Cooking in mommy's shoes

Ingredients Moong dal/cherupayar parippu - 3/4 cup Ghee - 1/2 tsp Salt as required Coconut oil - 2 tbsp Curry leaves - 3 spr...

Ingredients Rosematta Rice - 2 cups Grated jaggery - 1 cup Grated coconut - 1 cup Ghee - 3 tsp Whole cardamom - 2 Nos. For d...

HAPPY ONAM TO ALL MY FRIENDS AND FAMILY Ingredients Muthira/horse gram - 1 cup Cooked Basmati Rice - 1 cup Jaggery        ...

Ingredients Pavakka - 1 No. Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp Salt Mustard seeds - 1/2 tsp crushed Yogurt - 3/4 to 1 cup For g...

lo and behold! Nowadays I can't stop but think about how much this kootu curry resembles kudal curry aka botti curry in taste. If...

Ingredients Pumpkin - 1/4 kg Mustard seeds - 1 tsp Fenugreek seeds  - 1 pinch Dry red chillies - 3 Nos. Onion chopped - 1 tbsp  Sa...

Few years back, my husband had an utmost desire to live long as his weighing scale could not force itself to work.  So we were thinking...

Seasonal fruits ..... oh, yes, it is budget-friendly, sweet, and then starts the hunt for an array of recipes to make use of that final bit...

Ingredients Beetroot - 2 Yogurt - 2 cups Onion - 1 medium Green chillies - 3-4 Ginger - 1 inch piece Curry leaves Mustard seed...

Recipe source - Mrs. K. M. Mathew Ingredients  1. Aval/poha/pressed rice - 1/2 kg 2. Jaggery/Sarkarai - 1 1/2 kg Water...

Ingredients Pavakka/Bittergourd - 1 no Pearl onions - 1/4 cup Green chilly - 1 no Tamarind - 1 small gooseberry sized or as require...

I am super excited as our friends are coming for Onasadhya . Vegetable shopping is done. Some cleaning to be done in and around the house....

We never used to make kurukku kalan for onasadhya. Pineapple pulissery used to replace kalan at our home. Things have never been the same o...

K for Kootu curry and Kurukku Kalan learned from Vinayaka caterers and introduced to me by them. Those who are born or visited Kochi for...

I am not an Ashgourd lover. Haven't cooked with ashgourd for years, simply put this way, we don't buy it.  Recently my Mom handed m...

There is nothing to beat the smell of roasting coconut wafting through air in the kitchen. It reminds me of the Mom's busy Onam kitchen...

Onam is such a grand affair for all Malayalis out there. Sadhya is so colourful with all its gorgeous hues and shades like yellow (pi...

As I said in the above posts Onam Sadhya (lunch) can be sweet, tangy, spicy, bitter .... Pineapple pachadi is for people with a sweet t...