Author: Meena Kumar

Traditional Kerala recipes

BREAKFAST / PRATHAL                                                             
Dosa (without fermentation) /Lentil and rice crepes (step-by-step pictures)

PICKLE / ACHAR                                                                             

Instant mango pickle
Onion pickle/Challas/Sallas
Salted lime pickle / Upilitta naranga
Inji puli / Sweet and sour ginger pickle -Palakkad style Sadhya special
-Nadan chammanthi podi
Watermelon rind pickle -  -My recipe Kerala style(Not traditional)
Naranga curry/ Vadugapuli naranga achar Sadhya special
Naranga achar - Lemon pickle  sadya special

Beef pickle/ Erachi achar

CURRIES(GRAVIES) / KOOTAN                                                    


Okra/Ladies finger in Tamarind sauce/Vendakka puli
Mambazha pachadi / Ripe mango in yogurt
Kumbalanga mulagushyam / Winter melon with lentils
Sambar / Thenga aracha sambar / Sambar with coconut -Palakkad style
Nadan chena sambar / Yam sambar / Suran sambar
Rasam- Sadhya special
Pavakka kichadi / Bitter gourd kichadi - Sadhya special Trivandrum style
Pacha manga(raw mango) pachadi- Sadhya special  Palakkad  style
Chena Kaalan -Sadhya special
Strawberry Rasam (Not traditional )



DRY SIDE DISH / THORAN AND MEZHUKUPURATTI           



Yucca root mashed / Kappa
Idichakka thoran / Idichakka podithuval / Tender jackfruit stir-fry
Cabbage thoran /Muttakose upperi / Cabbage sit-fry
Urulakizhangu mezhukupuratti / Potato fry
Avial / Aviyal - Palakkad special
Madhura curry / Pineapple & grapes pachadi / Sweet fruit curry sadhya special
Kappa masala
Vanpayar unakka chemmeen varavu / Dried shrimp with Azuki beans (Red chori)
Kale thoran (traditional alla but nalla taste und)
Aviyal - Sadhya special
Thiruvathira puzhukku - Thiruvathira special
Pineapple grapes pachadi (without yogurt )
Chakka avial /Tender jackfruit in coconut


EGG / NADAN MUTTA VIBHAVANGAL                                    

Mutta aviyal / Egg aviyal / Egg with coconut crushed

SEAFOOD / NADAN MATHSYA VIBHAVANGAL                    

Shrimp fried/ Konju / Chemmeen fry
Kerala fish curry / Thenga aracha meen curry
Meen achar / Spicy cod fish pickle
Unakka chemmeen chammanthi podi / Dried shrimp chutney powder
Meen vevichathu / Kerala style red fish curry with Pompano
Chemeenum mangayum curry vechadu
Chemmeen ularthiyathu / Konju Olarthiyathu



MEATS / NADAN ERACHI VIBHAVANGAL                             


Chicken stir fry/ Chicken thoran
Easy chicken biriyani-Kerala style / No ghee,less oil
Baked chicken wings with Kerala spices
Whole roast chicken with Kerala masala
Beef Achar
Nadan Kozhi Curry / Kerala style chicken curry with potato


SNACKS & SWEETS / NALUMANI PALAHARAM                 

Nendrapazham halwa/ Plantain fudge
Pazham nurukku/Nendrapazham sharkara ittadu/Plantain in jaggery syrup
Peda/ Milk fudge / Doodh peda
Unniappam / Sweet rice fritters
Elaneer pudding / kariku / Tender coconut pudding
Ellu unda
Kadala-maavu-laddu / Chickpeas-ladoo
Coconut ladoo - thengai ladoo (15 minutes ladoo)
Chakka varattiyathu/ Jack fruit preserve
Boli Kerala style -   sadya recipe
Nendrakaya Varuthathu / Kerala banana chips  - sadya recipe
Koova veragiyathu /Arrowroot Halwa


Mulaku bajji / Chili fritters / Mirchi pakoda
Vegetable cutlet
Athishaya pathiri / Atti pathiri
Diamond cuts (whole wheat flour spicy chips)

PAYASAM                                                                                        

Elaneer Payasam / Karikku Payasam

Lychee payasam
Chakka Pradhaman / Jackfruit Kheer
Gothambu payasam (Wheat dessert)


CHRISTMAS SPECIAL                                                                    
Munthiri wine



Christmas fruit cake / Kerala plum cake (alcohol free) / Instant fruit cake
Homemade sweet wine
Homemade Beetroot wine
Vegetable cutlet

Tutti frutti / Candied fruit
Whole roast chicken in Kerala masala
Chemmeen Ularthiyathu

4 comments:

  1. These wing were awesome! Thanks for the recipe.

    ReplyDelete
  2. Thanks for the Elaneer Payasam Recipe.. :)

    ReplyDelete
  3. You have a beautiful blog and as you may realize from my last name, the title brought me here:))

    ReplyDelete

Your visits make me feel happy, ...do come often.
Let me know ur suggestions so I will know you came :)

Thanks a bunch
Meena