Healthy Recipes

Kerala Olan Recipe  For Kerala Sadya

Olan is quite essential dish of any sadya. Its a very simple recipe compared to any other dish in sadya. It is said that when you are having sadya, if you taste a bit of Olan before tasting any particular dish, we would get the real flavor of the dish alone. It  is very simple dish to make with pure thick coconut milk and filled with flavor of coconut oil and

Kumbalanga Pachadi or Winter Melon Pachadi

Here is the another sadya recipe, kumbalanga pachady. Pachady is made of fresh vegetables and is  served along with rice, different kind of vegetables are included. Vegetable pachady is usually made with fresh and typically made of finely chopped and boiled vegetables like cucumber, winter melon, bottle gourd, pineapple, betroot etc. The vegetables are cooked with less water and  mix with grounded fresh coconut and wisk curd, tempered with mustard

Kerala Beef Curry

  Beef curry recipes are avaliable in all sites and blog. But this is a recipe which i tried and got a good result with nice thick gravy and real traditional(nadan) taste. I tried so many beef gravy recipes, But this is the one which impress my hubby who loves beef varities. The colour of this gravy is the colour of kashmiri chilly powder which i used and it is

Pineapple Halwa Sweet Dessert

There have been days when i thought what next fruit to make into a halwa. Not that I particularly like Halwas but there is things fixation on making a halwa that comes with a deep fitted passion of getting a halwa done. I love Tirunelveli and Calicut halwa but well it is not an easy task to make. One can get settled down with something else in most cases right.

Arrowroot Payasam Or Arrowroot Kheer Recipe

Are you fed up with making same porridge for your child since long time? Here is the healthy alternative for that,arrowroot kheer or arrowroot payasam. It is easily digested and nutritious. It has high fiber content,vitamin B complex, which keeps the intestine healthy. It contains iron,calcium,zinc and minerals. Ancient times people were using arrowroot for porridge and liquid recipes. People are not aware of the health benefits. So now a days

Chicken in Schezwan Sauce/ Restaurant Style

My love for spicy foods have taken over my cooking too. Couple days back i was in a spicy mood, so decided to try out some schezwan cuisine. And i am telling you, this has become one of my favourite foods in the world. Schezwan chicken is one of the popular style chicken appetizers served across the globe. It has orginated from the chinese cuisine but we get to see

Egg Masala Rice ( Mutta Masala Chorru )

  This rice can be made within 30 minutes. But it has full of flavour, I love it with some onion raita and my lunch will get filled. This is a great receipe to put in lunch box, kids will love it. Since the eggs is spiced first it has some flavour too instead of bland plain eggs. This is a great receipe to use leftover rice from the previoys

Malabar Fish Curry With Coconut Paste (Thenga Aracha Malabari Meen Curry)

  This is a famous and very common fish curry in malabar area and more specifically Thalassery and vatakara area. This is prepared using fresh coconut paste along with tomatoes or raw mangoes. Tastes better with raw mangoes. Coconut should be ground as smooth as possible to get a better taste. This is s signature dish in many kerala home. This my home style kerala fish curry. Coconut(thenga) is ground

Malabar Ghee Rice (Neychoru)

Kerala, the God’s Own Country, is also referred to as the ‘Land of Spices’. Each region has a delectable culinary repertory of its own. Today I am sharing a delicious Malabar Ghee Rice. It also known as Neychoru’ and can have with any spicy mutton, chicken, beef or vegetable curry. This rice preparation is very simple and easy to make and every common preparation for special occasions like family gatherings or parties.

