Kerala is a fish loving community and we have created an incredible variety of dishes featuring fish. Of all these dishes, fish cutlet is by far my favorite. To make cutlets, firm fleshed fish such as tuna or mackerel is cooked along with spices, onion and herbs. The bones are then removed, and the
I think every home in Kerala stocks up a minimum of two pickles, the common varities being lemon, mango, gooseberry, garlic etc. Dates, meat and fish pickles are usualy reserved for special occassions. We are, atleast my family is, so much in love with pickles that every meal, however scrumptious it
This Kerala chicken roast is yet another Lekshmi Nair recipe and will remind you of curries at your favorite “family” kallu kada (toddy shop). It has the bold, strong flavors that you normally associate with Kerala non vegetarian cuisine; feel free to adjust spice according to your tolerance level!
I have already shared a recipe for soft and pillowy palappams here. But I recently tried out this recipe, and while the taste was almost similar, the appams were definitely much, much softer. For those of you who are unfamiliar with the dish, appam is a leavened rice bread from Kerala. It is an abso
My son loves paneer and demands paneer curry (or pizza, if he is feeling lucky) almost every weekend. In an attempt to make a healthy curry, I substituted paneer with tofu and paired it with whole wheat Kerala porotta instead of plain flour ones. He heard me blabber about the substitutions and pulle
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This Hyderabadi Chicken curry is a hot and spicy chicken curry that lives upto the promise of everything that Hyderabadi cuisine offers. Haven’t I told you earlier that my mom and I have very different food habits? My mom likes non messy, dry curries like this chili chicken. I obviously like chicken
Kappa Biriyani brings together two favorites of Kerala cuisine : kappa which is cooked tapioca with coconut and erachi which is spicy meat curry with plenty of gravy. The meat used is usually beef (along with bones), but since beef is prohibited in some parts of the country, I have used chicken. Ka
This is the non vegetarian version of my capsicum curry that was quite a hit with everyone who tried it. Adding chicken to the recipe has made it even better (obviously)! It is very much like the North Indian curries you would enjoy in your favourite Indian restaurant. The curry pairs well with whit
While I love pasta and pizza, this Calicut chicken curry with rice and a salad on the side is the kind of food I love to eat after a hard day at work. Unlike other chicken curries from Kerala, the only masala this curry uses is red chili powder and coriander powder. And the flavour that comes from
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