Chicken curry with semi thick gravy well flavored with spices and coconut milk.It’s an easy and delicious nadan kozhi curry recipe.It goes well with pathiri, any sort of rice variants ( ghee rice, pulao, normal rice), chapati, parotta/paratha, appam or any other Indian breads. This recipe is our house favorite one and an evolved recipe over […]
Lady’s finger fried and cooked in spicy coconut and yogurt based gravy. It’s an easy to prepare and a yummy side dish which goes well with rice. Lady’s Finger / Vendakka kichadi is one of the must side dishes for Kerala Sadhya which is popular during festivals Onam and Vishu.
Marie biscuits dipped in milk and layered with cocoa condensed milk mixture. An easy and simple no bake recipe, which you can whip up in less than 15 minutes. Ingredients are easily available. Kids will just love this yummy chocolate pudding.
Nathan Bailey’s fried Chicken from the 1736 cookbook Dictionarium Domesticum
Boiled eggs simmered in coconut milk with onion, ginger- garlic and spices. One of the easy and tasty side dish that you can prepare very quickly. Mostly served for breakfast with Appam(Rice and Coconut pancake) or Noolappam (String Hoppers) or Puttu (Rice Steamed Cake) or Roti.
Bread cubes stir fried with vegetables and spices. An easy, healthy and tasty breakfast option using leftover bread.
One of the easiest dessert recipe out there for summer. Adding mango flavor to the authentic Italian panna cotta recipe, make it a heaven.
 Mung bean stir fry with coconut, garlic and green chilly. A relatively simple Kerala side dish – prepared together with rice/rice porridge/kanji for lunch. A comfort food and a very common dish at Kerala homes.
 This is the restaurant way of making mashed potatoes at scale. All credits to Ryan Goodwin. The technique is colloquially referred to as “dead arm” in the restaurant circles.
Mussels sauteed with ginger-garlic and spices. A spicy dish, and very common in Northern Kerala (Malabar). It can be served as an appetizer or as a side dish with rice. It tastes the best with coconut oil.
 Mushrooms cooked and sauteed in ginger garlic, pepper, and spices. A healthy and tasty side-dish. Goes well with rice, roti, and any Indian breads.
Super moist and delicious Carrot Dates cake. The combo of carrot, dates and nuts make it a heaven.
Rice roasted and cooked with ghee and spices. Quick, easy and delicious Malabar style rice preparation. It goes well with spicy nonveg/veg curry.
Omelet roll stuffed with the cashew, coriander and coconut paste. An easy snack that you can whip up and serve guest quickly.
Easy and cheap sautéed ground beef side dish for roti, naan and pita bread.
 Mangoes taste so good and they are also healthy. A quite simple and delicious mango shake recipe using mango pulp which you can easily whip up at home.
Boiled eggs cooked in spicy onion tomato masala gravy. One of the easy and tasty side dish that you can prepare very quickly. Mostly served for breakfast with Appam(Rice and Coconut pancake) or Noolappam or Puttu. Also tastes great with roti or any Indian bread.
Short guide to the spices and condiments available at the Indian/Pakistani stores in the US. How cheap these are compared to safeway, target etc.
Beef cooked with spices, dipped in an egg mix and then in breadcrumbs and fried. An appetizer which is never missed out at parties especially in a Kerala Christian home.
Mutton simmered in coconut milk with onion, ginger- garlic and spices. Appam with Mutton Stew is one of my favorite breakfast. Great combination with Idiyappam, puttu and bread also.
Easy, soft and fluffy Appam made with fermented rice and coconut batter. It’s the best served with chicken/mutton/vegetable stew or fish molly.
Fish steaks marinated with spices and then shallow fried. It’s an easy and a great appetizer and also goes well with rice.
Chicken and vegetables cooked in a sauce combo and then mixed with rice. An easy Indo Chinese style fried rice recipe to make at home.
Chicken cubes marinated, fried and sauteed in spicy and tangy sauce. Best served with Vegetable/Chicken Fried rice.
