Vanpayar ularthiyathu/Cowpea fry

                      Vanpayar ularthiyathu/Cowpea fry

   A healthy side dish!Cow peas are good source of protein and have low fat content too.It is a tasty dish and if you need traditional taste try to use coconut oil.Do you want to check my vanpayar thoran/cowpea stir fry recipe?

Egg masala

                                               Egg masala

             One of the best combinations for chapathi.Even for Puttu I prefer egg masala.My 2 years old Kannan will finish a small chapathi with egg masala or with Egg roast.So atleast 2 times in a week I have to prepare these dishes.

Ragi puttu

                                  Ragi puttu

    Puttu is a common food in almost all malayali famlies.If it is with ragi flour sure it will be healthy.Ragi is well known for its calcium content.I have already posted wheat puttu recipe.

Soya chunks(meal maker) biriyani

               

Soya chunk is the by product after extracting soya bean oil.It is rich in protein and a good replacement for meat.It is rich in  fibre too.We both are not soya chunks fans and by thinking about its health benefits trying to add it in our diet.If soya chunks are as such in the biriyani,I have a tendency to remove it from the plate.So I'm opting a method to grind and add it in rice

Chicken curry(Easy method)

                             Chicken curry

  Again a chicken curry recipe.Traditional recipes need patience to get good result.Already I have posted kerala style chicken curry and chicken in roasted coconut gravy both are traditional kerala recipes.But sure this is an easy to prepare one.It will be good with chapathi,rice, appam and with ghee rice

Ragi halwa

                                Ragi halwa

Ragi is well known for its rich calcium content. This is even given as first cereal food for babies due to its high nutritional benefits. Ragi is rich in calcium, protein and iron. I have tried several tricks to make my 2 years old son to eat ragi. Making kids love the food has taken the top priority. He doesnt like sweets so I prepared this porridge with salt .That also he rejected.

Varutharacha kozhi curry/Chicken in roasted coconut gravy

   Varutharacha kozhi curry/Chicken in roasted coconut gravy

              It is traditional Kerala chicken curry with roasted coconut gravy.It will be good with kerala porotta chapathi and with rice.

Sambar central kerala style

                       

No South Indian meal is complete without sambar.It is a dish with many variations.Different states following different recipes .Even Kerala itself we can see different recipes for sambar.In malabar side people used to prepare sambar in roasted coconut.But in central kerala people wont add coconut in sambar.

Masala Paniyaram

                                 Masala Paniyaram

         You can use it as a snack or as a breakfast..and sure it is a kids favourite recipe too..If you have leftover idly batter with less ingredients you can make  it.

Sweet boli/Kadalai paruppu poli

                                 Sweet boli/Kadalai paruppu poli

It is a sweet dish serving with Payasam(kheer). In Tamilnadu it is known as poli or pooran poli.It looks like yellow chapathi but sweet and softer than chapathi.It will melt in mouth.