Ingredients 1 tbsp Coconut oil 1 tsp Black Mustard seeds 10-12 Curry leaves 6-8 Garlic cloves (sliced thin) 2 tbsp Crushed red chilli flakes 500 gm Yard long beans (broken into 1 inch length pieces) Salt to taste Recipe 1. Heat oil and add the mustard seeds. Wait for the seeds to splutter 2. Add … More Achinga olathu (yard long beans sauteed)
Another staple of the Onam sadhya, this mixed vegetables dish is colorful and flavorful. The word Avial or Aviyal has literally come to mean medley due to this dish. Ingredients For sauteing 2 tbsp Coconut oil 1 tbsp Black Mustard seeds 10 Curry leaves 1 tsp Turmeric powder 2 Green chillies (slit lengthwise) Vegetables 2 … More Aviyal / Avial
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
Another vegetarian staple from Kerala which has a place on the Onam sadhya vazhayila (banana leaf), I like mine slightly sweetened with jaggery. Call it a hand-me-down taste that runs in the family. Erissery is made with pumpkin or butternut squash and vanpayaru, which is a type of small red beans. Vanpayaru resembles kidney beans, … More Erissery
Another vegetarian dish from Kerala that features heavily in a sadhya (feast) is Kaalan. A yellow mellow but slightly tangy curry at the same time made with a base of coconut milk and curd. (It is often confused with Moru curry which is a spiced buttermilk based curry) One can always make a thicker version … More Kaalan
Cranberry sauce is one versatile add on that just has soooo many endless uses. Be it in a BBQ sauce or a dressing or in a cheesecake or for a drink or to top a custard or for the turkey, it is one super simple but delicious recipe which can be tweaked and teased to your fancy.. Spice it up with cinn … More Cranberry sauce
An easy sweet and dense white bread with a lovely crust … More Sweet white bread
A simple straightforward tapioca dish which goes perfect with rice or by itself or even with a green chilli chutney. … More Kappa Ularthiyathu- tapioca sauteed
The eternally simple dessert that satisfies a sweet tooth, Shahi Tukda is made of butter toasted bread and a slightly thinner Basundi. (Not for the calorie conscious!!) … More Shahi Tukda
The all time fave coffee liquer homemade without having to spend a fortune … More Coffee Liquer
Ginger, Salt & Pepper 