PranisKitchen - Recipes for food lovers -Try it you 'll love it

Chicken Pickle/Kozhi achar

2010-09-06T21:45:00.001-05:00

Chicken pickle.. i think most of u get confused about the title, right? Did she type it wrong.. no guys.Today i thought i can share with u guys something special. That is Chicken Pickle. Kerala is famous of these kind of non-vegetarian pickles.The Fish, Chicken and Beef pickles are the very popular non vegetarian pickles in Kerala. Amma hardly makes any non-veg pickles but my aunt is an expert

Banana Chips & Fried banana pieces in jaggaery(Ethakaya Upperi & Sharkkara Piratti)

2010-08-11T21:17:00.001-05:00

Today I am going to share with you guys the very delicious and famous Kerala snacks -Ethaykka Upperi(Banana chips) and Sarakkara Pirratti (fried banana in jaggery). These are some of the must see dishes in Kerala feast also.I think whoever visits Kerala, sure get a chance to taste the banana chips and they will buy a big bag full of chips for their family too.. Last weekend during our shopping

Yogurt Curry/Moru Curry (no Coconut)

2010-08-06T00:07:00.002-05:00

Moru curry(yogurt curry - “കാച്ചിയ മോര്” ) is one of the popular dish of kerala.. Usually we used to prepare the morru curry with grated coconut. But we can prepare the same with no coconut. Today i thought of sharing the “Yogurt curry with no coconut “recipe.Any keralites favorite combo is rice with this morrucurry.if u add the thoran (vegetable Stir fry) and pickle it will be a perfect

Lime Pickle (Cheru Naranga Achar)

2010-08-03T06:30:00.001-05:00

Every one's favorite, right?.. I know this is a must-see item in almost all home’s dining table. Got it?. ya it is every one's favorite side dish -the yummy n tangy Lime Pickle. Today i thought i can share with you guys my grandma’s special Lime Pickle (Naranga achar)Home made pickle always taste good than the store-bought one and the making of the pickle is not that difficult. About the recipe:

Erisseri-Pumpkin and Red beans in Coconut Paste

2010-07-29T21:57:00.004-05:00

“Erisseri”, The name itself is really interesting, right?. It is a special Kerala dish, made with Red bean and Pumpkin (or Yam) in coconut paste. The main ingredient for any type of erisseri is the Red bean(van payar).About the red bean-this bean is known as azuki bean .They have a uniform red color, but white, black, gray and variously mottled varieties are also known.You can even use

Pavakka Kichadi/Bittergourd in Yogurt

2010-07-26T22:45:00.001-05:00

When I shared the Pachadi recipe, I mentioned that there were some confusion about these Pachadi and Kichadi dishes. Both dishes are served in kerala feast.Whenever I prepared the pachadi, I always ask myself that is this kichadi? or pachadi?.. Somehow my hus given some solution( answer ) for this confused question. If you are using Mustard seed and Grated Coconut in the mixture, it is called as

Vellarikka Pachadi-Cucumber in Coconut-Curd mix

2010-07-21T22:59:00.002-05:00

The cucumber has a very important role in Kerala cooking.. There are different kinds of cucumber(visit here for more details). Mainly there are two types of cucumbers: one is Kerala cucumber (yellow cucumber/dosakkai) and garden Cucumebr(we call it as salad cucumber-used for the raitha and salad preparation. good for eyes also).In Kerala cooking we use the former one. I always like to make the

Aloo Methi Masala and Beetroot Chapati

2010-07-17T01:01:00.005-05:00

Today’s special is Aloo Methi masala (Potato-Fenugreek leaves Masala) and Beetroot Chapati. Usually for dinner, i always prefer to prepare the kerala style meal, Rice with some veg or non veg sides. Because that's the only time my hus can really enjoy the food. During the breakfast time he will be so hurry to leave to work and lunch time he will be in office. So dinner and weekend meals should

