Kerala food recipes

Cauliflower Stew

Vegetable stew is kerala style gravy, cooking vegetables in coconut milk. It has a nice flavor and a superb taste. For preparing the vegetable stew I am adding more quantity of cauliflower, so I called it as a cauliflower stew. This is an excellent dish for vegetarians. Cauliflower contains an impressive array of nutrients, including vitamins, minerals, antioxidants and other phytochemicals. This curry goes well with chapathi, appam etc. Let’s

Curry leaves chicken

Curry leaf chicken curry is an aromatic and flavorful south Indian especially in andhra chicken curry. Curry leaves have a unique taste. Fresh curry leaves are used in Indian curry leaves. This goes well with naan or rotis. It’s very easy to make. Curry leaves are natural flavoring agents with a number of important health benefits, which makes your food both healthy and tasty along with nice aroma.  Let’s see

Gobi 65/  Cauliflower 65

Gobi 65 is a yummy recipe, we can use as a starter. I have tried this several times and it comes out very crispy. This is one of my and my daughter’s favorite snacks. This is one of the vegetables that deserves a regular rotation in your diet, however, as it contains an impressive array of nutrients, including vitamins minerals, anti oxidants and other phytochemical. Let’s see the simple steps

Jack Fruit Ada

  Jack fruit is a healthy season food. We can make several dishes by using jack fruit, as a snack, breakfast, desserts ect. This is my favorite recipe; I think it’s a mouth watering dish. Jack fruit is known as the jack of all fruits. It’s a rich source of vitamins, minerals, fiber and protein. The fruit also contains calorie but no cholesterol. Ingredients Jack fruit 8 no.s Rice powder

Baked egg omelet

Egg omelet is one of the quick, easy and healthy breakfast recipes. It’s a simple recipe by using very little of ingredients. You can customize these to your liking. When you are making egg omelet in oven just grease baking tin. You could use muffins / cup cake liners. Eggs are a very good source of inexpensive, high quality protein. The whites are rich sources of selenium, vitamin D, B6,

Fish fry / Sardine fish fry

Hi all today I am showing you a tasty and special fish (sardine/ mathi/ chaala) fry. You can also use any type of fish for this recipe. This is the very simple method, add all the ingredients in a blender and make a fine paste. Marinate our fish with the masala and shallow fry the fish. You can always adjust the spices by making masala paste. Sardines are rich in

Squid in coconut milk gravy / Koonthal curry

Squid in coconut milk is my favorite curry. For this we just use very little ingredients. The coconut milk gives you a special taste to our squid. It’s a best combination with dosa, chapatti, roti etc. For this recipe you can adjust the quantity of spices and water as per your taste. It has many health benefits. Squid is good source of protein. Also contains Omega-3, copper, zinc B vitamins

Egg curry

In this egg curry boiled eggs cooked in tomato and onion paste with adding spices. Egg is a healthy dish; I try to include eggs in our every day meal in different way. This is the simple way to make egg curry for dosa, chapatti and roti. Eggs are a very good source of inexpensive, high quality protein. The whites are rich sources of selenium, vitamin D, B6, B12 and

Pavakka moru curry - Bitter gourd in yogurt gravy

Bitter gourd /pavakka moru curry is the Kerala style curry. It’s the nice side dish for rice. This is the combination of pavaikka, tomato and yogurt. For this curry you can add drumstick / muringakka. I have this recipe from my amma, it’s my grandma’s favorite curry for rice. Bitter gourd contributes a healthy diet, and benefits your health due to its rich nutrient content. Pavaikka helps in increase digestive

Beetroot Pachadi / Beetroot recipes

Beetroot pachadi is one of the traditional food in Kerala and also a main food in onam sadhya. This is the combination with beetroot and curd. We can make pachadi by using many vegetables. This is very color full and healthy beet recipe.we can serve beetroot pachadi with rice. Beetroot is good for our health. Beetroot is good for our health. It reduces the blood pressure. Beetroot is also an

Squid fry / Koonthal fry / Nadan style kanava fry

Today’s recipe is quick and easy SQUID/ KOONTHAL FRY. I have already showen you different method of squid recipes. It’s very easy and spicy also can make in a very little of time. Squid fry is the naadan style dry fry;  me and my daughter  likes to eat sea food. You can adjust the spices as per your taste. In different places squid have many names like koonthal, kanava and

