South Indian

Ari Murukku Recipe

Ari Murukku is a deep fried Indian snack and made from rice flour. Murukku is  a mixture of  rice flour,  Urid dhal  and coconut milk  makes the rice murukku a tasty one. It is made with idiyappam maker.We used to make this during celebrations. Rice murukku  is one of the popular snack in South India especially in Tamilnadu during the festivals like Diwali and Krishna Janmashtami. Ingredients Rice flour-2 cups Coconut milk-1 cup

Vazha Chundu Payaru Thoran- Banana Flower Green Gram Stir Fry

Hi All, I am Swapna from Gods Own Country, Tvm Kerala. Today I am going to post a traditional recipe and very familiar to you all, Vazha Chundu Payaru Thoran/vazha Poov thoran. There are some traditional kerala dishes which I used to try only in weekends. One such dish is Vazha Chundu Payaru Thoran. Vazhachundu is the malayalam name for the purple flower of the banana plant, also known as

How To Make Fish Biryani

  Hi Friends, today i am coming with another dish, which is fish biriyani. I know you will wonder because we don’t cook fish biriyani at home. If biriyani, then all need chicken biriyani but this will give u a fresh and tasty recipe. Fish is probably my favourite protein and this Fish Biryani recipe is one of a kind. Fish Biriyani, is one of the most authentic biriyani dish from

How To Make Kerala Fish Curry

Hi dear friends, today i am sharing Kerala Fish Curry.as you know kerala is known as the “Land of Spices”.  And almost every dish has coconut and spices added for flavour, giving its cuisine a sharp pungency that is heightened with the use of tamarind. Seafood is the main diet in coastal Kerala.The cuisine of Kerala is linked in all its richness to the history, geography, demography and culture of the

How To Make Chicken 65

Hello foodies, Swapna again back with a yummy chicken recipe. Its a very easy chicken dry recipe that can be served as a chicken starter. Chicken 65 is one of the most popular south indian chicken starter. It can be prepare in so many ways. Today i tried to re create a restaurant style chicken 65 at home, this is one of the favorite appetizer in my home especially my

Chemballi Fish Curry Red Snapper Fish Curry

Kerala style fish dishes are the most flavourful and delicious.One of the best things about having grown up in Kerala is that almost every other day I had enjoyed fish dishes, either as fried or as fish curry, that too catch of the day. We have an abundance of fish as we are surrounded by Indian Ocean and almost all non-veggies are die hard fans of fish. Our fish dishes are

Idiyappam Recipe

Idiyappam is a popular break fast of south India. There is special mould to make this. Three types of mould is available in market. Press type,twist and gun type. According to our convenience we can use. This is very soft and easy to make. Ancient times people used to eat with fresh coconut milk and sugar. Better combination is vegetable or non vegetable curry with this. It resembles noodles. Some

How To Make Kerala Rasam

Kerala Rasam is a very important recipe in kerala sadya. Kerala style rasam recipe is so easy to make at home. Its a very popular dish of we people the south Indians. Rasam  is prepared mainly with tamarind, tomatoes. We can even drink rasam as a soup or can have with rice. Some people use lentils to make rasam little bit thick. So  lets see how I am going to

How To Make Appam

Vellayappam or kallappam is a traditional breakfast of keralites. In ancient times people were making appam with palm toddy(panankallu) instead of yeast. Because of unavailability of that , we are using yeast or sweet coconut water. Even toddy from coconut tree also good. In different areas vellayappam is different. Some are using palappam batter for this,some add urid dhal. But this is special kottayam style vellayappam. This will go great

Kumbalanga Theeyal Recipe

Theeyal is a typical Kerala dish similar to South Indian kulambu. This is included in traditional sadya menu.there are several versions of theeyal according to the regions. The main ingredient is roasted coconut. We will celebrate this Onam with this special theeyal. Without theeyal Onam Sadya will not be completed. This is my sisters recipe,Thiruvalla style of making theeyal. I cooked colocosia with turmeric and salt to remove an enzyme,that

