Paal Kozhukattai

Paal kozhukattai as the name suggests is a melt in the mouth sweet dish that is made by cooking rice balls in coconut milk and sweetened with jaggery. For me paal kozhukattai brings back the memories of my school days since it was my breakfast on most the days. And considering the fact that, thisContinue reading “Paal Kozhukattai”

Kadala Curry

Kadala curry is a traditional south Indian dish from Kerala. Its a black chickpea stew cooked in a base of onion and tomato and finished off with coconut paste. This is very popular in most of the malayalee households and can be had with puttu, appam, idiyappam, dosa, idli or even chapathi. But the mostContinue reading “Kadala Curry”

Lotus Stem Manchurian

Lotus stem or lotus root is widely used in Indian, Chinese and Japanese cooking. Up until 2017 lotus stem was something exotic for me and I had never tasted it. In 2017, we had been to a restaurant Burma Burma in Bangalore for our weekend dinner and that’s when I got to eat these lotusContinue reading “Lotus Stem Manchurian”

Karimeen Polichathu

Karimeen Polichathu is one amazing delicacy from God’s own country. Pearl spot fish is fried and cooked with a simple onion tomato base wrapped in a banana leaf and the end result is this extremely soft and flaky fish bursting with loads of flavour. I have known this karimeen/pearl spot by the name of kaalundar.Continue reading “Karimeen Polichathu”

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