Category: Recipe

Uppu Seedai Uppu Chedai for Krishna Jayanthi.

About Uppu Seedai or Uppu Chedai and Vella seedai are dishes offered to lord Kirshna on his birthday. The thought of this festival brings back s mnay beautiful memories from our childhood. The rains, chilren playing, mom frying the seedai for the pooja in the evening, the foot print impressions me and my sister used…

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Curry Pepper Peanuts

Homemade made “Roasted flavoured peanuts”. Many a number of varients to choose from.

Beetroot Pachadi

My all time favourite multi purpose beetroot instant pachadi. It can be stored in the refrigirator for atleast a week. The recipe can be made more spicy or sweeter based on your preference. My MIL makes a version of this whihc adds a spoon of coconut for extra sweetness. But that reduces the logitivty of…

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Soap Stone Sambhar

The sound of seasoning as it splatters on hot food was always music to my ears. “Chissssssss” went the seasoning of mustard and hing on to something delicious definitely I thought, as I turned the pages of my textbook waiting for the call for lunch. The seasoning had settled on the food, and the aroma…

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Mangalore basale Soppu Sambhar

I have visited my grandmother’s sister only twice in my life. “Angichi Perumma “ we used to call her. She lived in a very small ( in other words kugramam) a village smaller than a regular village in Kerala in a place called Yerumapatti. She thought me something very valuable in he short time I…

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Little Millet Puli Pongal

Little millet puli Pongal – The time of the day dawned like any other day – “What should I make for dinner which is light and healthy”. Why not my mom’s “Puli Pongal” with a healthy twist. My mom’s version was a tamarind based broken rice cooked like Pongal, soft and slightly starchy and seasoned…

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