How To Make Chicken Biryani

Malabar Chicken Biryani is a traditional biryani receipe of north kerala. Here today I am going to describe the preparation of a perfect malabar dum briyani. Malabar dum briyani is really a favorite of many food lovers all over the world. A biriyani is one of the most popular dishes in the malabar region. Its a festive food of all people. There are many recipes for a tasty biriyani, some

Chicken Pola/Erachi Pola - A Famous Malabar Dish

Malabar is the northern most district of kerala. Their dishes are totally unique and rich, most of the recipes call for chicken/mutton/beef and eggs.. This is Chicken Pola or Erachi Pola, of the super delicious iftar or nombu thura dish from Malabar. Spicy chicken masala and egg mixture gives authentic taste to this dish.And I am a die hard fan of malabar cuisine. It’s such an irresistible dish enjoyed by both kids and

Kerala Pork Fry - Nadan Panni Erachi Ularthiyathu

Kerala Pork Fry is a popular recipe in south Kerala. For special Occasions like Christmas, Easter pork is an inevitable dish in kerala specially kottayam. Erachi/meat Ularthiyathu/stir fry dishes are very common and regular in christian families. Every home has there on way of making erachi/ meat ularthiyathu/stir fry and this is how we can make it at home. If u are a lover of this meat u can eat

Nadan Koonthal Curry - Squid in Roasted Coconut Gravy

Malabar Nadan Koonthal Curry squid curry are one of my family favourite curry dish, so it used to be almost regular in our dinning table. Squid or koonthal/kanava as we call it in kerala, is a pretty versatile seafood variety and hence it tastes good with pretty much any flavour. Its a very favourite curry of me also except the fact that it requires some roasting and grinding. But its

Kerala Chicken Roast Recipe Kerala Kozhi Fry

This is my amma/mom style of chicken preparation, i still remember having this dish from my childhood. This kerala-style chicken roast is one of her specialties and we all love it. She always prepare all non-veg food with her own home made masala, here also today am going to roast some spices and coconut powder to make a smooth powder masala for this aromatic chicken curry. I powdered coconut for

Puli Inji / Inchi Curry Recipe

Puli Inji is a traditional side dish of Kerala. Usually serves in sadya. It is very delicious because it contains sweetness sourness and spicy. It helps in digestion because ginger helps to increase the blood flow. Ginger is an antioxidant and it prevents the production of gas in the intestine. This dish is an essential part of celebrations. We can keep puli inji till one week outside without  getting damage.

vermicelli-payasam

Semiya payasam is a South Indian dessert made with semiya / vermicelli. Payasam is prepared on special occasions and since Onam is nearing, I thought of sharing this tasty payasam with you all. Semiya payasam, I would say is an easy payasam which can be made by all and during all occasions.  Though we make parippu pradhaman or some other payasams with coconut milk, this is a favourite among my kids

Kozhuva Irumbanpuli Peera Vechathu/Anchovies simmered with Coconut

Anchovies/Kozhuva are known by different names in kerala, like netholi, chooda, podi meen etc. The fresh anchovies are use to make this dish. The frozen anchovies will not give you the authentic taste of the recipe. Meen peera/pattichathu is normally cook along with coconut scrapings and kudumpuli/ Fish Tamarind. But today for a change I am going to make this recipe along with bilimbi/irumban puli as a souring agent. Its

How To Make Aloo Kasoori

The potato fenugreek leaves recipe is very quick, simple and easy one to prepare in less time with very few ingredients, its avery nutritious vegetable mixing with flavours from the fenugreek leaves also known as methi leaves. Kasuri methis is nothing but dries methi/fenugreek leaves. This dish is delicious in addition to being healthy. Aloo kasuri methi is a delicious dish along with potatoes. Here am using baby potatoes, if

Kerala Dal Curry - Kerala Parippu Curry

Onam is coming, so I am updating few sadya recipes. Kerala Onam Sadya or any Kerala Sadya/Feast Nadan Parrippu Curry is an inevitable part. The best combination of Kerala Dal Curry is ghee and pappad. Its an superb and really easy recipe. Its a dal based curry mixed with a spiced coconut mixture and forms an integral part of onam sadya. In kerala sadya this parippu curry is the first