Vellayappam/ Rice coconut pancakes

 

Appams/Rice pan cakes are synonymous to Kerala and has become an identity for Keralites although its very common in other parts of South India as well. The basic ingredient of any Appam are rice and coconut and then you just change the few ingredients of the appam.

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Honey coated vegetable balls

  

This recipe was in my items to be experimented list, since a long time but kept on avoiding due to some or the other reasons. And finally I made it today as my hubby has not gone to his clinic  for my son wanted him to be at home in the evening to take him and his sis for swimming.

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Kairi rice/ Raw mango rice

Kairi rice/Raw mango rice

Whenever I see raw mangoes, it reminds me of the huge mango trees we had in our backyard when we used to stay in MP. There were five of them, of different varieties. Amma was very fond of her kitchen garden and she had planted almost all the fruits yielding trees and our gardener used to maintain it very well.

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Dahi Vada

 

Another dish that's a favourite snack or appetiser in Summer is Dahi vada or Dahi bhalle, its a regular summer menu item not just in North India but also in South India as well and why not, this sweet and tangy dish acts as a coolant during these hot sultry days.

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Sweet and sour kairi vegetable stew

 

As a kid, I used to love anything Amma prepared using 'Raw mango', be it the pickle, coconut and mango chutney. After marriage although I haven't tried any dish using Raw mango except the refreshing drink Panna,

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Mango milkshake

 

I am sure Mangoes, The king of fruits are everyone's all time favourite fruit, and love to include in some or the other form in the diet. One can prepare so many different beverages,

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Rajma curry /Kidney beans masala curry

 

Being a South Indian, we always had rice either with 'Sambhar, moru kari(kadi), errissery etc" but then once I got a chance to have rice with the delicious "Punjabi Rajma curry" at one of my punjabi friends house and that changed my perception about this wholesome spicy

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Strawberry falooda

 

Falooda is a all time favourite cold beverage in our home, I prepare Falooda using either rose syrup or strawberry as I love the colour these two ingredients impart in Falooda.Its a sweet beverage made by mixing many ingredients such as syrup, vermicelli, jelly, basil seeds(Sabza),milk,ice cream of any flavour.

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Kerala Pazham Manga curry (Ripe Mango curry)

Pazham Manga Curry

 I have been waiting for summer season as, its the season when we see the king of fruits "Mango", everywhere around us and I love mango in any form, the colour of the mangoes itself is so inviting that I can have it at any time of the day and I guess same craze is passed onto my kids as well, as they also want only mango to be served for breakfast/lunch or dinner.

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Watermelon Grapes Parfait

 



Watermelon-grapes parfrait

I have been waiting for Summer to start for many a reasons and one amongst them is that I wanted to try "Parfait" the simplest and delicious dessert/breakfast, ever since I had read about it last November, when it was very very cold out here and hence I didnt try it out then, as one of the main ingredients of any type of Parfait is "Yougurt/Curd" which we avoid including in our diet during winter.

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