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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

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

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

Roasted Chickpea Coconut Chutney (Vegan + Gluten Free)

January 17, 2017 Leave a Comment

Roasted Chickpea Coconut Chutney

In Tamil Nadu, pottu kadalai or roasted brown chickpea lentils are ground with grated coconuts to a fine paste to make a melt-in-the-mouth chutney. It is served with pongal, idli, vada and with all sorts of dosas. A breakfast dish without chutney and sambar is considered incomplete. In Kerala and Karnataka however, delicious chutney is usually…

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

Vegan Coconut Smoothie – A drink of love (Gluten Free)

January 12, 2017 1 Comment

Vegan Coconut Smoothie - A drink of love

Would you like to hear a story? This happened over a couple of decades ago. A dozen girls, studying in high school, gathered at their tuition center at Calicut. Their happy faces indicated that they had no intention of attending tuitions that day. The elder sister of Rahianath, one of the girls in the group,…

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

Mango Blossom Chutney (Vegan + Gluten Free)

January 1, 2017 Leave a Comment

Mango Blossoms Chutney / Ambya Phulla Chutney

Covering the courtyard of my ancestral home at Thalassery stands a huge old mango tree. Proud and tall, it produces baskets of delicious country papaya mangoes (also called popai ambo in Konkani and kappa manga or ko manga in Malayalam) invariably every year. During the ripening season which coincides with the summer holidays, we children used to run to the base of…

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Filed Under: Chutney, Gluten Free, Recipes, Savory, Sides, Vegan Tagged With: 10 ingredients or less, 20 minutes or less, 5 ingredients or less, 5 minutes or less, dairy free, traditional

Dudali – A traditional arrowroot dessert (Gluten Free)

December 23, 2016 Leave a Comment

Dudali with a glass of hot arrowroot drink

In the good old days of my childhood, when fast food was unheard of, pure unadulterated arrowroot powder was freely available in the market. Whenever a person in the family was struck down by illness, especially typhoid or diarrhea, and unable to take solid food, arrowroot powder would promptly be used to make a reviving hot…

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Filed Under: Cake, Dessert, Gluten Free, Recipes, Snack, Sweet Tagged With: 10 ingredients or less, 20 minutes or less, traditional

Arrowroot Drink (Gluten Free)

December 23, 2016 9 Comments

Arrowroot drink with dudali

Historians believe that mankind has been cultivating and using arrowroot for well over 7000 years. During my childhood, nearly every household in Kerala had a patch of arrowroot and of turmeric. All members of large joint families participated in planting, tending, harvesting and processing of organic produce of the finest quality. Alas, with the change…

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Filed Under: Beverage, Gluten Free, Recipes, Sweet Tagged With: 10 ingredients or less, 20 minutes or less, 5 ingredients or less

Sheera / Rava Kesari – A quick and easy dessert

December 9, 2016 Leave a Comment

Sheera Cropped

My son loves sheera. Often, he asks me to make some sweet dish for him. One look at his face and I can tell, he yearns for sheera! I am only too happy to comply, as it takes just under 20 minutes to make this delicious, sweet dessert. Sheera, which is also called rava kesari,…

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Filed Under: Dessert, Recipes, Snack, Sweet Tagged With: 10 ingredients or less, 20 minutes or less, traditional

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