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How to Make Kerala Kilimeen Fry

  Kerala Kilimeen Fry (Tawa Pink Perch Fish Fry) This fish fry can use as a great appetizer or a side to a meal. This recipe is very easy to follow and even a bachelor can easily make for lunch. Its  very tasty and crispy fish fry.  A simple vegetable salad or cut onions always compliment with fish fry. It can be served along with rice, morru and a stir

How To Make Mambazha Pulissery

Mambazha pulissery or mambazha kalan is one of the traditional recipe of Kerala, and it is one of the most wonderful side dish for any kerala lunch feast known as Sadya. Pulissery can be made with a variety of veggies/fruits like pineapple, yam, vazhakka/Nendea Pazham, Pumpkin, Ash gourd/kumpalagga etc and Mambazha pulissery is very popular among the pulissery recipes.Very ripe/ sweet mangoes are usually used for making this dish. It is very easy

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

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

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

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

Mango Pickle Recipe

Hello foodies, how are you all? Today I am sharing mango pickle recipe. Pickles have a great craze in India. You can find Varieties of pickles in which mango pickle grabs 1st rank. Mango pickles are made of raw mango or green mango. People wait for summers to get raw mangoes for preparing pickles. In Indian different region have different style of preparing it.  It’s a yummy side dish. I waited

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.

Tuna fish fry Chura Fish Fry nadan rethiyil varuthathu

An Amazing Tuna Fish Fry That Can Be Served As A Snack Or Side Dish With Rice. This Is Easy To Prepare And Tastes Yummy. Most Americans can benefit from eating more fish, and tuna fish makes increasing your intake easy. The omega-3 fats in tuna may lower your risk of cardiovascular disease. A 3-ounce portion of fresh yellowfin tuna provides 89 milligrams docosahexaenoic acid, or DHA, and 13 milligrams

Soya Masala Recipe / Soya Chunks Masala Recipe

Hello buddies. Today I am sharing a very simple side dish recipe for rotis. It’s is soya masala recipe. Soy protein is very good for those who do not eat meat. So not only this is a delicious recipe but also a healthy one. The gravy base is made with tomatoes flavored with butter. If you are health conscious, you can surely use oil instead. Let’s get started with the

Capsicum in Peanut Masala Recipe

  Hello foodies. Here I am again after a week-long break. Today I am sharing with you the delicious recipe of capsicum. It’s easy to make and very healthy. As the name suggests, it is made with roasted peanuts/groundnuts. It gets ready in a few minutes. I paired it up with roti and arbi / taro sabzi, which was boiled and lightly spiced. These things are perfect to be had

Drumstick Aviyal Recipe

Aviyal is the main side dish with rice for vegetarians. The meaning itself is a curry with all vegetables. If you don’t have enough vegetables at home ,and Aviyal is must for lunch, you can try this. Drumstick is the rich source of iron,calcium,phosphorus and  carotinoids. It is a blood purifier and helps to maintain healthy lungs.It is high in digestive proteins. It is a good source of Vitamin.C. It

Seyal Suran Patata Recipe

  Hi again, foodie buddies. Today’s recipe is one of my personal favorites. Seyal Suran Patata is a Sindhi recipe. Suran means yam and patata means potatoes, whereas, seyal is a method of cooking. Seyal recipes have onion based gravies. The onion is caramelised for golden brown colored gravy. Very little water is used to cook these recipes.they pair up well with both rotis and rice. Personally, I like seyal