Unakka kappa vevichathu/ dried tapicoca with out coconut

Tapioca is one of the widely consumed root vegetables in Kerala. During its season, weekly at least once my mom used to prepare different dishes with it. I love all the recipes of it, as I am a die hard fan of tapioca 😃. Whenever we get together at my grandmom's house, kappa vevichathu/  cooked tapioca and different verities of fish curries are the main highlights of our feast. 

Kadala curry

In Kerala, Kadala/dried brown chickpea curry is one of the curry usually made for breakfast dishes like appam and puttu. We sometimes prepare will slightly sprouted peas. Coconut bits are added while preparing it. Kadala should be soaked overnight before preparing it so that it will absorb the water and grow in size a bit. 

Pal puttu

Pal puttu is yet another traditional Kerala breakfast dish. It is a version of traditional puttu,  the only difference is that instead of water, milk is used to wet the flour. Bring milk to room temperature before preparing the puttu.

Gajar halwa with condensed milk/ carrot halwa

Gajar halva or carrot halva is a dessert pudding made with grated carrots and dry fruits. This dish is mostly prepared during festive seasons. Because of its creamy texture and ghee flavor makes this dessert equally popular among kids to aged people. Dry fruits like cashews and badams give crunchiness in each bite and take the dessert to another level. 

Misal pav

Misal pav is a popular Mumbai street food and a traditional Maharashtrian breakfast or snack item. It is prepared with sprouted Matki/ moth beans, tomatoes, onions and Indian spices. While serving this dish is topped with farsan/ sev, coarsely chopped fresh onions and fresh coriander leaves. This curry is usually served along with toasted pav/ plain bun and lemon slices.

Green peas thoran/ stir fry

Green peas thoran, is a coconut based green peas dish. This tangy masala flavored dry curry, is usually eats with rice.  I prefer to prepare this dish with fresh if it is available in the market. You can prepare it with frozen peas, but there is a taste difference. 

Onion tomato curd salad

I usually prepare this salad as a side dish for biriyanies and pulao. This simple salad is made with common vegetables available in your kitchen like onions, tomatoes, green chillies and curry leaves. Use less sour thick curd to make this salad. 

Boiled egg stir fry with onions and tomatoes

This recipe is a quick to make and tasty hard-boiled egg recipe. Boiled egg stir fry with onions and tomatoes is an easy version of egg roast. This recipe is prepared by shallow frying eggs with caramelized onions, tomatoes and spices. Hot rice, roties, appam, idiyam are the best partners of this delicious recipe.

Kerala style Pacha cheera thoran/ amaranth stir fry

As Spinach comes under leafy vegetables category, including it in your diet is good for your health. This seasonal super food, loaded with vitamins and minerals are used in different cuisines. In Kerala, spinach is commonly cooked as thoran - a coconut based dish. We used to get pacha and chumanna cheera in market. Pacha in Malayalam means green and Chumanna means red. This dish goes well with rice and roties. 

Beans stir fry

I have shared traditional beans thoran recipe in an earlier post. Here is yet another recipe with beans. This dish is prepared by shallow frying beans and onions and then coat it with generous amount of grated coconut. It is very easy to make and tasty side dish.  Beans stir fry tastes good with hot rice and pulissery.

Nadan mutta curry/ Kerala style egg curry

Yet another traditional Kerala dish with egg. This curry goes well with idiyappam/ rice noodles, appam, rice, roties etc. Gravy of this dish is made with Indian spice powders, onions, potatoes and ripped tomatoes. You can add thick coconut milk to balance out the spiciness of the gravy.

Idiyappam/ Kerala style rice noodles

Idiyappam is a popular South Indian steamed breakfast item prepared with roasted rice flour. Rice noodles are prepared by pressing dough made with rice flour, water and coconut milk in a special mould. Rice flour can be replaced with wheat flour or ragi/ millet flour. Egg curry or chicken curry or vegetable stew is usually served along with it.  

Chakkakuru mezhukkupurati/ Jackfruit seeds stir fry

In Kerala, jackfruit is commonly called as chakka. There are two common verities of jackfruit available in Kerala, one is Koozha and another is Varikka. When the jackfruit is in season, we used to prepare different verities of dishes with it. Taking out the fleshy pieces after cutting open the jackfruits is tedious. We used to smear oil in our palms while we deal with jackfruits as it is having a sticky white fluid. We used to preserve seeds and flesh of jackfruits for later use.  

Kerala style Avial

Avial is a semi dry/dry curry made with different verities of vegetables and coconut. It is commonly eaten with rice and a must have side dish in Kerala traditional sadya(feast). Common veggies used in Avial are elephant yam, raw banana, carrot, pumpkin, cucumber, drumsticks, cucumber, potato, onions, tomato etc. It is not necessary that you need all the vegetable to prepare avial, you can prepare it with minimum ingredients also. Some places people used to add curd and garlic in Avial.