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Vegan Jackfruit Cake

April 3, 2017 4 Comments

A sweet, delicious, moist, soft, healthy jackfruit cake with chewy jackfruit bits. Egg-free, dairy-free and refined sugar free.

It is the start of the jackfruit season, and our fifteen or more bearing jackfruit trees are heavy with fruit. They don’t ripen all at once, but over a period of two to three months. So, that gives me ample time to prepare delicious jackfruit dishes to share with you all. The other day, my…

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Filed Under: Cake, Dessert, Recipes, Sweet, Vegan Tagged With: 10 ingredients or less, baking, dairy free, jackfruit

Biscuit Fritters (Vegan)

March 31, 2017 2 Comments

Hot, savory and sweet, delicious deep-fried marie biscuit fritters / biscuit pori.

Any tourist visiting the magically beautiful state of Kerala should not go back without visiting a few of the tens of thousands of ‘teashops’ (chayakada) all 0ver the state. Teashops attract regular visitors not just because of the delicious ‘kadis‘ (snacks) they offer, but also because they are the temples of gossip of the local…

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Filed Under: Recipes, Savory, Snack, Sweet, Vegan Tagged With: 20 minutes or less, dairy free, fried, hot, spicy

Cashew Cookies (Vegan)

March 24, 2017 Leave a Comment

Delicious, crisp and crumbly, melt-in-your-mouth, sweet, vegan cashew cookies.

After my marriage, I moved to my husband’s ancestral home in the coastal town of Telicherry (now Thalassery) in Kerala. I knew practically nothing about baking at that time. Every other evening, my husband would bring home fragrant, freshly baked bread, buns, and a variety of cookies and cakes from the famous Mambally’s bakery. This bakery,…

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Filed Under: Cookie, Dessert, Recipes, Snack, Sweet, Vegan Tagged With: 10 ingredients or less, baking, dairy free

Avara Songe – A traditional Konkani side dish (Vegan + Gluten Free)

March 17, 2017 Leave a Comment

Avara Songe - A hot and savory, delicious, traditional Konkani lablab beans stir-fry.

Sometimes, simple, homely meals can be far more satisfying than elaborate gourmet dinners. One such meal that I can never forget is also my childhood favorite. At lunchtime, mother would serve us a plate of hot rice with fragrant, hot dali toye poured over it, topped with buttermilk, and accompanied by delicious, hot and savory…

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Filed Under: Curry, Recipes, Savory, Sides, Vegan Tagged With: dairy free, hot, spicy, traditional

Indori – A traditional Konkani dessert (Vegan + Gluten Free)

February 15, 2017 2 Comments

Indori - A traditional Konkani dessert.

I made indori today. My husband and my children loved it so much that I decided to share the recipe with you. As I sit down to write these words, my mind flits back to the past and I am a little girl again, making indoris with my cousin, Rekha in our backyard. Only, we…

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Filed Under: Gluten Free, Recipes, Sweet, Vegan Tagged With: 10 ingredients or less, dairy free, traditional

Green Mint Chutney (Vegan + Gluten Free)

February 15, 2017 Leave a Comment

Green Mint / Spearmint Chutney

  Everyone in my family loves mint chutney. So we grow organic spearmint (pudina) plants round the year. A hardy, creeping shrub, mint is easy to grow in composted, well-drained soils in full sunlight, or in the partial shade. However, they have a tendency to rot in the excessive rains of the monsoon season. so…

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Filed Under: Chutney, Gluten Free, Recipes, Savory, Sides, Vegan Tagged With: 10 ingredients or less, 10 minutes or less, 20 minutes or less, dairy free, hot, spicy

Tomato Smoothie (Vegan + Gluten Free)

February 7, 2017 6 Comments

Tomato Smoothie - A simple, fresh, energizing, cheering, delicious tomato drink.

My husband’s chief hobby is organic gardening and he spends much of his spare time growing a plethora of vegetables and fruits in our garden. I never feel the need to refrigerate any vegetable or fruit as any day, I only have to step out to collect what I need, pesticide and chemical free, fresh…

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Filed Under: Beverage, Gluten Free, Recipes, Vegan Tagged With: 10 ingredients or less, 10 minutes or less, 20 minutes or less, 5 ingredients or less, dairy free, tomato

Rava Unniyappam – A sweet evening snack (Vegan)

February 1, 2017 2 Comments

Rava Unniyappam / unni appam / unniappam / ഉണ്ണിയപ്പം

Homemaking mothers often ponder on what dish to prepare for their hungry kids coming back from school at four in the evening. Rava unniyappam is an excellent treat which you can cook easily and is always loved by children and adults alike. The batter can be prepared at noon and the rava unniyappams can be fried…

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Filed Under: Dessert, Recipes, Snack, Sweet, Vegan Tagged With: 10 ingredients or less, dairy free, fried, traditional

Indian Mint Fritters (Vegan + Gluten Free)

January 24, 2017 Leave a Comment

Indian mint (Sambraguli panna jhade in Konkani / Pani koorka or Kanji koorka in Malayalam / Indian borage / Country borage / Spanish thyme / Mexican mint / Cuban oregano / Plectranthus amboinicus) fritters

Plectranthus amboinicus or Coleus aromaticus is a thick-leaved, creeping, perennial plant of immense medicinal benefits to mankind. Also known as Indian borage, Indian mint, Mexican mint, Cuban Oregano and Spanish Thyme, this wonderful plant has graced the courtyards of Indian households for centuries. While the Konkani people lovingly refer to it as sambraguli, the Malayalis call…

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Filed Under: Gluten Free, Recipes, Savory, Sides, Snack, Vegan Tagged With: 10 ingredients or less, fried, hot, spicy, traditional

Indian Mint Cough Syrup (Vegan + Gluten Free)

January 24, 2017 1 Comment

Ingredients for Indian Mint Cough Syrup - Indian mint leaves, shallots and rock candy

Millions of people may share nostalgic memories of the unforgettable taste of homemade cough syrup that they were made to drink as kids and even as adults when laid up with the flu. Such is the taste and efficacy of this simple home remedy that even today, my husband asks me to make him some whenever he…

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Filed Under: Gluten Free, Recipes, Vegan Tagged With: 10 ingredients or less, 20 minutes or less, 5 ingredients or less, home remedy, traditional

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