Pazham Pradhaman / Nendra Pazham Payasam

May you be blessed with peace, prosperity and good fortune. Wishing you all a very 'Happy Vishu' !!

Pazham Pradhaman/ Nendrapazha Pazham Payasam is a traditional and popular payasam served with Kerala Sadya. It has little tangy sweet and spicy taste. We use fully ripe plantains for this recipe. I know we Keralites likes this payasam very much. Here is recipe for you all to try this during this festive season.

Chocolate Dates Payasam

Chocolate Dates Payasam, simple and delicious payasam for this festive season. Its not a traditional payasam but its flavourfull and kids will love this. I have read about chocolate dates payasam in some food group sometime back since then I was planning to make this, now I tried this payasam in my style hopefully everyone will love this. You can make and serve this desert at any occasion. So here is recipe for you all to try. I have made dates payasam earlier please click for the link.

Mathanga Pachadi (Pumpkin Pachadi)

Mathanga Pachadi, pumpkin cooked in coconut and yogurt gravy with green chili. Pumpkin is slightly sweet so you can add green chili and dry red chili according to your taste. This pachadi we serve part of our sadya or meals . So here is recipe for you all to try during this festive season.

Carrot Semiya Payasam

Happy Onam!!

Grated carrots with our usual semiya / vermicelli payasam, flavoured with cardamom and saffron makes an ideal sweet for this festive season and its good desert for spring here in SA. I know you all like semiya payasam / vermicelli payasam. The grated carrots flows well with vermicelli strings. I made carrot payasam with almonds before, that also tastes good. Here is carrot semiya payasam recipe for you all to try. 

Papaya Pradhaman / Papaya Payasam

For this Onam and Bakrid season I am presenting a deferent payasam with papaya. I know during this festive season we can't end the feast without any sweet. 

Papaya fruit is available through out the year mostly everywhere. I know papaya fruit is not everyone favourite, it has the slight bitter after taste that put most people off. The great voyager Christopher Columbus used to refer to this fruit as "fruit of angels". Raw papaya has good source of fibre, which helps to lower high cholesterol and blood sugar level. The enzyme papain present in papaya is known to aid digestion by breaking down proteins. A glass of papaya juice is recommended as a home remedy for digestion. It has anti- oxidants that protect the body from heart diseases and cancer. Papaya is a great source of Vitamin A, B, C, and K is known as an excellent immunity booster. Its a beauty experts too, often suggest using slices of papaya as a natural skin cleanser as the active enzymes work wonders to remove impurities. Papaya is low in calories and it helps for weight loss. So try to include this fruit in your diet.  

Here is payasam recipe for you all to try. Wishing you all Happy Onam and Happy Bakrid .

Kurukku Kalan

Kalan / Kuruku Kalan is a traditional dish from Kerala. It is one of the side dish in Onam sadya or feast. This is made by concentrating sour curds  with vegetables like raw plantain and yam.  Here is recipe for you all to try .  

Lemon Kichadi / Cheru Naranga Kichadi

Naranga Kichadi / Lemon kichadi, I made this dish for first time. Read about this in an article and searched for recipe, got recipe from Lakshmi Nair cookbook, then I made this delicious lemon kichadi and liked it. Hope you all started planning for sadya dishes. So sharing recipe for you all to try. 

Pumpkin Pulincurry (Mathanga Pulincurry)

Pumpkin Pulincurry / Mathanga Pulincurry, its a very simple curry which can be made quickly and its a good side dish for rice. If you are not a fan of pumpkin but still you like this curry. So here is recipe for you all to try, I'm sure you all will like this curry, it tastes good the next day, so try to make previous day and serve next day. 

Simple Mango Pickle

Simple mango pickle for this festive season. Im sure everyone will like mango pickle and its the very popular pickle in South India. There are multiple way of making mango pickle, this one is simple and easy to make.  Here is recipe for you all to try.

Beetroot Rasam With Coconut

Onam, festival of Kerala is nearing and I know you all getting ready to celebrate Onam and from today I am posting few recipes which you can include on your Onam sadya or feast. 

Beetroot Rasam, its a special healthy rasam with freshly ground coconut masala. I was going through some recipes in one magazine regarding deferent types of rasam  and one rasam that really caught my attention was this beetroot rasam with coconut. Then I decided to make this and me and husband liked it very much. So here is recipe for you all to try. Im sure you all will like this variety rasam during this festive season. 

Pineapple Pulicurry

Pineapple cooked in tamarind and jaggery based gravy. Good as a side  dish for meal or for Sadya on auspicious days. Normally we make Pineapple pachadi here I tried deferent recipe. Here is recipe for you all to try.

Beans Potato Avial

Avial is a popular dish in Kerala. This is not a traditional avail, I used only potato and beans in this recipe and I didn't add curd alos. But traditionaly it made with mixed vegetables, curd, cumin seeds and coconut.  Avial is my favourite dish, here is simple and deferent avial recipe for you all to try. 

Broken Wheat Payasam ( Godhambu Reva Payasam)

Wish you all a Very Happy Vishu !!

Broken Wheat Payasam, today Keralites celebrating 'Vishu'; here is a sweet treat for you all. Normally we make parippu payasam, ada payasam, wheat payasam etc on special days. This broken wheat payasam is healthy and easy to cook comparing to the whole wheat payasam. Here is simple and special broken wheat payasam recipe for you all to try.

Elaneer Payasam ( Tender Coconut Kheer )

A popular desert in Kerala, its not a traditional payasam but an unique and healthy desert. I had this payasam from a Kerala Restaurant in Chennai. Since then was planning to make this at home and got a chance to make now. A very simple and quick payasam with tender coconut for this festive season. Here is recipe for you all to try. 

Carrot Tomato Rasam

Carrot Tomato Rasam, easy and healthy. Its rich in vitamin A, B, C, Zinc, Magnesium and Potassium.  Its little thick, I didn't use any lentils still it has thick consistency. Here is deferent and delicious carrot tomato rasam recipe for you all to try.

Thakali Pachadi (Tomatoe Pachadi)

I know you all make pachadi, thakali pachadi a sweet tangy dish deferent from usual pachadis. It goes perfectly with warm rice. Its a very good side dish, you can serve this for a good meal. Here is recipe for you all to try.

Oats Banana Appam / Oats Banana Fritters

Oats Banana Appam, delicious, soft and flavourful. Something easy, healthy and deferent from usual appams or we can say healthier version of our sweet delicacy 'unniappam'. Here 'Vishu'(Hindu festival celebrated in Kerala, astrological New Year Day of Keralites) is nearing so thought of trying something new and I tried this and liked it very much so here is recipe for you all to try. One more thing no one can identify its made of oats.

Pavakka Puli Curry / Pavakkai Puli Kulambu ( Bittergourd in Tamerind Sauce)

Bitter gourd is known as Pavaka / Kaipakka in Malayalam, Pavakkai in Tamil and Karela in Hindi. Bitter gourd has many health benefits and its good for diabetic patients. So try to include this vegetable in your diet. I like bitter gourd. So here is spicy and simple recipe for you all to try.

Lemon Rasam

Lemon Rasam, Rasam is a South Indian soup, spicy and tangy rasam with Lemon. Rasam is good pair with steamed rice and pappadam. Here is simple recipe for you all to try.

Pottika / Peechinga Olan (Ridge gourd Olan)

Olan is a traditional curry. Here is variety Olan recipe with ridge gourd.