We all love pancakes. Here’s a staple in almost all South Indian’s diets. Dosas are very similar to pancakes, except that they are savory and more crispy. These are really easy and can be served with many different things, most commonly sambar (vegetable stew) or spiced potatoes. Try them out this week! Ingredients: 1 cup gram (chickpea) flour 1 cup flour 1/2 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda 2 1/2 teaspoons mustard seeds Olive oil For
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A popular dish in Kerala is fish curry. This is a definite staple in everyone’s home and is really easy to make. Of course, it is delicious too! Try this recipe this week. Tip: Serve the curry in the pan that you cooked it in. This will improve the taste! Tip: Eat with Basmati rice. Ingredients: 500 grams (either King Fish or Pomfret), cleaned and cut into pieces 1/4 cup vegetable oil 1/2 tsp
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As promised earlier this year, we are starting a new blog series called The Grand Masala, which focuses on traditional South Indian cooking. We are starting this new series off with Pepper Coconut Chicken Curry. How delicious does this sound? It is really easy and something that everyone should definitely try! Ingredients: 2 pounds of chicken breast , cut into cubes 1/4 cup onions, finely chopped 1 tbsp. garlic 1 & 1/2 tbsp. ginger 1
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I love learning about other cultures. I find the differences in people’s everyday lives, their customs, and traditions, how they relate to one another, and the values they place on certain aspects of life to be so intriguing. Besides all that, which was an attempt to sound like a semi-intelligent human, I am absolutely fascinated by how different cultures eat. Food is like a secret window into a culture. How, when, what and why people
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The rain has gone. Mara poy, as you would say in Malayalam. I no longer have to grab that umbrella each time I leave the house. The sky is blue and the sun is shining. The village where I am working has taken on a whole new splendor. I can see the mountains in the distance where during the monsoon, all I could see was the underside of my umbrella and a gray, heavy sky.
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