A simple meal with Tomato pachadi

Although I make varieties of pachadis at home, I gave a variation for my tomato pachadi this time. Pachadi is always made with ground coconut mixed with curd; here I skipped the coconut part as I had a shortfall in my freezer, that’s happening for first time. 
I rather found this to be simpler than the [...]

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Haryali Chicken

I was in an ecstatic mood for this V-day as my only husband said that we would be going out for dinner and to be ready for that evening. The moment he said, I started day dreaming about steaming Naan, kadai mushroom, kheema muttar & so on….. Another image which wool gathered was about haryali [...]

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Eurasian saucy relish

Till today I was unaware that our very own radish could be Eurasian in origin.Were their ancestors interracial? ….Forget it! I never want to bring racism in vegetables.  
Radish which is called Mooli in Hindi is found lavishly in any corner of world. But these red ones; I hardly found anywhere in India. I do not [...]

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Stir Fried Mushrooms & Paneer

Stir fried veggies is the easiest recipes I guess. I usually make this when I’m not in a mood to cook. Just add bit oil, add together the veggies, spices & salt to taste…..What a cushy job!
Most of the Chinese recipes are stir fried such as stir fried string beans, broccoli, mushrooms, eggplants, noodles etc. [...]

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Papadams

While I was searching for Kerala papadams available in US, I came across this information. I didn’t see anything related to the papadams which we get in Kerala. My sister and my husband are hard core fan of papadams. However I’m not that crazy for it, I like it. The one which we get here is [...]

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Sprouted Moong with Potatoes

 
Sprouted Moong with Potatoes 
Sprouts are always a good choice of protein in a meal. It is easy to be prepared and tastier too. I generally sprout most of the pulses found in the grocery. This time green moong was my choice.   Usually pulses are sprouted by soaking it overnight and then hanging them on a [...]

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Chicken in coconut gravy

Chicken in Coconut gravy 
It was in the morning suddenly I got a message popping up in my yahoo chat window by my friend Rekha asking for a chicken recipe. Before asking which kind she needs, she left the chat window. I told I would definitely try for something new. But then I forgot about [...]

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Chicken Biriyani [Kozhikode style]

 

If anyone asks me which my all time favorite dish is, then I would go for this option first….Chicken Biriyani!!
It was when i ate toothsome malabar style chicken biriyani from my mom’s friend Indira aunty’s place that i got addicted to it. I was always in a urge to find out how to make this yummylicious dish. [...]

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Instant Fish Pickle

I can never forget our good old hostel days when our senior Jeena used to bring fish pickle from her house. I never bothered to take down the recipe at that time as i was only engaged in eating how much ever possible. Later on it was from a book written by “Thankam philip”, i came to know [...]

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Country Style Chicken

Usually the chicken fry which my mom makes is by marinating, keeping for a while and then frying. But what my mother-in-law does is bit different and unique. It is not directly frying; it’s by cooking first and then frying. It gives an enhanced taste of the masalas gone into. This is one of my [...]

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