Tag Archives: cardamom
Sharkara Varattti (Jaggery-coated Banana Chips)

Mildly spiced sweet chips synonymous with Onam, an indispensable item in sadya (feast). Ingredients: Unripe plantains (large) – 5 Nos Jaggery (Sharkkara/achu vellam) – 10 Nos (2 pieces of jaggery per plantain) Cardamom (Elakkai, elaichi) – 5 nos Dry ginger … Continue reading
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Tagged cardamom, chukku, coconut oil, difference between banana and plantain, dry ginger, elaichi, elakkai, fried snack, kerala, malayalam, onam, plantain, sadya, sharkara, soonth, uruli
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Unni Appam

Sweet balls, crisp on the outside and soft inside. The dessert of the Gods! Ingredients: Rice flour* – 1-1/2 cups Jaggery/molasses – 1 cup Plantain – 2 (tiny yellow ones, Elaichi kela in Mumbaiya hindi, rasa kadali in malayalam) Cardamom … Continue reading
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Tagged cardamom, coconut, dessert, ghee, jaggery, plantain, rice flour, unni appam
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