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Delicious & healthy steamed oats puttu… Oats are a healthy ingredient & a variety of dishes can be made out of it. One of the dishes I love making with it is oats puttu or steamed oats. Puttu is a popular breakfast in Kerala, layered with wet rice flour & coconut & steam cooked. Puttu …
Shrimp masala stuffed idiyappam or string hoppers, it’s a Kerala delicacy… Idiyappam or string hoppers is a delicacy in Kerala, Tamil Nadu & Srilanka. It’s like steamed rice noodles, tastes much better than rice noodles though. Idiyappam can be enjoyed with literally any kind of curry. One of my favorite ways of serving idiyappam is …
Turned apples into a delicious dessert… Payasam for South Indians & Kheer for North Indians, is a traditional Indian dessert that is typically made by simmering rice or vermicelli along with milk and sugar, flavored with cardamom, saffron, or rose water. While making kheer, this time I’ve added apples. Roasted the apples in ghee, added …
Healthy & nutritious vegetarian curry made in the Instant Pot… One of the greens I grow in my vegetable garden is Swiss chard, it grows so well without much care & can be harvested till September. I make a variety of dishes with it- Kerala-style thoran or stir fry with coconut, curries with lentils & …
Flavorful mutton or goat roast, Kerala style… In Kerala, one of the dishes enjoyed by all meat lovers is mutton or goat roast, apart from chicken and beef. Freshly butchered goat is available there, which is one of the reasons why the goat roast tastes delicious. Although I’m not an ardent fan of mutton, once …