Pork varattiyathu!! Pork cooked and roasted with chilli and spices. This Pork masala Fry recipe is a "must" dish at a Kerala Christian home for any special occasion. This goes well with rice.
Kerala Style Pork Fry (Nadan Pork Ularthiyathu)
Kerala Style Prawns Roast (Chemmeen Ulathiyathu)
This is a spicy dish, well flavored with cocum and pepper. It is a simple and quick chemmeen roast preparation. It goes well with rice.
Kerala Style Green Peas Masala Curry (Pattani Masala Curry)
You’ve seen ratatouille. That scene when Anton Ego takes that bite, only to be reminded of him mom’s cooking. Everyone has one. And this is mine. There’s also a story why I love this dish Puttu is a staple breakfast in my family. And as it goes, plantain is the “side dish”. It was so easy a breakfas
Kerala Style Kadala Curry (Black Chickpea Curry)
Chickpea simmered in coconut milk with ginger-garlic and spices. Brown Chickpea is mostly preferred for this recipe. Puttu with kadala curry is a comfort breakfast for any Malayalee. It can also be served with Idiyappam, Appam and any Indian bread.
Kerala Style Sambar
A lentil based vegetable stew cooked with spices and tamarind pulp. A South Indian delicacy. It tastes so good with dosa, idli and rice. This is my own evolved kinda sambar recipe with tips taken from my mom and my friends 🙂
Varutharacha Chicken Curry (Kerala Chicken Curry with Roasted Coconut)
Varutharacha Chicken Curry (Kerala Chicken Curry with Roasted Coconut) is a thick curry made with roasted coconut. It’s popular across Kerala and especially loved in the Malabar region. Varutharacha means roasted and ground. Coconut, shallots, and spices are dry-roasted and ground into a smooth paste. This gives the curry a warm brown color and nutty,...
Kerala Style Chicken Curry - without coconut (Nadan kozhi curry)
Chicken curry well flavored with spices. It goes well with pathiri, any sort of rice variants ( ghee rice, pulao, normal rice) and any Indian bread. It is an easy peasy recipe for kerala chicken curry which suits for a weekday menu. Good one for bachelor's and newbies to cooking also.
Kerala Style Palada Payasam
Kerala Style Palada Payasam is a festive dessert made by simmering rice ada in milk and sugar until rich and creamy. The word "pal" means milk, and "ada" refers to rice flakes made from rice batter. Together, palada is ada cooked in milk, while payasam means sweet pudding. Though payasam has ancient roots, Palada Payasam...
Moru Curry (Moru Kachiyathu/ Kerala Style Seasoned Buttermilk)
Buttermilk seasoned with shallots, ginger and spices. This is a very easy and yummy curry which can be made in no time. It is a must side dish with rice at any house in Kerala.
Beans Thoran (Kerala Style Beans stir fry with coconut)
Kerala style beans stir fry with coconut, garlic and green chilly. A simple and healthy dish that can be served with rice. One of the side dishes for Kerala Onam Sadya 🙂
Pavakka Mezhukkupuratti (Kerala Style Bitter Gourd Stir Fry)
Pavakka Mezhukkupuratti is a healthy, delicious, and easy side dish that goes well with rice or kanji. This is a balanced dish. The bitterness gets toned down by onions, green chillies, turmeric, and coconut slices. "Mezhukkupuratti" means coated in oil. You may also hear names like olathiyathu or ularthiyathu depending on the region. But the...
Beans Mezhukkupuratti (Kerala Style Beans Stir Fry)
Beans Mezhukkupuratti (Kerala Style Beans Stir Fry) is also known as Payar Mezhukkupuratti. This Kerala side dish uses French beans and no grated coconut. It is light, glossy with coconut oil, and pairs well with rice. The same recipe is followed for Achinga Payar Mezhukkupuratti (Long Beans Stir Fry) using long beans. In Malayali homes,...
Achinga Payar Mezhukkupuratti (Kerala Style Long Beans Stir Fry)
Kerala style long beans stir fry with spices, ginger and garlic. A quick and healthy dish that can be served with rice. One of the side dishes for Kerala Onam Sadya 🙂
Cabbage Thoran (Kerala Style Cabbage Stir Fry with Coconut)
Cabbage Thoran (Kerala Style Cabbage Stir Fry with Coconut) is a simple vegetarian side dish served in almost every Malayali home. It’s also a staple in Kerala sadya feasts. Thoran means a dry stir-fry with coconut, usually cooked without heavy spices. In central Kerala, it’s often called cabbage upperi, while in northern Kerala, it’s also...
Avial (Kerala Style Mixed Vegetable Curry with Spiced Coconut)
Kerala Style Avial is a thick, semi-dry mixed vegetable curry with coconut and curd. It is an important sadhya dish, served in temple feasts, Onam/Vishu celebrations, and everyday Kerala meals. There are many histories behind the dish. One of them is that Bhima from the Mahabharata created it by mixing leftover vegetables with coconut. Tamil...