39 articles
Pithas are cakes or breads common in the eastern and north eastern states. Traditionally made with soaking and grinding raw rice, however, over the years the process has been made simpler by using rice flour. This recipe comes from Assam Recipe: Ingredients: 250 gms rice flour 1/4 cup sugar Pinch…
Pitika in Assamese means to mash the roasted or boiled vegetables/ingredients with hand. It is a signature dish of Assamese cuisine. Recipe: Ingredients: 1 brinjal/eggplant 5-6 sprigs coriander,finely chopped 1-2 green chillies, finely chopped ¼ medium sized onion, chopped Pinch of salt 2 tablesp…
Nemu is lemon in Assamese. And Tenga means sour. It’s more like Lemon Shorba . Some of the Assamese households make it and either use lentil fritters (Lentil pakodas) or use fish. Sour curry is a regular item in an Assamese Thali. The sour curry is made at times using lemon, often it’s made with…
Ari Pathiri is a favourite among Kerala Muslims and is prepared and served on special occasions, like marriages, Iftar or during the month of Ramadan. Its known under various names, aripathir, ari pathil or pathil in some parts of the Malabar region. It has various varieties like Neipathiri, Erac…
Parrippu Payasam is served during special occasions like Onam or Vishu.For the Onam sadya, it is one of the brown payasams or the jaggery based payasam that is served with the white or sugar based payasams This used to be a time consuming dish as it needed coconut milk ..and one had to use the…
Theeyal, is a common dish in Kerala, and can be made with almost all vegetables and even prawns or dried fish. The technique involved is roasting coconut, shallots, coriander and red chilies and grinding the mix to a fine paste. The chosen vegetable is sautéed in coconut oil and cooked in the gro…
Kumbilappam, Chakka Kumbilappam, Theraliyappam or whatever other name it maybe known by, the Kumble Appam is a seasonal authentic dish of Kerala. Kumbil Appam literally means “cone cakes”. The cones are made with the leaves of the plant called ‘Vazhana’ or ‘Edana’ in Malayalam, and is Cinnamomum…
Mambazha Pulissery or Mambazha Kaalan, as it is known in some parts of Kerala, is a traditional dish, a favourite in every household. It’s a sweet and sour yoghurt based dish, very easy to prepare and needs very few ingredients. Traditionally, this dish is prepared using nattu manga, a special va…
Vellayappam brings back the best memories of every occasion, be it a festive gathering or a family get-together. These are traditionally made with toddy which acts as a fermenting agent. When Grandma mixes the appam batter on the previous evening, we all used to queue up to get a sip of the fresh…
Here is the second installment from Traditional Week – Vegetarian… 6) Shruti Gandhi : Lasaniya Bataka /Garlic flavored Baby Potatoes Shruti says that Lasaniya Bataka is a famous dish from her native Saurashtra. Whenever she visited she never missed going out to have authentic Kathiyawadi food. Ye…
Godi Huggi, or De-husked Wheat Kheer, is in the list of Indian desserts since time immemorial. It is probably the oldest dessert served, with a minimum of change in taste. During any marriage in the village, long folded carpets, Durries, and blankets would be laid down alongside the wall of the p…
IFF hosted a Traditional Family Recipe Contest sometime back. The contest invited recipes that virtually every household possesses, passed down from generations and carried forward to the next. Here are the Top 5 popular vegetarian recipes from the week… 1) Anjali Thankur Uppal : Aloo Vadiyan Anj…
