Cabbage thoran – Cabbage cooked with coconut and subtle spices. A deliciously simple and easy side dish! I love classic food. You know, the kind of food that takes me back to my roots. The kind of food that make me feel at home. To be honest, cooking and enjoying classic recipes always bring a…
Paal Payasam |South Indian Rice Pudding|Video
Paal payasam is an easy midweek treat, and a delicious way to end your meal. There’s a multitude of ways to make rice pudding, but you can’t beat this South Indian version requiring only three ingredients – rice, milk and sugar. Garnish with pistachios and glaced cherries for a stunning pop of color. I’ve always…
Varutharacha Sambar | Fried Coconut Sambar
Let’s talk about a traditional dish from Kerala today – Varutharacha sambar or sambar with fried coconut. It is actually an incredibly tastier version of the original sambar. Now, do you know that sambar is not actually a traditional dish of South India? It originated in the northern parts of India, Maharashtra to be…
Aval Payasam | Rice Flakes Pudding
No matter how many generations go by and how far they live away from their homeland, there’s one festival that every Keralite keep close to their heart – Onam, the harvest festival of Kerala, which is celebrated across the state of Kerala irrespective of caste, creed or religion. The story behind Onam dates back to…
Oats Payasam | Oats Pudding | Oats Kheer
The classic payasams are super sweet desserts from South India. In Kerala, it’s a quintessential part of Onam (harvest festival of Kerala), and the Onam feast is incomplete without this popular sweet. Technically, this oats payasam with oats and jaggery base is a variation of the classic version. To be honest, the combination of oats…
Pineapple Pachadi | Pineapple in Spiced Yogurt Sauce
Pineapple pachadi. A sweet and spicy combo of pineapples cooked in a spicy sauce made with coconut and yogurt. Add a finishing touch with tempered spices, and serve over a bed of rice.
Pumpkin Erissery| Mathanga Erissery | Pumpkin in Spiced Coconut Sauce
I love humble traditional food. Most of them are packed with healthy ingredients that are nutritious from all angles. I found myself craving for healthy meal the other day, and this pumpkin erissery happened. It’s full of goodness from pumpkin and green gram. The balance between pumpkin, green gram and coconut is pure perfection! In…
Beetroot Pachadi | Beetroot in Coconut Yogurt Sauce
Do you know the difference between pachadi and kichadi? Well, I didn’t until a few years ago. To be honest, I always loved to cook and eat both the dishes. So naturally I’ve never given it much thought. But today morning, while I was making this beetroot pachadi, the same question started to ponder…
Kalan | Raw bananas & Yam in Tangy Yogurt Sauce
A quintessential dish of onam feast, kalan is basically raw banana and yam cooked in a spicy yogurt sauce. Lately, I’ve been addicted to this South Indian curry, which is quite similar to pulissery I’ve already posted on the blog. No doubt, it’s definitely worth a try. Few things before we go to the recipe:…
