Salt and Spice

Wish You All A Happy And Prosperous Onam! Ingredients Rice Ada – 1 1/2 cups (store bought) Full cream milk – 3 litres Sugar – 4 cups Ghee – 1 tsp (optional) Method Boil 2 litres of water and soak the ada for half an hour.  Wash it 3 times in cold water and soak [...]

Ingredients Cracked Wheat – 1 1/4 cups Ripe Kerala Bananas – 2 cut into small pieces Ghee – 1 1/2 tsp + 2 tsp Jaggery – 500 gm Water – 4 cups + 1/2 cup Thin coconut milk – 2 cups + 2 cups Thick coconut milk – 1 cup Dry ginger powder/ chukku podi [...]

Ingredients Semiya/ Vermicelli – 2 cups Full Cream Milk -2 litres Sugar – 2 cups Cardamom – 8 powdered Salt – 1/4 tsp Cashew nuts – 2 tbsp Golden raisins – 2 tbsp Ghee – 1 + 1 1/2 tsp Method Heat 1 tsp ghee in a non-stick pan and roast the semiya on a [...]

In Kerala, ‘Payasam’ is made during the festivals like ‘Onam’ and ‘Vishu’.  There are so many different varieties of Payasams.  ‘Moong dal Payasam’ is a favorite of my family and I also make it to celebrate birthdays of my loved ones. ‘Cherupayar Parippu Pradhaman’ is off to EC for the event “WYF: Festive Treat” Ingredients [...]

‘Chawal ki Kheer’ or ‘Rice pudding’ is a favorite among kids.  In Kerala it is known as ‘Pal Payasam’.  Rice, milk and almonds makes this a healthy dessert for children! I am sending this to Trupti who is hosting the event ‘Cooking for Kids: Rice event’ which is the brain child of Sharmi. Ingredients Full [...]

This is a special payasam made with chakka varatty (jackfruit jam) and aval (rice flakes). When you add jaggery and coconut milk, the payasam is called pradhaman. My husband had brought me three packets of Sara’s precooked chakka varatti from Kochi. I had some aval at home, so here came the idea of making this [...]