Prawns mango curry is a tasty Kerala based dish where prawns and mangoes are cooked in coconut milk. It is not necessary that it should be cooked only in coconut milk, you can also grind coconut with onion, ginger, garlic and the other spice powders and make this tasty curry. Apart from the process of taking coconut milk and de-veining the prawns, this curry can be made very easily. Usually I
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
Mutton pepper fry – a tasty recipe for mutton lovers. My husband is hard core mutton fan and loves this pepper fry. So I made this today. This can be served with dosa, chapathi, or with rice. I made this for lunch today. Usually I serve this with plain rice and rasam, but today my daughter wanted peas pulao and hubby wanted mutton. So I made this mutton pepper fry
Today, I am sharing a kurma recipe which can be served as a side dish for idiyappam. Idiyappam as I told you before is a very popular South Indian breakfast item. Though it is served with egg curry , chicken curry and so on, but vegetarians can definitely try this kurma recipe.. Ingredients required mixed vegetables – 2 cups onion – 1 (big) ginger – 1 inch piece (crushed) tomato
Stew / Ishtu is a Kerala based dish made with potatoes and is served along with idiyappam, appam, or in my place, it is also served with idli. As with any other dish, this dish also has got different versions depending on the region. Some make it with addition of whole spices, but in our place we cook potatoes in coconut milk without any whole spices. It is not necessary
Pepper rasam is a very popular South Indian delicacy. Though I am not a big fan of rasam, nor do I prepare it very often, but this is one such dish which tastes great with steamed rice. Pour a teaspoon of ghee and it tastes yumm… Moreover this is a best medicine to cure cold and fever. I usually grind the masala for rasam in mortar and pestle, but you
Today I am sharing the recipe of kadala curry or channa curry. It is a very tasty accompaniment for puttu. Kadala is a malayalam word for channa and here for this recipe, normal whole brown channa is made use of. Puttu and kadala curry for puttu is a very tasty and healthy breakfast dish served in Kerala and is usually served with kadala curry. Kadala curry can also be served with
Moru curry is a tasty curry for rice. It is a tasty delicacy from Kerala. It is called as morozhichu kootan or moru curry. Moru is a malayalam word which means curd / yogurt. This is a traditional curry which is made in all Malayalee families. It can be prepared with various vegetables like cucumber, raw plantain, yam, jack fruit seeds and so on. Here I have made use of
Today’s recipe is a paratha recipe made with whole brown channa. Kids usually don’t prefer vegetables or channa or any healthy thing as such and this is one method by which we can make them eat healthy food without their knowledge. You can make use of left over channa masala for making this paratha, but since I didn’t have any, I have made everything from scratch. Now to the recipe..
Dates and peanut ladoo is a best example of a sweet that taste really good and is also very easy to prepare. I am always looking for new recipes that work well as a treat, is healthy but don’t contain too much sugar. These can be served as mid-morning snack for kids. This is very easy to prepare at home and is very healthy snack for kids. This is a very
Pesarattu is a very classic and tasty dish from Andhra Pradesh. Andhra pesarattu and MLA pesarattu are both famous breakfast dish. Pesarattu is a very healthy protein packed breakfast dish made from green gram. It is usually served with ginger pachadi or allam pachadi. Both together it is a wonderful combination. But sometimes, when I don’t get time, I prepare coconut chutney and today, I didn’t have coconut with me,
Today’s recipe is a tasty snack – Mangalore bonda. Bonda is a very famous South Indian snack which has got different variations in different regions. There are various versions of bonda available like, bread bonda, urulakizhangu bonda, mutta bonda and so on. Today’s special is another tasty bonda recipe from mangalore, which is very tasty, spongy and absolutely yumm… Serve it with some coconut chutney and you will definitely love
This is one of the easiest breakfast option and I make it very often whenever I run out of idli / dosa batter or when I want something instant. As I have already stated, breakfast is very important in our daily lives and this is a perfect dish which you can make easily even when you are busy getting ready for office, or school. Make this instant dosa easily and
Cheera is a Malayalam word for spinach. This dish is an easy to make side dish for rice which has spinach, dal / lentils, coconut and cumin seeds as the main ingredient. This is a very comfort dish which can be served with rice or with roti. In this recipe, I have made use of palak, you can make use of other spinach varieties also. Dal with palak is
Besan toast is an easy to make snack or breakfast item. It can also be considered as a very healthy snack for kids and adults alike. Now a days, bread has become an important part in our day to day lives and there are numerous recipes which can be made with bread as a main ingredient. Starting from simple bread omelette to sandwiches, every dish is tasty in its own
Today’s recipe is Palakkadan sambar. Sambar is a very imporatant dish in South India. It is served along with rice, with idli / dosa. As I have told you before, there are various kinds of sambar available. Most of them are made with sambar powder, but Palakkadan sambar is one made with freshly ground spices, and coconut which makes it very unique. You can make use of various kinds of
Today’s recipe is a very simple one which all of you might be familiar of – coconut chutney. There is nothing new about this recipe and is a very big recipe to boast about. But since I have shared the recipe of pesarattu, pongal and also I am sharing many South Indian recipes, I thought of sharing this recipe also. Coconut chutney has a very important place in South Indian
Today’s recipe is yet another instant dish which can be served for breakfast, snack or dinner . It tastes good and is healthy in its own way. I am a person who loves instant recipes. Enter the kitchen, finish off your work and come out. But there is one more thing I want rather than finishing my job fast. Make the dish healthy. So this is one easy and healthy
Sambaram is such a tasty and thirst quencher, which every malayalee is familiar with. During early days, when some one visits us or someone from family comes home tired, they were offered sambharam. This was supposed to be a perfect body cooler. This practice was very strictly followed at my dad’s house. (Now things have started changing). I am talking about the time before other aerated drinks grabbed its place. With
Payasam is a traditional sweet recipe which is made during special occasions such as marriages, birthday’s and during festivals. Pal payasam is a pudding which is made out of rice, milk and sugar. This is considered to be a must during Sri Krishna Jayanti pooja. This is a very simple and easy to make pudding with a very rich and creamy texture and a great heavenly taste. This is a very
