Festival lunch for Tamil New Year and Vishu at my home is mostly an amalgam of dishes from both sides owing to my Palakkad origin and therefore the Sadya lunch as we call the elaborate spread of dishes has delicacies from both states. I try to stretch as much as possible and this year it…
This is a popular dish from Kerala and is almost always prepared as part of the Sadya. The varieties of making eriseri are many and combination with different vegetables. The most popular erisseri made are the chena (yam) and green plantain (vazhakkai),the yelllow pumpkin/mathanga erisseri.The recipe given below is for the yellow pumpkin/mathanga. Ingredients:…
This year the date for karadayan Nombu 15 March 2019 date is between 5:15 AM and 5:45 AM on March 15 before sunrise (India Standard Time). The exact time of Panguni month beginning is at 5:40 AM on March 15. savithri nombu, karadayan nombu..Savithri pleading with Lord Yama to save her husbands life Karadayan Nonbu…
This Faraali recipe / Fasting Recipe for Dahi vadas is adapted from Tarla Dalal with some changes. Sanwa millet is an annual grass cultivated in Japan and South East Asia. In many parts of the world Sanwa has been used in food products like porridge, breads ,cakes and cookies. It comes from the millet family…
Kurukku kalan is an inevitable dish in the grand sadya meal course served in Kerala during festivals of Onam and Vishu. There is another variety of kalan which is loose in consistency and is usually prepared for mixing with rice, whereas kurukku kalan is a concentrated thickened yogurt spiced gravy usually cooked with nendrankai, (…