Cuisine: Kerala Course: Side Dish Prep Time: 15 minutes Cook time: 15-20 min Servs: 4-8 Ingredients 2 tablespoon vegetable or coconut oil 1/2 teaspoon mustard seeds 1 onion, diced 3-4 cloves of garlic, minced 1 jalapeño or 2 green chiles (optional) 1 sprig curry leaves, stem removed 1/2 of a medium cabbage, shredded 1 cup grated coconut 1 teaspoon…
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Lemon Curry
Lemon curry is a very ancient curry from Kerala, India. Some people still make this curry. Lemon curry recipe is my mom’s famous recipe. Almost everyone who tried this curry at our home asked us for the recipe. You can make this curry with fried coconut gravy, sautéed onions, and lemon juice. It’s delicious and easy to make compared…
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Beetroot Pachadi
Beetroot pachadi is very nutritious, delicious, and colorful. It is must have curry for Onam Festival, which is the harvest festival of Kerala, India. It’s easy to make this curry, because you don’t have to cook this curry for too long. Beets are a high source of many vitamins and minerals. Beets contain vitamin A, B, and C. It is…
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Green Mango Chammanthi
Plenty of green mangos are available in grocery stores during the summer. During the mango season, mango chammandi is a favorite curry in Kerala, India. The fresh mango is rich in vitamin C which is essential for human growth, and vitamin A is the key to good vision. Green mango also helps to maintain a healthy immune system. The good…
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Long Beans Stir Fry (Long Beans Thoran)
Cuisine: Kerala Course: Side dish Prep Time: 15 minutes Cook time: 20-25 minutes Servs: 4-6 Ingredients Ingredients 1 pound long beans 1 onion, sliced 3 big cloves of garlic, minced 1 jalapeno or 2 green chilies, sliced rounds 1 sprig curry leaves, stem removed 2 tablespoons coconut or any cooking oil 1/2 teaspoon mustard seeds 1 cup grated coconut 1…
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Kerala Mango Pachadi (Mango Curry)
Mango pachadi is a blend of fresh green mango, red pearl onions, and grated coconut. Unlike other curries, mango pachadi is a curry that you don’t need to cook. The only cooking involved is the seasoning with mustard seeds. The taste of seasoned uncooked mango gives this curry a very refreshing taste. It is a favorite curry for some warm…
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Simple Tomato and Yogurt Curry
This Simple tomato yogurt curry is a fantastic curry worth trying. First, we cook fresh tomatoes, onion, and ginger in boiling water with turmeric powder, and then we season it with mustard seeds, shallots, dried red pepper, and curry leaves. This curry is so natural and flavorful to have with some warm rice. In Kerala, seasoned yogurt (curd) curry is…
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Salted Mango Curry (Upumanga Curry)
Salted Mango is a very traditional way of preserving green mangos in South India (Kerala). During the mango season, plenty of mangos grow on the mango trees. Putting green mangos in salt in a particular jar (known as barani) is an ancient way of preserving it for the rest of the year. The mangos stay in the salt water and…
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Spinach and Egg Stir Fry
Spinach and egg stir-fry is a delicious and healthy South Indian American side dish for rice. Although many leafy vegetables are available in Kerala, the kid of spinach we get in America is not one of them. When my mom got spinach, she treated it like any other leafy vegetable she knew. She decided to cook it the South Indian…
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Ivy Gourd Stir Fry
Ivy Gourd is a tropical vine which is also known as the little gourd, baby watermelon, gherkin, or gentleman’s toes. Ivy Gourd has different names in different Indian languages. In Hindi it is called Tindora, in Telugu, it is called Dondakkai, and in Tamil and Malayalam, it is called Kovakkai. Ingredients 25-30 Ivy gourd 1 onion, diced 5 cloves…