Butter Chicken Restaurant Style( Murgh Makhani )

This rich, buttery, creamy chicken needs no introduction. Most probably the best known of alla indian dishes, it has already claimed the fame that it deserves. A heartwarming favourite at home, a staple at most indian restaurants, this north indian dish has made its place in every corner of the world.  I do make it at home occassionally, to the great pleasure of my family. I have done receipes from

Vegetable Malai Korma Recipe

Hello buddies! Weekend calls for making simple yet special recipes full of flavors and zest that will make your day special! So here is one gem from my Mom’s old cookbooks from the 1980s. It’s called the Vegetable Malai Korma. This dish is not only rich, subtle and flavorful but also nutritious! Since there are so many vegetables, it makes a healthy side dish with rotis for your kids. If

Vegetable Fried Rice Recipe

This is an Eid special fried rice with richness of fruits and vegetables. This is a healthy dish since i didn’t use any ghee to prepare. For celebrations we used to make this with the combination of  salad and chilly chicken. You can add your choice of vegetables like mushrooms,baby corn. This is a popular Indo- Chinese recipe. To add flavor and good smell i added celery so that it

Kerala Egg Roast Nadan Mutta Roast Recipe

Egg roast is a very simple but spicy side dish and a popular Kerala dish. Kerala mutta (egg) roast is a simple yet spicy side dish with onions, tomatoes and Indian spices.Egg roast is a favorite breakfast side dish and usually paired with appam, Idiyappam puttu or even roti. It is so easy to make that all you need is just under 20 min to get it done and a perfect side

Beetroot kichadi (Betroot in Yogurt Gravy)

Kichadi is a yogurt based curry mainly prepared for Kerala sadhya recipes.We can use vegetables like ladies finger,fried/dried bitter gourd,beet root and fruits like pine apple.Usually vegetables are cooked with little water or fried in oil and simply add the plain curd. So simple. Here i used beet root for preparing kichadi. Beet root is very rich nutrients and minerals which helps in blood formation and reduces anemia. It is

Sardine Fish  Chilly Curry( Mathi Mulakittathu)

Mathi/Sardine mulakittathu is an easy fish curry of malabar.Nadan mathi mulakittathu is a special kozhikoadan dish, also known as meen mulakittathu or nadan meen curry.Since, sardines (mathi) are in season now; and full of fat, it is best to make curry with fresh fish. The best thing about living in Kerala, is fresh fish all the year around. Sardines are cheap and full of omega-3, so try to include in

Squid Coconut Roast ( Squid Thoran )

  When i write about fish recipes. Its  difficult not to mention that we keralities are die -hard carnivores and fish is a staple among non vegetarian population. There are serveral different  ways of  making fish, most common ways are making curries, frying the fish and stir fries. Squid( kanava, koonthal) is popular among the sea food lovers of kerala. Calamari fries is popular receipe in restaurants. This is not

Creamy Chicken Stew With Vegetables

  A few years ago i came across this and now it is dinner rotation once a week . I like simple and easy receipes that seem like they took alot of effort to make .This is one of those receipes. My husband loves this and whenever i make it, he used to tell how great it is. This is a receipe for  a chicken stew with multi colour vegetables

Chinese Chilly Chicken

  For all those who love Chinese food like me and who are always ready to eat Chinese food. This is the most easy and tasty chili chicken you ever have. Chilly chickenis a popular  indo chinese dish of chicken. In india  this may include a variety of  dry chicken preparation. Though mainly boneless chicken is used in this dish, some people also recommend to use bones chicken too. This

Chinese Chicken Fried Rice

The harmonious integration of color, taste, and appearance made Chinese Cuisine popular all over the world. The choice of various ingredients, seasonings and the heating mechanism used in chinese cooking gives such a great perfection to all the senses.People in different countries add their own flavours and spices to Chinese food to customize it to their own taste. Fried rice ,with Gobi Manchurian as its side,is one of the tastiest

Chicken Mandi ( An Arabian Dish)

Mandi, a traditional dish of Yemen made either with chicken or lamb. Mandi is now popular among other Arab countries as well. Traditionally, the meat is slow cooked in a tandoor which makes the meat extremely tender and delicious, and served over aromatic rice.The spice rub used to marinate the chicken is called Hawaij– coriander seeds, cumin seeds, cardamom, cloves, cinnamon, whole black peppercorns are roasted till aromatic and made into a powder.