Breakfast – South India

Lemon Semiya Upma ~ Lemon Vermicelli Upma

February 26, 2012
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So many wonderful occasions have passed since I last posted here – Christmas, New Years, Pongal, Valentine’s day. I hope you all had a great time celebrating with friends and family! I did too, along with a couple of weeks of celebration of my birthday – a trip to San Francisco and Napa, a fun [...]

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Kerala Chicken Stew ~ Kozhi Ishtoo

August 26, 2011
Kerala Chicken Stew

Whenever I think of stew, the first thing that comes to my mind is lightly spiced coconut milk – very simple, just a hint of aroma of spices, flavor of coconut milk and of course potatoes. That is what every stew should have. You can make it a vegetable stew by adding some carrots, beans, peas etc or a chicken [...]

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Kadala Curry ~ Brown Chickpea Curry

January 21, 2011
Kadala Curry

Ask any malayalee to name his/her top favorite breakfast meals and invariably Puttu and Kadala Curry will feature in the list. Puttu is steamed rice flour and coconut cake, made in a special cylindrical utensil called Puttu Kutthi. This combination of puttu and kadala curry is one of my favorites too. When I first came [...]

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Rava Idli with Kothamalli Chutney ~ Steamed Semolina Cakes with Cilantro Chutney

March 28, 2010
Rava Idli with Kothamalii Chutney

Idlis – wonderful pillowy steamed white cakes – are one of the staple South Indian breakfast dishes. Regular plain idlis are made from fermented batter of rice and urad dal (skinned black lentils). Since they are steamed and there is no oil or any other form of fat added to it, they are perfect for [...]

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Pongal Duo – Venn Pongal (The Savory One) and Chakkara Pongal (The Sweet One)

January 14, 2010
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Pongal as it is called in TamilNadu, India or Sankranti as it is called in various other parts of India is the harvest festival and sun, rain and all that has helped in a good harvest are worshipped. It usually falls around the 15th of January and also signifies the beginning of Uttarayana where the [...]

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Idiyappam n vegetable kurma!!

September 20, 2007

My family has been in kerala for about 3 generations now and the kind of food that we cook at home has a very kerala twist to it… we use a lot of coconut in our dishes and puttu, appam, thoran, avial, erissery n all are part of our usual diet…This morning, we had idiyappam [...]

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