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Kerala Style Fish Cutlet

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

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Hot and Sticky Honey Sriracha Chicken Wings

Crispy baked chicken wings tossed in a hot and sweet honey, sriracha sauce with ginger, garlic and cumin. I have taken another long break from blogging. But for once, it was not because I was lazy, but because I was super busy, with work…and baking as well. Crl’s son’s school was hosting a Diwali

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Paneer Pancake

Recipe for soft, melt in the mouth pancakes with creamy paneer or cottage cheese. Tring tring. The shrill sound of the cell phone startled me and everyone around. My mother peered at the bright blue screen to find my cousin’s name blinking across it. “It’s them.” I giggled. I knew my cousin was call

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Chicken Fried Rice

Its old news now, but I hope you remember Barack Obama’s remarks about religious intolerance in India towards the end of his historic visit to the county. The next time he makes one of those visits, I request the CIA or whoever decides the president’s itinerary to let him drive through the busy st

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Plantain Cutlets

Mummies, these plantain cutlets are the perfect after school snack for your ravenous little tykes. I only wish my mom had discovered the recipe a couple of decades earlier! To make these cutlets, you need to mix some chopped plantain with sugar, coconut, ghee and cardamom powder. Shape them into sm

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Dahi Ke Kebab

You know that kebabs are essentially grilled or roasted meat and vegetables. So, if I told you I was going to make kebabs out of curd, you would think I was loosing it. The soft texture of curd would make it a ridiculous choice of ingredient for a kebab, right? Or so I thought till I sampled these d

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Kerala Egg Curry

This Easter, I broke tradition and made this Kerala style nadan egg curry instead of my usual chicken stew. As with many Kerala specialties, this subtly spiced curry uses coconut oil and has the creamy deliciousness of coconut milk which makes it a perfect accompaniment to appam, idiyappam and other

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Red Velvet Cake

The colour of blood is Red. Red also indicates grave danger. Love is often expressed artistically by an arrow piercing a Red heart. Blood = Red Danger = Red Love = Red By the transitive property, Danger = Love = Blood (shed). Didn’t you always wonder if the mathematical properties you learnt at scho

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Crispy and Juicy Fried Chicken

Fried Chicken that is crispy on the outside, soft and juicy on the inside. I knew I had you with the title of this chicken fry -Crispy and Juicy Fried Chicken- who in the right mind would resist that? This chicken fry tasted every bit as good as it looked, and even the son who says he doesn’t eat ch