Njandu varutharacha curry/ Crab in roasted coconut gravy

by Rakhi Nisanth // March 30, 2016 // No Comments

Ingredients Crab/Njandu – 1 kg Potato – 1 medium sized cut into cubes Green chilly – 2 Garlic – 5-8 crushed Ginger – 2 inch piece – crushed Onion – 2 medium sized thickly sliced into cubes Tomato – 1 thickly... Continue reading →

Potato Curry in Coconut milk/Urulakizhangu curry

by Rakhi Nisanth // March 22, 2016 // No Comments

Ingredients Potatoes – 4 small Onions – 2 medium sliced Ginger -garlic crushed – 2 tspn Fennel seeds – 1/4 tspn Gren chilly – 1 slit Turmeric powder – 1/2 tsp Coriander powder – 2 heaped tspn Chilly powder –... Continue reading →

Oats Upma

by Rakhi Nisanth // March 21, 2016 // No Comments

A very healthy breakfast recipe and we make it once in a week for sure. Ingredients Onion – 1 medium sized chopped Oats – 1 cup Ginger – 1 tspn finely chopped Green chilly – 2 slit Curry leaves –... Continue reading →

Nadan Chicken Peralan/ Chicken Coated with Masala

by Rakhi Nisanth // March 20, 2016 // 1 Comment

This is actually my mother’s recipe and it is an all time favourite at my home. She says this is the way chicken was prepared in her ancestral home. But in those days onions were not available and they used... Continue reading →

Nankhatai/Nankatta

by Rakhi Nisanth // March 17, 2016 // No Comments

Years back my mother prepared this at home for the very first time, when we bought a microwave oven at my home. We used to call this “Nankatta”..Recently only, I found out that the real name is Nankhatai and it... Continue reading →

Jeera Rice/ Cumin Rice

by Rakhi Nisanth // March 16, 2016 // No Comments

Ingredients Basmati rice – 3 cups Cinnamon stick – 1 1/2 inch Whole pepper – 15 nos Bay leaves – 3 Cardamom – 3 Cloves – 8-10 Cumin – 3 tspn Ghee – 3 tblspn Water – 4 1/2 cups... Continue reading →

Parippu Erissery / Lentils in Ground Coconut Gravy

by Rakhi Nisanth // March 11, 2016 // No Comments

Ingredients Moong dal / Toor dal – 1 cup Water – 2 cups Turmeric powder – 1/4 tspn Chilly powder – 1 heaped tspn Grated coconut – 1 cup Cumin seeds – 1/4 tspn Garlic – 1 clove Tamarind –... Continue reading →

Kumbalanga Olan/ Ash Guard in Coconut milk gravy

by Rakhi Nisanth // March 9, 2016 // No Comments

Olan is a side dish of kerala sadya and is prepared with ash guard (kumbalanga)and red gram/rose moong dal(vanpayar). Here, I am using only ash guard which makes it a plain, simple side dish and a suitable accompaniment with a spicy... Continue reading →

Cauliflower thoran/ Cauliflower Stir Fry with Coconut

by Rakhi Nisanth // March 7, 2016 // No Comments

Ingredients Cauliflower – 1 small about 150 gms sliced into small florets Salt as required Oil – 1 tblspn Mustard seeds – 1/4 tspn Dry red chillies – 1 Shallots – 4 -5 sliced Green chillies – 2 sliced Pepper... Continue reading →

Cheera Thoran/ Spinach Stir Fry