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Punjabi Samosa

A samosa (/səˈmoʊsə/), samoosa, sambusa, or samboksa is a fried or baked dish with a savoury filling, such as spiced potatoes, onions, peas, lentils, macaroni, noodles, minced lamb or minced beef. Pine nuts can also be added. Its size and consistency may vary, but typically it is distinctly triangular or […]

Non Vegetarian

Prawns Curry in Coconut Milk

Prawns curry is a typical dish of the Indo-Portuguese cuisine of Goa, Daman and Diu, which once formed part of the Portuguese State of India, and the cooking of Mozambique too. [box type=”info” border=”full”]In Portugal, you can find the dish on the menus of Goan and Mozambican restaurants.[/box] As the […]

Juices & Smoothies

Grape Mojito

Mojito (/moʊˈhiːtoʊ/; Spanish: [moˈxito]) is a traditional Cuban highball. Traditionally, a mojito is a cocktail that consists of five ingredients: white rum, sugar (traditionally sugar cane juice), lime juice, soda water, and mint. The original Cuban recipe uses spearmint or yerba buena, a mint variety very popular on the island. […]

Vegetarian

Parippu Pachakkaya Curry

Parippu Pachakkaya Curry is another nutritious delicacy which can be served along with Kerala meal. It is very easy to cook with very little ingredients and a traditional Kerala dish that combines raw banana and dal with spices and ground coconut. This is very popular in Malabar area. Truly mouth-watering!

Starters & Snacks

Unnakai

Unnakai (also called Unnakaya, Kai Ada, Unnakka, and Kai Porichathu) is a spindle-shaped sweet dessert made chiefly of Kerala Banana (Plantain). It originated from the Malabar region of India, and is often eaten at weddings, Iftar and other festivities. The main ingredient of this dish is steamed and mashed plantain, […]

Vegetarian

Payar Mezhukkupuratti

Payar Mezhukkupuratti is one of the side dishes that’s commonly served with South Indian lunch. This is a easy to make vegetarian stir fry in which any kind of veggies can be added. It can be either thoran or mezhukkupuratti. Only one kind of veggie is added or a combination […]

Cakes & Desserts

Ambalapuzha Paal Payasam

Prasadam is a food offering to the reighning deity of a temple. After the prasadam is offered during pooja, it is distributed among the devotees present, Every temple and the deity have their favourite prasadam. In Guruvyoor it is Palpayasam, guruvayoorppn’s faourite. In sabarimala it is Aravana payasam and Appam. […]

Non Vegetarian

Ayala Mulakittathu

Ayala Mulakittathu is Mackerel fish in red colored gravy which is spicy and tangy in taste. This dish makes for a perfect combination with the Kerala Rice or Kappa (Tapioca). Fish is a kind of staple food for Malayalee’s (I am not sure about all parts of Kerala, but Malabar is known […]

Vegetarian

Kerala Olan

Kerala Olan is a true Kerala dish made with red cowpeas (vanpayar), coconut milk and Ash Gourd (kumbalanga or winter melon) as the main ingredients. I love the texture of the cooked beans (vanpayar is most common in olan) and the mild spices in this dish and make it now […]

Vegetarian

Moru Kachiyathu

Moru kachiyathu or Moru Curry; Yet another recipe from Kerala Kitchen which is an integral part of Sadya. This Kerala style seasoned buttermilk curry is nothing but Buttermilk seasoned with Indian spices like ginger, garlic, green chilies, onions or shallots, curry leaves etc. Like most of the Sadya dishes, this […]