Salt and Spice

This is a breakfast dish you can prepare in just 15 minutes!  Adding carrots and coconut makes the ‘Upma’ delicious.  If the rava is really fresh, no need to dry roast it before making the ‘Upma’. I am sending this recipe for the event: “15 minute Cooking!” hosted by Mahima of ‘Indian Vegetarian Kitchen“. Ingredients [...]

Happy Diwali to all my Indian Foodies!  I am amazed to see the number of people visiting my blog everyday, in spite of me not blogging for a long time!!! This gives me a lot of inspiration to share my recipes with all my friends around the world…  I am glad to tell you all [...]

Among the different types of ‘stews’ that I make, ‘Beef Stew’ is my favorite! I follow my Mom’s recipe which I think is quite unique. In Kerala Christian homes, it is served for Breakfast along with ‘Appam’. But I would go for ‘Bread and Beef Stew’, if given a choice! Ingredients Beef cubes- 1/2 kg [...]

This is an easy way to prepare Vattayappam, which is a Kerala Christian delicacy. Vattayappam is one of the breakfast dishes made on Christmas morning. It is sweet and yummy and doesn’t need any side dish along with it. It is also served as a snack. Mini Vattayappams were made in the idli maker and [...]

Yesterday was World Diabetes Day. Mixed flour dosas and Peanut chutney are something Diabetic patients can have without regret. Mixed flour dosas are healthy and tasty. Apart from all purpose flour, it also contains whole wheat atta, soyabean flour and ragi powder which enhances the nutritive value. Adding egg makes it tasty and helps to [...]

Muttakuzhalappam or Coconut Pancake is a Kerala Christian delicay. It is an ancient traditional recipe. We all love to eat it at breakfast time. Kids will surely love to eat it as a snack! What you need: All purpose flour (maida) -2 cupsEggs -2Salt -to tasteWater For the filling: Grated coconut -2 cupsCardamom powder -1 [...]

I have been making this sandwich for years whenever there is a kids’ party at home. It is a healthy sandwich and is yummy too! Coriander leaves and mint leaves are used to make the green chutney which enhances the nutritive value of this sandwich. This is my entry for this week’s Weekend Herb Blogging [...]

This is a Tamil Nadu recipe. It is made with the instant rice sevai available in stores. You can also make it with broken home made idiyappams or rice noodles. It is very easy to prepare. Ingredients: Rice sevai -200 gmsOnion -1 choppedGinger -1\2″ pice choppedGreen chillies -3 choppedCurry leaves -1 sprigDry red chillied -3 [...]

Palappam or Vellayappam Hello people, I am back after a long holiday visiting Dubai, Malaysia and Singapore. So here I am posting one of Kerala’s authentic breakfast recipes ‘Palappam’. It is also known as Vellayppam. In olden days, it was made using toddy which we now substitute with yeast. It can be served with mutton/chicken/beef [...]