Chicken Liver Masala

2010-07-12T00:13:00.003-05:00

“Viva España” ..Hope every body had enjoyed the 2010 FIFA World Cup Soccer Final. At last, Spain got the cup.. The final match was not too bad though it was a physical game (especially Netherlands's play)..It was a war in the play-ground.The Red Bull vs Orange Lion. This was the first time Spain got the chance to play in the World cup final and they got it...Good work guys.My hus is a die-hard

Lunch/Dinner Platter and Okra in Coconut Milk curry

2010-07-06T19:11:00.002-05:00

I thought of posting a Kerala style lunch/dinner platter for long time. But I always forgot to take the pictures and also it is not quite easy to set all the curries for the photos. However, this time I did it and today I am going to share with you guys the delicious platter. Everywhere platter has its own traditional way of side dishes and the main dish. In Kerala style platter, we usually have

Mulakeshya/Mulaku Puli/Green Chili Pickle

2010-07-01T00:51:00.001-05:00

Today's special is a kerala special dish. It is a kind of pickle: MulakuPuli (Mulakeshyam - Green Chili Pickle). The name itselt saying the main ingredient of this dish : "Mulaku" is the malayalam word of Green Chili. I don't know how many of you are familiar with this recipe. This is a kerala special dish famous in Palakkad. Another thing is that the main ingredient of this recipe (Green

RARA Chicken

2010-06-26T13:53:00.001-05:00

Today I going to share with you some non-vegetarian dish. This is something new (at least for me)..I don't know how many of you are heard of this delicious chicken dish- "RARA Chicken". When I get this recipe idea I was wondering about its name. I started searching about it and finally got that it is a punjabi cuisine(rara means dry in punjabi) and it is the dry form of chicken curry.. However

Ridge Gourd/Luffa squash Chutney/ Peechinga Chammanthi/

2010-06-21T23:42:00.001-05:00

Today I am going to share with you a simple vegetarian recipe: A special chutney. We can prepare chutney with different vegetables. Here i used the Ridge-gourd ,its also known as Luffa squash.Wiki says the Luffa squash is commonly known as ridge gourd and is called tauri 'توری' in Urdu, "bhol" in Assamese, turai or tori (तोरी) in Hindi, parteek (कारी) in Nepali, jhinga in Bengali, janhi in

Vadai vadai -Uzhunnu vadai Parippu vadai Ulli vadai/Lentil Donut Dal Donut Onion Donut

2010-06-17T01:50:00.004-05:00

Today I am going to share with you guys some snack items. That is none other than everyones favorite snack:Vadas.Uzhunnu(Urududal) vadai (Lentil Donuts) Parippu vadai (Dal Donuts) and Ulli vadai (Onion Donuts) . Our favorite one is uzhunnu vadai. So i thought i can start with the uzhunnu vadai recipe. I think these vadai always bring all of us to 2 places - tea shop ( chayakada) and railway

CabbagePayarThoran/Cabbage Mungbean stir fry with coconut

2010-06-13T23:53:00.001-05:00

Hello dear friends, hope all are doing good and enjoying the world cup.Today I thought i can share with you guys some vegetable recipe: A Thoran (poriyal) - stir fried vegetable with grated coconut. The vegetable I used here is "Cabbage". We always like to have the cabbage in combination with some vegetables. I used to prepare the cabbage and carrot thoran. But here I added "Mung bean" (payar)

Pepper Mutton Chops

2010-05-31T15:13:00.001-05:00

Hope all of you had a wonderful weekend.Today I am going to share with you guys a non-vegetarian recipe..It is a delicious mutton recipe:"Pepper-Mutton Chops". Last 2-3 weeks we didn't get a chance to visit the halal market. Last day we went there and bought some goat mix.and the same day I prepared this mutton dish.this one is my husband's favorite one... He likes to have it with appam or

