Appam & chicken stew is my favorite breakfast food. I remember just sitting in the kitchen watching my mom prepare appam and stew. The house is filled with the most amazing sound of the sizzling batter on the pan and the aroma of chicken stew. I would just devour appam in seconds. It’s a comfort…
Category: breakfast
Shrimp & Lotus Root Shumai
Ingredients: For dumpling wrappers: Flour (2 cups) Water (1 cup) For filling: Shrimp (1 pound; peeled and deveined; chop it as fine as possible) Lotus root (1 root; peeled and washed; chop it very fine) Shiitake Mushrooms (3 large mushrooms) Ginger (1 inch; finely chopped) Cornstarch (1 tablespoon) Shaoxing Wine (2 tablespoons) Green onions (1…
Misal Pav
Ingredients: Moth beans (2 cups; sprouted) Onions (2 medium-sized; roughly chopped) Garlic (3 cloves; peeled) Ginger (1 inch; roughly sliced) Green Chilies (2; roughly chopped) Tomato (1 large; roughly chopped) Coconut (1/2 cup; grated) Cumin Seeds (1 teaspoon) Mustard Seeds (1 teaspoon) Curry Leaves (1 spring) Turmeric Powder (1/2 teaspoon) Chili Powder (1 teaspoon; adjust…
Dosa
Ingredients: White Rice (2 cups) Urad Dal (1 1/2 cups) Sabudhana (Tapioca pearls; handful) Salt (to taste) Note: For every cup of rice you have to use 3/4 cup of urad dal. Directions: Rinse the rice and sabudhana a few times and then soak them both together in water for 6-8 hours. Do the same…
Buttermilk Fried Chicken
Ingredients: Chicken Thighs (preferred, I fried the chicken for waffles so used 6 pieces of skinless and boneless) Buttermilk (2 cups) Dried Rosemary (1/2 teaspoon) Dried Thyeme (1/2 teaspoon) Garlic Powder (1/2 teaspoon) Chili Powder (2 teaspoons) Salt (1 teaspoon) Black Pepper (1 teaspoon) Vegetable Oil/Peanut Oil (2 litre or 1/2 gallon) Seasoned Flour: Flour…
Waffles
Ingredients: All-purpose flour (2 cups) Milk (1 3/4 cups) Eggs (2) Vegetable Oil (1/2 cup) Sugar (1 tablespoon) Baking Powder (5 teaspoons) Salt (1/4 teaspoon) Vanilla Extract (1/2 teaspoon) Directions: Preheat the waffle iron. In a large bowl, beat the eggs, then add in the milk, vegetable oil, sugar, baking powder, salt, and vanilla extract,…
Upma
Ingredients Semolina/Rava (2 cups; dry roasted) Carrot (2; diced) Green Beans (6-7; cut into small pieces) Peas (1/2 cup; if using frozen soak it in warm water for 5-10 minutes) Water (4 cups, for every cup of semolina 2 cups of water) Onion (1 medium-sized, finely chopped) Mustard Seeds (1 teaspoon) Green Chilies (2-3, cut…
Pancakes
Ingredients: All purpose flour (2 cups) Baking powder (5 teaspoon) Egg (1) Vanilla Essence (1/2 teaspoon) Butter (4 tablespoons; melted) Milk (1 1/2 cup) Salt (1/2 teaspoon) Sugar (3 tablespoons) Directions: In a medium sized mixing bowl measure out the flour, salt, sugar and baking powder. Using a whisk or a wooden spoon combine the…
Puttu & Kadala Curry
This is one of the most popular breakfast food in Kerala, the soft puttu made from rice flour and the spicy kadala curry is one of the most tasty & healthy breakfast food you could have. You can serve kadala curry with roti or rice but nothing beats the combination with puttu. Ingredients for Puttu:…
Anda Bhurji (Indian Scrambled Eggs)
Ingredients: Eggs (4-6) Onions (2 medium sized; finely chopped) Tomato (1; chopped) Green Chilies (1-2 chopped; as per taste) Turmeric Powder (1 teaspoon) Red Chili Powder (1 tablespoon) Coriander Powder (1 tablespoon) Cumin Seeds (1/2 teaspoon) Cilantro (chopped; for garnish) Salt (to taste) Dinner Rolls/Breads (to serve) Directions: In a bowl, crack the eggs and…
