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Carrot Salad
Stuffed after a big meal? Swearing that you will never hog that much ever again? Most of us do that post indulging! Just yesterday after the grand Vishu feast, I told myself, tomorrow I am gonna to eat light. So … Continue reading
Posted in easy dishes, experimental, indian, salad
Tagged almonds, carrot salad, crunchy salad, curry leaves, healthy salad, honey, jaggery, jeera, light salad meal, lime, ubiquitous curry leaves, ubiquitous lemon
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Sweet Beaten Rice Flakes (Aval Vilayichathu)
Most South Indian households stock up on beaten rice. When an unexpected guest arrives, beaten rice flakes come to your rescue. You can make delicious items out of this inexpensive item, like upma, cutlet, a sweet, or even payasam (kheer). … Continue reading
Posted in dessert, easy dishes, Kerala recipes, snack, South Indian, tiffin, traditional
Tagged aval nanachathu, aval vilayichathu, beaten rice, cardamom, chana dal, clarified butter, ghee, grated coconut, jaggery, kadala paruppu, Krishna's favorite neivedyam, neivedyam, offering to God, organic beaten rice recipe, poha, poha recipe, roasted chana dal, roasted sesame seeds, sesame seeds, simple neivedyam recipe, sweet poha
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Ari Unda (Rice Laddoo)
Kerala’s very own sweet. Quintessential Kerala ingredients; rice, coconut, and jaggery; are used to make this unassuming sweet. Popping an ari unda into your mouth after a meal can be an utterly satisfying experience and the best part is that … Continue reading
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Tagged ari, ariyunda, authentic Kerala recipe, cardamom, coconut, copra, elaichi, healthy sweet, healthy sweet snack, jaggery, parboiled rice, roasted rice, sharkara
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Pazham Nurukku/Jaggery Coated Plantain/Steamed Plantain
Plantains are an integral part of Onam, the harvest festival of Kerala. Malayalis cannot think of an Onam without plantains. Keralites leverage plantain in all its forms and age. Raw plantains are deep fried and salted or jaggery coated to … Continue reading
Posted in breakfast, dessert, easy dishes, Kerala recipes, snack, South Indian, tiffin, traditional
Tagged amma's evening snacks, authentic Kerala dessert, banana, breakfast, cardamom, cooked plantain, ela ada, etham pazham nurukku, ghee, healthy sweet snack, jaggery, Kerala sweet, nenthra pazham nurukku, onam, Onam breakfast, pazham nurukku, plantain, sharkara, steamed plantain, sugar, Thiruvonam special
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Enna Pothi/Sweet Pouches
A fitting follower to Ela Ada, my previous post. The ingredients are the same as ela ada. Just that the proportions are different and they are mixed differently. These are little steamed pouches of a mixture of rice, jaggery, jackfruit … Continue reading
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Tagged 4 mani palaharam, anupurath pisharam special, arippodi, banana leaf, cardamom, cardamom powder, chakka varattiyathu, cinnamon leaf, elaichi, enna pothi, ghee, healthy sweet, jackfruit jam, jaggery, mundur palaharam, mundur specialty, oil-free dessert, oil-free sweet, raw rice, raw rice flour, sharkara, sweet idli, sweet pouches
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Ela Ada (Sweet Parcels)
Ela in Malayalam means leaf (in this case banana leaf) and ada means thick flat bread. Back home at Palakkad, ela ada is a must item on the day of Thiruvonam (harvest festival in Kerala) and sure shot on the menu when … Continue reading
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Tagged amma's evening snacks, authentic Kerala dessert, banana leaf, benana leaf, cardamom, coconut, dessert with jackfruit jam, ela, ela ada with sugar, elai, elaichi powder, healthy dessert, healthy snack for diabetics, ila ada, ilai adai, jackfruit jam, jaggery, Kerala dessert, Kerala's own dessert, oil-free dessert, onam, pan poli, puran, rice batter, salt ela ada, snack, steamed dessert, steamed sweet, sweet adai, sweet packets, sweet parcels, sweets made of jaggery, sweets with jaggery, Thiruvonam special, Thiruvonam sweet, ubiquitous coconut
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Thiruvathira Kali (Rice halwa)
Thiruvathira Kali, another festival special, the sweet rice halwa, also a kind of dance that women in Kerala perform during the Thiruvathira festival and during Onam. I still remember the kali that my ashalaathu mami (neighbor) used to make. Mami … Continue reading
Posted in dessert, easy dishes, Palakkad Iyer recipes, South Indian, traditional
Tagged cardamom, coconut, elaichi, elakkai, halwa, jaggery, kali, mami's cooking, raw rice, rice, sweet, thekkegramam, thiruvathira, thiruvathira nombu recipe, thiruvathira recipe
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Modakam (Sweet Dumplings)
Sweet dumplings, a favorite of Lord Ganesha, special offering on Ganesh Chathurthi. Ingredients: Rice Flour - 1-1/2 cups Water - 1 -1/2 cups For Filling: Jaggery – 3/4 cup Water – 1/2 cup Coconut (grated) – 1 cup Cardamom – 1 teaspoon Sesame … Continue reading
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Tagged cardamom, dumpling, Ganesa, Ganesh Chathurthi, Ganesha, gingelly oil, healthy sweet snack, jaggery, kozhukattai, modak, modakam, naivedyam, nivedyam, pooja offering, rice flour dough, sesame oil, sweet, sweet kozhukattai
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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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