Pineapple cooked in coconut and yogurt based gravy. It's a yummy sweet and sour side dish with rice. One of the must side dishes for Kerala Onam Sadya.
Pineapple Pachadi (Kerala Style Pineapple in Spiced Yogurt Sauce)
Vendakka Kichadi (Kerala Style Ladies Finger with Spiced Yogurt)
Vendakka Kichadi is a Kerala-style side dish made with ladies' finger (vendakka, okra, bhindi), coconut, and yogurt. It is creamy, slightly spiced, and served as part of Onam/Vishu Sadhya, or traditional Kerala meals. The crispy okra blends with yogurt and coconut into a homely, comforting scoop. It pairs well with rice, curry, and other sides...
Mathanga Erissery (Kerala Style Red Cowpea and Pumpkin Curry with Coconut)
Mathanga Erissery is a humble, homely dish served in Kerala meals and festive spreads like Onam, Vishu, weddings, and other special gatherings. This version adds raw banana (vazhakka) for more body and bite. Pumpkin and coconut bring natural sweetness, gently balanced by the heat of green chillies and chilli powder. Red cowpeas (vanpayar) add a...
Cherupayar Thoran (Kerala Style Green Gram stir-fry with coconut)
 Mung bean stir fry with coconut, garlic and green chilly. A relatively simple Kerala side dish - prepared together with rice/rice porridge/kanji for lunch. A comfort food and a very common dish at Kerala homes.
Kerala Style Appam (Rice and coconut pancake)
Easy, soft and fluffy Appam made with fermented rice and coconut batter. It's the best served with chicken/mutton/vegetable stew or fish molly.
Kerala Style Ghee Rice (Ney Choru)
Rice roasted and cooked with ghee and spices. Quick, easy and delicious Malabar style rice preparation. It goes well with spicy nonveg/veg curry.
Kerala chicken curry with coconut milk (Nadan chicken curry)
Kerala-style Chicken Curry with Coconut Milk (Nadan chicken curry /Thenga Paal Kozhi Curry) is a classic variant of Kerala chicken curry. It has a semi-thick gravy with balanced spice and a natural hint of sweetness from coconut. Beginner-friendly and fuss-free, it needs no special tools. Just home cooking with pantry staples. Scroll down for the...
Kerala Style Mussels Fry (Kallumakkaya Varattiyathu)
Mussels sauteed with ginger-garlic and spices. A spicy dish, and very common in Northern Kerala (Malabar). It can be served as an appetizer or as a side dish with rice. It tastes the best with coconut oil.
Kerala Style Egg Curry With Coconut Milk (Nadan Mutta Curry)
Boiled eggs simmered in coconut milk with onion, ginger- garlic and spices. One of the easy and tasty side dish that you can prepare very quickly. Mostly served for breakfast with Appam(Rice and Coconut pancake) or Noolappam (String Hoppers) or Puttu (Rice Steamed Cake) or Roti.
Kerala Style Egg Roast (Nadan mutta roast)
Boiled eggs cooked in spicy onion tomato masala gravy. One of the easy and tasty side dish that you can prepare very quickly. Mostly served for breakfast with Appam(Rice and Coconut pancake) or Noolappam or Puttu. Also tastes great with roti or any Indian bread.
Kerala Style Prawns Masala (Chemmeen Masala)
Prawns/Konchu cooked and roasted in spicy onion tomato gravy, flavored with cocum. A yummy side dish for rice, pulao, ghee rice, Chapati/Indian bread.
Chemmeen Varutharachathu (Kerala Prawns Curry with Roasted Coconut)
Chemmeen Varutharachathu (Kerala Prawns Curry with Roasted Coconut) is one of Kerala’s most flavourful prawn curry variants, made with roasted coconut. As the name suggests, it uses Kerala’s traditional cooking method called varutharacha, which means "roasted and ground."Roasting the coconut and spices this way gives the curry its smoky depth and true Kerala flavour. You...
Kerala Style Fish curry with Coconut Milk
Fish cooked in chilly, coconut milk and cocum. A great combination with rice 🙂 Recipe adapted from my mom.
Kerala Style Fish Curry (Meen curry)
Fish curry cooked in red chilli, spices and well flavored with cocum. It is the typical Kottayam style fish curry. Served with rice or kappa (tapioca/yuca). Tastes better after a day.
Kerala Style Beef Cutlet (Croquette)
Beef cooked with spices, dipped in an egg mix and then in breadcrumbs and fried. An appetizer which is never missed out at parties especially in a Kerala Christian home.