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…
Tag: Kerala Recipes
Kappa Kuzhachathu (Mashed Tapioca)
Ingredients: Tapioca (2-3 pounds; peeled and sliced into small pieces) Coconut (2 cups; shredded) Green Chili (3 chilies) Cumin seeds (2 teaspoons) Garlic cloves (3-4 cloves) Shallots (3; peeled and roughly chopped) Curry leaves (1 spring) Turmeric powder (1-2 tablespoons) Salt (to taste) For tempering: Coconut oil (2 tablespoons) Cumin seeds (1 tablespoon) Dried Red…
Kallumakkaya Varuthad (Kerala Style Stir Fried Mussels)
Ingredients: Mussel Meat (16 ounces/ 1 pound) Shallots (5-6 shallots; thinly sliced; if not available use onions) Tomatoes (2 medium-sized; finely chopped) Tamarind (1-2 tablespoons) Turmeric Powder (2 teaspoons) Chili Powder (1 1/2 tablespoons) Coriander Powder (1 tablespoon) Asafoetida Powder (Hing) (a pinch; optional) Curry Leaves (3-4 springs) Green Chilies (3-4 chilies; chopped) Garlic (1/2…
Meen Pollichathu
Ingredients: Fish (Cleaned; Golden Pomfret) Turmeric Powder Chili Powder Coriander Powder Asafoetida Powder Ginger-Garlic Paste Vinegar Shallots (6-8 finely sliced) Onion (1 large finely sliced) Tomato (2 finely chopped) Curry Leaves Green Chilies (1-2 finely sliced) Mustard seeds (1/2 teaspoon) Banana Leaf Salt (to taste) Direction: Marinate the fish with salt, 1/2 tablespoon chili powder,…
Kerala Halwa
Ingredients: Wheat flour (1 1/2 cup) Corn flour (2 1/2 tbsp) Jaggery (400 grams/ 1 lb) Coconut milk (2 1/2 cups) Cashew nuts Cardamom powder (1 tbsp or as per taste) Ghee (3 tbsp) (You can substitute ghee with coconut oil or use both as per your preference) Direction: In a bowl add the wheat…
Moru Curry (Yogurt curry)
Ingredients: Yogurt (32 oz) Onions (2 medium-sized thinly sliced) Ginger Garlic Paste (1 tbsp) Curry Leaves Dried Red Chilies (2-3) Mustard seeds (1 1/2 tsp) Red Chili Powder (1/2 tbsp) Turmeric Powder (1/2 tsp) Coriander Powder (1 tbsp) Asafoetida Powder (Hing) (1/4 tsp) Salt (To Taste) Directions: Add the yogurt into a blender and blend…
Kerala Fish Curry
Ingredients: Salmon (2 lbs) Malabar Tamarind (2-3 piece) Curry Leaves Mustard seeds (1 tsp) Onion (2-3 medium-sized sliced) Ginger Garlic Paste (1 tbsp) Red Chili Powder (3-4 tbsp) Corriander Powder (1 tbsp) Asafoetida Powder (Hing) (1/4 tsp) Turmeric Powder (2 tsp) Water (7-8 cups) Salt (To taste) Oil (Preferably vegetable oil/ sunflower oil) Coconut oil…
Parippu Curry
Ingredients: Moong Dal (Split Green Gram) (1 cup) Grated Coconut (3/4 cup) Chopped Onion Green Chilies (1-2) Turmeric Powder (1 tsp) Cumin seeds (1 1/2 tsp) Curry Leaves (1 spring) Ghee (1 tbsp) Red chilies (2-3) Coconut oil (1/2 tbsp) Directions: Roast the moong dal in a pan for about 5 minutes and let it…
Koombu Thoran
Living in Boston I would have never thought of finding Koombu (Banana flower or Banana blossoms ) to my good fortune I spotted these at an Asian Store (Super 88 Market). This is a dish that my mom has made for me so many times growing up; Koobu Thoran can be very well described as…
Ada Prathaman
Ingredients: Rice Ada Jaggery Coconut milk Milk Cashew nuts Raisins Coconut pieces Cardamom Ginger powder (or dried ginger) Ghee Directions: Add rice ada to boiling water and let it cook for 5 minutes and turn off the heat and set it aside for another 5 minutes. Now drain out the water and put the rice…
The Ghee Spot 