Aloo bhindi fry is a dry fry side dish that goes well with rice and rotis. Bhindi is otherwise called okra/ ladies finger and aloo is the Hindi word for potatoes. In this recipe, I am microwaving the ladies finger, but you can also dry fry it on the flame. As a variation you can […]
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DAL PALAK
Dal Palak is a very simple and quick recipe made with lentils and palak. Palak is the Hindi word for Spinach and dal means lentils. Both spinach and lentils are highly nutritious. This delicious combination of protein rich lentils, highly fibrous spinach and ghee tempering make this a very healthy curry. Dal palak looks very […]
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Vegetable stew is an easy to make lightly spiced, delicate and aromatic stew with mixed vegetables, coconut milk and spices. This stew is a popular stew from the kerala cuisine and is generally served with appam, idiyappam etc. as a side dish. You can add vegetables of your choice to this stew, but I generally […]
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Vatteyappam literally means round cake or round bread. It is a soft and fluffy steamed rice cake often made for Tea. The main ingredients for vatteyappam are same as that of appams i.e. rice and coconut. You can make vatteyappams with rice flour and coconut milk, but I often use leftover palappam batter for making […]
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Kerala Style Appams are thin lacy, bowl-shaped pancakes, generally served for breakfast, made from fermented rice flour and coconut milk. They derive their shape from the small special curved shape pan in which it’s cooked, which is called appachatti in malayalam. If you don’t have appachatti, don’t worry…you can make it in a normal skillet […]
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