Category: Lunch Side Dishes

Kerala Style Prawn Fry (Konju/Chemmeen Varuthathu)is a tasty and aromatic seafood delicacy from Kerala, India. It is a very favorable recipe for my home. There are several different ways of making shrimp/prawns fry, here is my version of a pan-fried Read more…

Kerala sadya Mango Pickle/ Instant cut mango Pickle (സദ്യ മാങ്ങാ അച്ചാർ) is an important condiment addition to the Onam sadya or wedding sadya along with the side dishes (thoducurry) such as inji curry, lime pickle or naranga curry. Sadhya/Sadya (സദ്യ) Read more…

Gobi Manchurian (Cauliflower Manchurian) is a popular Indo-Chinese dish, in which crispy cauliflower florets are tossed in a Manchurian sauce. It is the result of the fusion of Chinese cooking and seasoning methods to suit Indian tastes. The word Manchurian Read more…

Pickles/achar are indispensable to an Indian dining table. A South Asian pickle also known as achar. Every state in India has varieties of pickles with different vegetables, fruits, meat, seafood etc.that spice up their daily meals and taste buds with Read more…

Nadan Beef Ularthu (Spicy Beef Fry/Roast Kerala Toddy Shop Style) is a tasty and spicy traditional recipe from Kerala, South India. It is an indispensable dish for Keralites/Malayalees especially Kerala Christians. The Malayalam word “Ularthu” means “stir fry” or “roast”. Read more…

Kerala Parippu/Daal Curry (Onam/Vishu Sadya Parippu Curry) is a tasty and authentic recipe from South India. It is a combination of cooked moong daal/lentil/ cheru payar, coconut and some spices ground paste. The ney/ghee or coconut oil seasoning is the Read more…

Inji/Ginger Curry (Inji Theeyal/ Ginger Curry with Roasted Coconut Ground Paste) is a flavorsome dish from Kerala with the combination of spicy, sweet, sour and salty taste. It has an important role in Kerala Onam/Vishu Sadya menu. Inji/Ginger has many Read more…

Ada Manga Pickle (Kerala Dried Mango Pickle) is a spicy and tasty veg side dish from India. In South India, pickles have very important role with any meal set. In Kerala, there are variety of lip smacking pickle recipes with Read more…

Chicken fry is in great demand in all over the world. In india you can find different kind of chicken recipes according to each state and culture. Here I am introducing to you my own way of spicy Chicken Masala Read more…

Okra/Ladies Finger/ Vendakkai or Vendakka/ Bindi has lots of nutritions. It contains potassium, vitamin B, vitamin C, folic acid, and calcium. It is low in calories and has a high dietary fiber content. It’s good for easy digestion, vision, skin Read more…