Tulsi is the most sacred herb of India and this sacred plant is found in almost every Indian household. People in India worship and care for the plant daily. The

Rajma, without onion and garlic…No it would not taste good. Generally that is the kind of reaction we get from the people who love rajma very much. But it’s not

A couple of days back I was faced with a very tricky situation. My father-in-law was on an Ayurvedic medicine and he was asked to avoid lentils, potatoes and grams.

The recipe that I am going to share today is another South Indian dish called Kerala Kadala Curry . One of the key ingredients in this curry like most other

Kerala Style Potato Curry – I had posted the recipe for one of my favorite South Indian foods called “Appam” a few days back. The potato curry (urulakizhangu curry, urulakizhangu

What is an anti-oxidant? Before I put it in simple terms, let us look at what the Wikipedia has to say about “anti-oxidants” – An antioxidant is a molecule that

Wet Coconut Chutney for Appam is a tasty Indian side dish for Kerala Appam. This Recipe for coconut chutney is an easy-to-make recipe and requires very few ingredients. This coconut

Kerala Appam Recipe – When I first saw appam, I thought it was the same as Dosa. We in North India have always seen Idli, Dosa and Uthappam as the

If you have been a regular visitor here, you would have noticed that I am huge fan of Parathas. And I make Parathas out of anything and everything. There are

A new blog is born on the internet every half a second. About 95% of these don’t go through to the second month because of obvious reasons. But that doesn’t

Kasi Halwa Halwa is a North Indian sweet dish. While there is another sweet called by the same name in South India (read Kerala), it is an entirely different thing

Muringakka Leaves Dal – Off all the things that I like about Kerala, this is what I like the most – the tongue twisters. It is said that Malayalam is