network on TV. I was at first revolted by the idea of using black beans in any […]
Easy Kerala Chicken Curry || Instant Pot Chicken Curry Recipe (Paleo)
This is a quick and easy way to make chicken curry. This was how my dad used to make chicken curry in his bachelorhood days and so every now and then while we were growing up, we used to request him to cook his ‘special chicken curry’. This is a ‘dump everything into a […]
Pad Thai Style Noodles with Chicken and Shrimp
This recipe will make 3-4 servings Ingredients: 1/2 pkg Rice noodles (14 oz) or any other noodles 1/4 pound of boneless chicken, cut into thin strips 10-12 medium size shrimp (de-shelled and de-veined) 1/2 cup shredded cabbage 1/4 cup french cut green beans 1/4 cup julienned carrot pieces 1/4 cup sliced mushrooms 1/4 cup broccoli […]
Walnut Coffee Cake
I first learned how to bake a cake when I was in 10th grade as part of a Home Econ course. I was so taken in by the process of baking that I started baking this sponge cake at home over and over . The rave reviews that family and friends gave me only […]
Moru Kootan || Yoghurt and coconut curry || Kerala Moru Curry
Moru kootan is a very typical Kerala dish which is a yoghurt coconut curry where usually a vegetable like green(raw) plantain or chembu (taro root) is cooked in a yoghurt /buttermilk (moru in malayalam) and coconut sauce. ‘Kootan’ means any ‘curry’ that can be had with rice. When I first started cooking kerala dishes in […]