Three In One-Lima Beans-Dal-GreenPeas Tomato Curry

2010-05-26T23:49:00.002-05:00

First of all i want to say a big "Thank you" to all my friends for your lovely birthday wishes.Today i am going to share with you guys a simple recipe which I used for preparing three curries. I hope that now you got the idea of the title Three in one..don't confuse with the name..It means 3 curries with a recipe but the main ingredient is different.They are: Spilt mung dal,Green peas and Lima

Szechuan Chili Chicken and Chicken& Vegetable Soup

2010-05-23T09:35:00.003-05:00

Today I am going to share with you guys something special, it is a Chinese dish. It is so special for me because it was prepared by my Husband and a special treat on my birthday.It was on last Friday and my hus got a special chance to work from home on. In the evening I thought I can get ready for dinner but suddenly my hus told me: "I think we can go out tomorrow and today as a special I can

Unnakaya /Stuffed Ripe Plantain with Coconut

2010-05-19T20:30:00.005-05:00

Today I thought I can share another traditional Kerala food..It is a famous snack in northern part of Kerala (Malabar region). It is very popular and demanded item during the Ramadan fasting days. The name of the snack is UNNAKAYA. It has a special shape and the shape is similar to the fruit called unnakaya.The main ingredient for this snack is ripe-plantain (Ethaykaya).The best part about this

Baby Bok choy Stir Fry/Chineese cabbage Thoran/Poriyal

2010-05-16T23:43:00.006-05:00

Today i thought i can share something different,but it is a common one in everyone's menu thats nothing other than the thoran/Poriyal/vegettable stirfry..But the veggetable here i used is the Baby bok choy or Shanghai bok choy. This is a type of chineese cabbage.Last time when I was searching for the leek, I saw this chineese cabbage.Yesterday when we went to the Chinese market for purchasing

Shrimp Biryani/Prawn Biryani

2010-05-13T23:31:00.007-05:00

Today I am going to share with you something special ..it is one of our favorite dish: Biryani.Here I prepared the Shrimp biryani. This is very easy to prepare one and no need to prepare any side dishes (curry poriyal etc) for this. We can prepare a tasty & delicious dinner without much effort. It is a very common in our menu. During our last grocery shopping I bought the shrimp. I used some of

Puli inji/Ginger Pickle/Ginger curry

2010-05-10T22:51:00.003-05:00

Today I am going to share with you another traditional Kerala dish.It is Puli Inji - Ginger curry. This is actually considering as a pickle and is one of the main dish in Kerala feast. We mainly serve 2 or 3 pickles in the feast: ginger, mango and lemon. This puliinji is one of them. There is a story behind the deliciousness of the pickle.I don't know whether you guys heard about the story of

KadalaPradhaman /Payasam/Kheer

2010-05-06T23:32:00.003-05:00

Today i thought i can go with something traditional.ya its Kadala Pradhaman/Kadala Payasam/Kheer. It is a traditional Kerala style payasam.The main ingredient for this kheer is splitted Bengal gram or channa dal(Chholar dal in Bengali; Buta daali in Oriya; శనగ పప్పు Shanaga pappu in Telugu; ಕಡಲೆ ಬೀಳೆ Kadale bele in Kannada; Kaḍala parippu in Malayalam;and கடலை பருப்புkaḍalai paruppu in Tamil) We

CrabCake & CrabFry /Njandu cake and NjanduFry

2010-05-04T00:34:00.001-05:00

Today i am going to share with u guys something special. That's a seafood - Crab-cake. Crab-cake is just like the cutlet prepared with crab meat. I don't know how many of you are aware of this dish,it's a very delicious food. During the travel we always love to have food from different restaurants.I hardly prefer seafood from outside because in restaurants they do not add that much spice as we

Strawberry Short cake(Egg less) and Strawberry Juice

2010-04-29T00:42:00.001-05:00

Today i am going to share with you guys something special and it is nothing but "Strawberry Short cakes" ..Last post itself i told, i am going to learn the art of baking .ya my first experiment was this strawberry shortcake.It's a very simple one but the challenging part for me in this recipe was baking..You may think "Is it that difficult?" but i don't know whenever I tried baking some cakes