One of the highlights of my onam sadya is always delicious Vada Kootu Curry. Vada kootu curry is a semi spicy vegetable curry,can made more spicy also with urad dal flitters/ uzhunnu vada. Its the urad dal, soaked in water for 3 hours and made into a fine paste, fried and added to a potato and coconut masala curry. In southern part of kerala its an essential dish for kerala
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
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
Thoran is a popular dry dish from the cuisine of kerala. This thoran is very colourful and tasty dish. During onam time my amma/mom used to cook this for sadya. Sadya is a variety of pure vegetarian dishes tradionally served on a banana leaf in kerala. The sadya is usually served for lunch. This dishes like pickles, thoran, aviyal, pachadi, olan etc are served on specific places on a banana leaf in
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
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.
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.
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
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
Last night, I was wondering about what to cook. Being a full time mom is never easy because I have to create menus that my family will enjoy daily. Plus! my kids are food conscious, they also don’t agree on food. My daughter is into soup and my eldest son is into fried food while my husband wants vegetables. So, everyday I have to come up with dishes for breakfast
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
Stir fry kangkong in Oyster sauce is a very simple vegetable dish that my kids love to eat. This vegetable dish composed of a green leafy vegetable widely known in the Philippines as kangkong or water spinach is a popular ingredient in many dishes. If you are looking for a simple vegetable dish that you can cook in 5 minutes then this dish is for you. Stir fry kangkong in
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
Bread fruit is a flowering tree in the mulbery family. It contains protein,dietary fibre,vitamin B12,B6, and vitamin C. It has starchy flesh that makes it perfect for this curry. It can be roasted or baked other than this masala. This is little sweety ,so i like to make it spicy. Breadfruit masala goes well with rice. This is my mother’s recipe. Ingredients Breadfruit-200gm Green chilly-3 Shallots-10 nos Grated coconut-1 cup
Vegetable spring rolls or lumpiang gulay is similar to lumpiang togue the difference is main ingredients. With the former, the main ingredients used are cabbage. This is my first time to cook lumpiang gulay. I always make lumpiang togue whenever I have cravings for fried lumpia. If you are looking for a snack or main dish, you can try vegetable spring rolls. My son and daughter love lumpiang gulay. Whenever
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
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
Kurma is a coconut based vegetable stew that is very popular across South India and is served as a side dish along with chapathi. You will find vegetable kurma being served as a chapathi side dish in most of the hotels. Potato kurma is a tasty side dish made with potatoes which can be served along with chapathi. It can also be served along with rice. This is very easy
Jack fruit seed is highly nutritious.High in vitamin A ,proteins and high in fiber. This is available in summer.we can clean ,sun dried and preserve for rainy season. since it is easily available and people don’t know about the health benefits,all are ignoring this nutritious seed as far as i know. As it is highly fibrous it can prevent constipation ,helps in digestion,thus detoxifying the body. It helps in improving
Indian food is very famous for its diversity there are a variety of vegetarian foods which are made in India. Today’s recipe is a tasty side dish for chapathi made with potatoes and bottle gourd. It is very tasty and easy to prepare too. I am sharing a pressure cooker method of making this potato bottlegourd curry. This is a very simple, easy to make and tasty North Indian side
