After so many one pot meal pulao recipes, here I am with an elaborate biryani from the state of Kerala. Thalassery is a town of northern Kerala and its cuisine is really famous. The cuisine is a combination of Arabian, Persian, Indian and European styles of cooking. This biryani is supposed to be influenced b […]
Today I will share with you one more lunch menu I made last week. To go along with rice, I made thakkali kulambu, pudalangai poriyal, vellarikkai thayir pachadi curd and gooseberry pickle. I thought I had both the gravy and poriyal in my blog, but to my surprise, I haven’t posted the recipe yet. Will […]
For the third day of Indian states theme for the month long mega marathon, I chose a snack from Kerala. When I was searching for some snacks, I saw this vada recipe which was so much similar to the rice roti we make regularly. The only difference was that it is deep fried. As I […]
Happy Tamil New Year to all my readers Today is the first day of Tamil New Year. Also known as Chittirai Varusha Pirappu, this day always close to my heart. Today we started our tour to various temples early. We had a nice darshan at Sai temple and then we went to Azhagar Kovil and […]
We all love tamarind based gravies and when I saw this at nandoo’s kitchen, I was tempted to try it right away. This is a recipe from Kerala. This is similar to the puli kulambu in Tamilnadu. And there are so many varieties in it such as ulli theeyal, vendakka theeyal, pavakka theeyal, muringakka theeyal […]
I love beetroot and I can have it raw as salad or as a delicious poriyal. My daughter likes poriyal and the pink poori I make with beet juice. But hubby dear hates beetroot and whenever I prepare a dish with it, he never touches it. Sometimes, I have to make another extra side dish […]
Today starts the final week of Blogging Marathon #34 and I have chosen to blog from a fellow blogger as a special theme. The blogger I am paired with is Lisha of Nandoo’s Kitchen. She has a nice collection of recipes and what interested me the most are the Kerala Sadya recipes. So I selected […]
For this month’s Indian Cooking Challenge, Srivalli chose a multi layered sweet from Kerala. Chatti Pathiri – sweet version is from Anita of Slice Of My Life. Usually chatti pathiri is made as a savory dish with layers of pathiri sandwiched between meat fillings. It is like the Indian version of Lasagna. The fillings differ […]
Today I am so happy as I received a mail from Naari Sakhi regarding my interview. Yes, It got published. If you want to know more about me, please click on the picture below to read my interview. And to celebrate this happy moment I am sharing with you the famous Kerala Sadya […]
Happy Onam Wishes To All My Readers When searching for a regional recipe for the alphabet M as part of the Blogging Marathon #32, I saw this recipe at Kothiyavunu. Mathanga means yellow pumpkin and van payar is the cow peas also known as karamani in Tamil. Erissery is a coconut based gravy from […]