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…
Fusion
Egg Mint ‘Matoes – A starter, a snack and a gourmet delight! (Gluten Free)
Love is the secret of good food. When a dish is prepared with love for the eaters, it fills not just the stomach but the heart of the eater as well. Not only so, the dish cooked becomes a special, precious creation which lights up the eyes and tickles the palate of the diner. When…
Cherry Umman – hot, tangy dipping curry (Vegan + Gluten Free)
Whenever we have boiled cassava (see note) for breakfast, my children ask for cherry umman as the side dish. I am only too glad to comply as it takes less than 15 minutes to make this marvelous dipping curry. So I hasten to the acerola cherry bush to look for ripe, red acerola cherries. You can have…
Potato Pakoda – A tasty snack (Vegan)
Most of us around the world love potatoes. Potato lovers like to think that the earth is round like a potato! We are easily annoyed when asked if it isn’t the other way around. To us, a world without potatoes is just impossible! A kitchen without a bag of potatoes, just inconceivable! Both my dear…
Acerola Cherry and Ivy Gourd Pickle (Vegan + Gluten Free)
Konkani people make delicious, tender karonda cherry pickle called karinja nonche in Konkani. It is made using karonda cherries and tender ivy gourds. However, it is a tedious process as the karonda cherries are gummy and need to be processed for days before the pickle can be made. If you substitute the karonda cherries with…
Bird’s Eye Chilies in Brine (Vegan + Gluten-Free)
One of the hottest and tastiest of wild chilies, pigeon eye chilies or bird’s eye chilies or Thai chilies have always been consumed by persons with cholesterol problems or obesity problems as advised by Ayurvedic physicians in Kerala. So too, the aboriginal healers of Wayanad have used these chilies with other medicinal herbs in plaster…