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

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

One vegetable that I was absolutely terrified of as a kid was beet-root. You can attribute it to the red-color or, even the looks of it but whatever was the

Ari Unda – Rice Jaggery Balls has a lot of memories for my Husband and his brothers. Let me put it in his own words… “As a kid, summers used

Baingan Aloo Ki Sabzi – Potato and Brinjal, is one of the most preferred combination when it comes to making Baingan. This is one of the tastiest side-dishes for all