Cooking with Thas – Wholesome Homemade Recipes
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Tapioca cooked with ground coconut, it’s a Kerala vegetarian delicacy… Kappa Puzhukku is a popular traditional dish from the South Indian state of Kerala. It is a simple and delicious dish made with boiled and mashed tapioca (also known as yuca or cassava) mixed with grated coconut, green chili, garlic, and a few other spices. …
Okra or lady’s finger stir fried with coconut… Kerala style vegetarian side dish, enjoyed with rice. This is one of the dishes I make often with okra or lady’s finger. A very simple & easy to make dish. Okra- Lady’s Finger Thoran – Stir Fry With Coconut, Kerala Recipe Print Prep time 5 mins …
Appams or laced rice crepes, Kerala & Srilankan breakfast dish… Making appam is an art & is very interesting. It’s basically rice coconut crepes, popular in Kerala & Srilanka. For making appam, first, we have to make the batter and the batter has to be fermented. I use my Instant Pot yogurt setting for fermenting …
Puttu or steamed rice flour cakes with chickpea or kadala curry, a Kerala specialty breakfast… Puttu or steamed rice flour cakes/funnel cakes are Kerala’s own breakfast dish. Puttu can be served with literally any kind of curry. However, puttu with chickpea or kadala curry tastes absolutely delish. In Kerala, black chickpea will be used for …
Cucamelon turned into a healthy & tasty Kerala style thoran or stir fry with coconut… One of the best harvests I had this year was cucamelon. Cucamelons resemble ivy gourd or tindora or kovakka, also looks like a miniature watermelon. However, it’s a totally different species. Cucamelon is neither melon nor cucumber & not a …