Soft, spongy appams are a love anyone who has tasted them can’t deny. Paired with stew or beef or green peas curry, they are just the absolutely most delicious breakfasts out there. This easy recipe makes 8 appams. Ingredients 3/4 cup Jeera rice 1/4 cup Water (for grinding) 2-3 tbsp Cooked Rice 3/4 cup Coconut … More Appam
The sweet pongal in the trifecta of pongal, I make mine a little less sweeter than what is commonly made Ingredients 3/4 cup – White rice (Ponni raw rice or Sona Masoori preferred) 1/4 cup – split, skinless Moong dal 5 cups – Water 1 tbsp – Dry Ginger powdered 1 tsp Cardamom (powdered) 4 … More Sharkara Pongal / Sakkarai pongal
Ingredients 1 tbsp Vegetable oil 3/4 cup Carrot slice (thin) 5-6 Curry Leaves 4 Dry Red chillies 2 tbsp Ginger (chopped) 1/2 cup Onion (chopped) 1/2 cup Water Salt to Taste Recipe In a pan heat the oil and add the carrot slices Cook the carrots until the outer edges have browned and caramelized … More Carrot and Ginger chutney
Ingredients 1/4 cup Quick cook steel cut oats Pinch of Salt 1 1/4 cup Water 1 tbsp Raw unfiltered honey 1/2 cup Banana slices 4-5 Strawberries (diced) 10 Almonds Recipe 1. In a very deep microwaveable bowl, combine the oats, salt and water. The bowl size is important since this has a tendency to boil … More Quick cook steel cut oats
Ingredients 4 Ripe Bananas (7-8 inch long) 2 large Strawberries 25-30 Blackberries 4 tbsp Chia seeds 1 3/4 cup Water Recipe 1. Soak the chia seeds in 3/4 cup of water overnight 2. Cut 3 bananas and 4 strawberries into one inch slices 3. Freeze the cut bananas, strawberries and the whole blackberries overnight 4. … More Banana berry smoothie bowl
Ingredients 1/2 tsp Turmeric powder 1/4 cup Water 3/4 cup Coconut milk (thick, unsweetened) 2 tsp Sugar Recipe 1. Heat the water, turmeric powder and sugar in a pan or microwave (1 minute for the microwave) until the sugar is completely dissolved and turmeric loses its raw smell 2. Add the coconut milk to this … More Turmeric coconut milk latte
The perfect snack or breakfast if you have overripe bananas on hand. This recipe makes 6 muffins without any added sugar. If you prefer your muffins sweeter add upto half a cup of brown sugar to this recipe Ingredients 1.5 cups Mashed overripe bananas 3/4 cup All purpose flour 1 Egg 1/4 cup Vegetable oil … More Banana Bread Muffins
Appam and stew is one of the most beloved breakfast items in Kerala. Made with a medley of mixed vegetables, with meat added to it sometime, this is the perfect dish to go with appam. Ingredients 1 tbsp Coconut oil 3 Green chillies (slit) 1 tbsp Ginger (chopped) 4 Green Cardomom (crushed) 4 Cloves 1 … More Kerala style Stew
A South Indian staple that goes with rice, idli, dosa, uthappam etc. It is one of the main gravies that you would have with rice when sitting down to a sadhya (a banana leaf feast). Quite simple to make, it’s a medley of vegetables with lentils packing a ton of flavor and nutrition. Ingredients 3 … More Sambhar
Spanish omelettes are delightful. Except that they are made with quite a helping of potatoes, and at our place we are not always ready for that many potatoes. So we land up using mushrooms and available veggies and/or meats to make the omelette. It is the perfect leftovers food. And very similar to a stove-top … More Filled omelette
Ginger, Salt & Pepper 