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Appams or laced rice crepes, Kerala & Srilankan breakfast dish… Making appam is an art & is very interesting. It’s basically rice coconut crepes, popular in Kerala & Srilanka. For making appam, first, we have to make the batter and the batter has to be fermented. I use my Instant Pot yogurt setting for fermenting …
Puttu or steamed rice flour cakes with chickpea or kadala curry, a Kerala specialty breakfast… Puttu or steamed rice flour cakes/funnel cakes are Kerala’s own breakfast dish. Puttu can be served with literally any kind of curry. However, puttu with chickpea or kadala curry tastes absolutely delish. In Kerala, black chickpea will be used for …
Cucamelon turned into a healthy & tasty Kerala style thoran or stir fry with coconut… One of the best harvests I had this year was cucamelon. Cucamelons resemble ivy gourd or tindora or kovakka, also looks like a miniature watermelon. However, it’s a totally different species. Cucamelon is neither melon nor cucumber & not a …
Fresh-picked green apples turned into a delicious pulissery, Kerala specialty vegetarian dish… One of the fun activities I look forward to in September is apple picking. There are many apple orchards close to my house. It’s pure bliss picking the fresh apples right from the trees, enjoying the fresh apples & cooking with them. The …
Raw jackfruit & seeds cooked with ground coconut, a Kerala specialty vegetarian dish… This dish is called Puzhukku in Kerala. When it’s jackfruit season, Keralites make many sweet & savory dishes with it. Even the jackfruit seeds are edible, I love the fried jackfruit seeds. Cooked seeds can be also turned into a delicious smoothie …