Kadala Curry is a side dish for Puttu, a traditional Kerala breakfast. The curry goes well with many dishes like Idiyappam, Appam, Chappati, Parotta and Dosai too. Idiyappam and appam are generally served with sweetened coconut milk or Stew and this curry is a good option as spicier side dish.
Ingredient you’ll need:
1.5 cups Black chickpeas, immerse in hot water in hot pack (this... Kadala Curry
Kadala Curry is a side dish for Puttu, a traditional Kerala breakfast. The curry goes well with many dishes like Idiyappam, Appam, Chappati, Parotta and Dosai too. Idiyappam and appam are generally served with sweetened coconut milk or Stew and this curry is a good option as spicier side dish.
Ingredient you’ll need:
1.5 cups Black chickpeas, immerse in hot water in hot pack (this... Onam Sadya Recipes
Happy Onam Readers.
September 7,2014 is Onam, Festival of Kerala and since two weeks we have planned on what to cook and how to take pictures to do a Onam Sadya. The inspiration was after our trip to God’s own country, Kerala, last November. We did stay and travel in the boat house from Alappuzha (Alleppey) to Kumarakom, where we had a personal cook who made tons of authentic food and we instantly fell in love with the coconut oil infused... Inji Curry
Recipe: Edible Garden
Preparation & cooking time: 30 minutes
Shelf life: 1 month (if refrigerated)
Ingredients you’ll need:
1 cup of cleaned, peeled and roughly chopped fresh ginger
2 of green chilies
1/4 cup oil
1/4 tsp of mustard seeds
1/8 tsp of asafoetida
1/8 tsp of fenugreek seeds
4-5 curry leaves
1/2 tsp of red chili powder or adjust to taste
1/4 cup of thick... Vendakai|Okra Pachidi
Vendakai|Okra Pachidi
Ingredients you’ll need:
12 okra
1/2 onion
1 tbsp oil and Oil to deep fry
1/4 tsp mustard seeds
1 green chili (or to taste)
1 cup thick plain yogurt
Buttermilk or water (to adjust consistency)
Salt to taste
Preparation:
Clean okra and chop them in thin rounds, not very thin or... Palada Pradhaman
Onam celebration is incomplete without Palada pradhaman or ada pradhaman.
Palada pradhaman is a creamy, cardamom flavored (not over powering taste though) payasam made with rice sheets broken into small bits, called ada and cooked along with milk and sugar. The ingredients are quite simple but the dish is soothing and satisfying after a fulfilling sadya.
It’s a comfort... Kerala Style Avial
Kerala Style Avial is a medley of vegetables that is simmered in ground coconut – cumin mixture and topped off with a dollop of coconut oil.
Many friends shared their version and then I knew, even within Kerala, it’s made in a few different ways and differs from city to city, home to home. I decided to follow Edible garden’s recipe because it is a no onion – garlic recipe and her pics of avial is so tempting.
... Mambazha Pulissery
Mambazha Pulissery is a yogurt based dish made with ripe mangoes, the ripe mango gives the curry a sweet-sour flavor. Pulissery is also called moru curry and is served towards the end of the sadya|meal. Other pulissery variations are with yam, taro or raw banana.
Ingredients you’ll need:
1 and 1/2 cup of ripe or semi ripe mango
1 cup of sour yogurt
1/2 cup Fresh or frozen... Erisseri
Erisseri is also a traditional Kerala dish like Olan that is served in any festival or marriage sadya. The preparation is simple and effortless.
Yellow pumpkin can also be substituted with yam or raw banana. The texture of cooked vegetable and cowpeas along with coconut flavor and sauteed shallots is divine with steaming rice. Enjoy with rice, parippu curry or theeyal and some lime/mango pickle and make it a whole meal or just serve as a side dish... Olan with Pumpkin and Cowpeas
Olan is an essential dish in any traditional Kerala Sadya and one of the simplest dish anyone can make. The dish is made with very few ingredients and its mild flavor goes well with theeyal and pappadam.
The days we are too bored to cook anything elaborate or want to whip up something quick, this dish comes handy. All we do is cook rice, mix with paruppu podi (dhal powder) and have along with olan, this is our favorite combo, do try!
... Cabbage Thoran
Thoran (from Kerala cuisine) is similar to poriyal | kaai (Tamilnadu cuisine). Cabbage thoran is easy – packed with coconut flavor side dish that goes good with rice and any south Indian gravy. Thoran can be made with any vegetable (that matches with coconut) and is a must in Kerala Sadya. It’s simple, quick to make and goes well with the Parippu Curry and Theeyal.
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A common idea we share is - Eating is about feeling good and not just following the rules of cooking. more...