Maanga chammanthi / Raw mango chutney / Pacha manga chammanthi

  Many of you may be a fan of maanga chammanthi and also know the recipe of mango chutney. My childhood memories are always relates to the taste of mango. This is a quick dish prepared with sour raw mangoes. I love to use manga chammanthi for along with kanji. The sour mangoes are better for preparing this. If the mangos not sour add little vinegar. This is the very

Banana pan cakes / breakfast recipes

Banana pan cakes steps is flat cake; it may be serving with a verity of toppings and fillings. You can eat it’s as a breakfast. Use super ripe bananas to make banana pan cakes. India has many verities of pan cakes. Dosa, appam and uttappam are pancakes made in south Indian cooking style. Here i am already showing u you a simple banana pola recipe by using egg. This is

Crab Roast / Crab recipe

Crab Roast Recipe, traditional dry and spicy recipe. Seafood is my favorite food. This is the simple way to make crab roast. We are making roast recipe with using chicken, prawns and other fish items. You can change the quantity of spices that depending on your taste. Crab is a great source of protein. It contains almost as much protein per 100grams as meats without anywhere near the same levels

Squid fry / Squid ring fry

Hi friends to day I will show you a squid ring fry. This recipe is coated with maida and rice flour then deep fry in hot oil. Squid fry is a simple, easy and tasty recipe. Squid food is prepared in different ways in different countries. Its also called as  kanava and koonthal. Squids are eaten in most parts of America and south Asia, they called calamari. Squid can provide

Malabar Beef Biryani Kerala Beef Biryani

Biriyani is a flavorful recipe with the combination of rice with meat, fish and vegetables. There are lot of biriyani that have different spices and different tastes. Here I am showing you a very popular Kerala Beef Biryani known as Malabar beef biryani. Malabar style beef biriyani have an amazing taste; this is our Sunday special food.  You can serve this with pickle or salad etc. Let’s see the recipe of beef

Curd rice / Thairu saatham

Curd rice / thairu saatham is a south Indian recipe, it’s a part of a larger meals. It’s very simple to make   Curd rice recipe and very tasty to eat for vegetarian persons. If you have some balanced rice you just try it. It’s a good combination with pickles. You can add fruits in it. I hope all are trying like this very simple and tasty curd rice /

Crab In Roasted Coconut Gravy/ Varutharacha Njandu Curry

Hi friends, today I am sharing with you a yummy and tasty Crab In Roasted Coconut Gravy. It’s very simple to prepare and very good combination with rice, chapati etc.  I learned this from my mother; she is also a perfect cook at our kitchen. The fried curry leaves gives you a special taste to the curry. Crab is a great source of protein. It contains almost as much protein

Chicken liver pepper fry / chicken liver recipes

Chicken liver pepper fry is an Indian style recipe. Chicken livers are high in protein and a rich store of folate, which is important for fertility and helps prevent certain birth defects. Livers are also loaded with iron to give you energy. Here I am making this recipe in my own version. It’s very tasty and the pepper gives an aromatic flavor and spices to this fry. If you can

lemon pickle /Vaduka puli curry

Hi….Friends ഇന്ന് ഞാൻ നിങ്ങൾക്കായ് തയ്യാറാക്കിയിരിക്കുന്നത് നമ്മൾ മലയാളികൾക്ക് ഒഴിച്ച് കൂടാനാവാത്ത ഒരു റെസിപ്പിയാണ്…നാരങ്ങ അച്ചാർ (lemon pickle) സദ്യക്ക് ഒഴിച്ച് കൂടാനാവാത്ത ഒരൈറ്റംസ്‌ ആണല്ലോ നാരങ്ങാ അച്ചാർ ..സിമ്പിൾ ആയി വളരെ പെട്ടന്ന് ഉണ്ടാക്കാവുന്ന ഒരു റെസിപ്പിയാണിത് എല്ലാരും ട്രൈ ചെയ്യണേ… Naranga pickle Recipe, ചേരുവകൾ :- നാരങ്ങാ – ഒന്ന് വലുത് നല്ലെണ്ണ – 1 ടേബിൾ സ്പൂൺ കടുക് – 1 ടീസ്പൂൺ  ഇഞ്ചി – ഒരു ചെറിയ പീസ് പച്ചമുളക് –  3 കറിവേപ്പില – ഒരു കതിർപ്പ് കാശ്മീരി മുളകുപൊടി –  1 ടേബിൾ സ്പൂൺ ഉലുവ വറുത്തു പൊടിച്ചത്