Salt and Spice

Ingredients Whole Wheat flour – 3 cups Salt – to taste Water – as needed Ghee – as required For the Filling Potatoes – 4 boiled Onions – 2 finely chopped Ginger – 1 tsp finely chopped Green chillies – 4 finely chopped Cumin seeds – 1/2 tsp Turmeric powder – 1/2 tsp Garam masala [...]

Ingredients Minced Beef – 1 kg Potatoes – 4 Onions – 3 big chopped Ginger – 2′” piece minced Green chillies – 4 minced Pepper powder – 3/4 tsp Garam masala – 2 tsp Salt – to taste Oil – 1 tbsp Eggs – 2 beaten Bread crumbs – as required Oil – for frying [...]

‘Kadai Chicken’ is a chicken curry which is cooked in a kadai/ skillet and also served in a kadai/skillet.  The chicken is cooked with all the other ingredients in a tomato based thick gravy and in their natural juices.  It tastes best when cooked in an iron kadai.  Delicious ‘Kadai Chicken’ can be served  with [...]

‘Unakka Chemmeen Chammanthi’ is a very tasty chutney which is usually served with ‘kanji’ or ‘rice porridge’.  It is so easy to prepare and is a great side dish for rice too! Ingredients Dried Prawns – 1 cup Grated coconut – 2 cups Dry red chillies – 7 Ginger – 1″ piece Shallots – 6 [...]

‘Orange Cake’ is a perfect tea time snack you can serve to your guests.  I am sure they will love it…   Here is my recipe for the yummy ‘Orange Cake’ which is a hit in my family! This is my entry for the event “Monthly Mingle: High Tea Treats” hosted by Aparna which was [...]

Ingredients Cucumber/ Vellirikka – 1 cup cubed Channa Dal – 1/2 cup Onion – 1 medium sliced Tomatoes – 2 medium chopped Turmeric powder – 1 tsp Chilly powder – 1/2 tsp Grated coconut – 1 cup Green chillies – 3 Cumin seeds/ Jeera – 1/4 tsp Salt  -to taste Mustard seeds – 1/2 tsp [...]

I love ‘Breadfruit’ and it brings back nostalgic memories of me growing up in Kerala.  My grandmother used to prepare different dishes using ‘Breadfruit’.  ‘Breadfruit and Beef Curry’ is one among them.  You can serve this delicious curry with rice, appam, puttu, idiyappam, porotta or chappathi. Ingredients Beef – 1 kg Breadfruit – 1 Ginger [...]