Wish you all a very happy Onam ! Hope you are celebrating the festival of togetherness wherever you are, with a grand sadya.

I have shared many stories about Vishu on this site and you can read about it here . For me, the best thing about Vishu, as a grown up, is ...

Today’s is a recipe that took shape in 1960’s or maybe even earlier in my family. It has been a while since we posted old recipes, hasn’t ...

Happy Onam to you!! This day brings back good old memories and my tongue tingles with the taste of good food.  It takes me to the fastest sw...

Dear Sunitha, I wish for you to have people to love, people in your life who will care about you as much as I do. Happy birthday dear ! Dear...

Rasam can be made in several ways.  If you travel to Kerala and eat at a local restaurant your table will always have two or three white jug...

One more mango recipe, from my drafts. I love this sweet and savory pachadi, and the recipe is from my mom in law.  During the mango season ...

   Famously know as the yard long bean these are actually only about 1/2 a yard long.  From the cowpea family this is quite common and unive...

          Mangoes conjure images of a sultry afternoon in India and in the same vein rushes in the image of juicy ambrosial mangoes. In Indi...

I always get confused between kichadi and pachadi. The only difference I could find is that, for kichadi, you have to fry the veggies and fo...

I have never made ari payasam before.  Last week during one of my conversation with Nami about sadya  the topic of payasam came about,  You ...

Hello there! We hope you all had a blessed Vishu.  It was kind of you to leave your good wishes and as always I enjoyed reading them all.  T...

 Kootu curry is a mix of chick pea, yam and plantain in coarsely ground coconut.  The main flavoring of the dish is the fried coconut.   Thi...

   Vishu  for Malayalees mark the beginning of an astrological new year.  April 14th is Vishu and celebrated all over Kerala.  As part of th...