Chemeen Nirachath/ Meenkaayi/ Stuffed Prawns

Steamed rice cakes with spicy prawn filling stuffed inside a pancake made with coconut and fennel seeds flavored rice flour, which is then marinated with red chili powder and shallow fried. Soo yumm!! We love Kallumakayi Nirachath with a passion. That tops the list of our favorite dishes. Kallumakayi Nirachath is a North Kerala specialityRead more

EDIBLE GIFTS 1 – BROWNIE IN A JAR

A wonderful edible gift, brownie in a jar that can be made in advance. This brownie in a jar only needs raw dry ingredients, a recipe card and the packaging. Best of all, you don’t have to bake them yourself. Homemade food gifts can be the best gift you can give someone as they areRead more

Cashew & Coconut Milk Agar Pudding

An agar based pudding, with flavors from cashew nuts and coconut milk.  The weather is getting warm outside and it is the perfect time to make this refreshing, cold dessert. Agar based pudding are my favorite, and I particularly love having it during the summers. Since Eid is coming in two days, I have keptRead more

White Chocolate and Lotus Biscoff Cheesecake Bites

These luscious White Chocolate & Biscoff Cheesecake bites make an amazing dessert for anytime of the year.  If you are looking for Eid desserts ideas, I promise you these are good. These mini cheesecakes are an easy, no bake dessert to make from scratch. I love bite-sized desserts because they are ready to grab and go.Read more

Breaded Chicken & Cheese Samosa

A basic samosa with chicken and cheese filling, but we’ve taken it to the next level by breading it before frying. It will be too hard to resist. This is the last snack recipe for this year’s Ramadan series. It is nothing complicated or unique. I’m sure many will already be making this type ofRead more

Simple Chicken Biryani in Coconut Milk

A simple biryani with very few steps where the masala and the rice is cooked in coconut milk. The flavor and aroma of this biryani is insanely good. If you are looking for a simple biryani recipe for Eid, then look no further. This simple coconut milk based chicken biryani has amazing flavor and isRead more

Balloon Bread Chicken Sandwich

Chicken Mayo Sandwich inside a pillowy, fully puffed up Balloon bread. The filling is super flavorful and can be used in any sandwich. The bread can be eaten as it is or with any curry, just cream cheese or anything you like. This new post is definitely the highlight recipe of Ramadan 2021. I hadRead more

Meatball Puff with Spicy Cheese Sauce

Flaky Puff pastry wrapped around beef meatball along with a spicy sauce, jalapeño and mozzarella cheese.     I am always on a look out for super easy recipes nowadays as you can imagine how it would be with three kids, 6 and under. I do meal plan and prep every Saturday for the entireRead more

Chicken 65 sandwich

This show stopping, flavor packedChicken 65 Sandwich is made with a spicy chicken filling with sautéed onions. I assembled the sandwich in a hot dog bun, along with a generous drizzle of chili mayonnaise and chili garlic sauce. Sandwiches are a hit for Iftar here for us. Since it is not deep fried, we canRead more

Sweet Kataif/Qatayef Samosas

A sweet samosa with cheese filling and a semolina based dough drenched in a rose fragrant sugar syrup. Here is the first recipe for Ramadan 2021 and it will definitely be a keeper for many of you. My kids loved it a lot and even though I made a big batch of this samosas, itRead more

Ramadan Series 2021- Iftar plan for 30 days

I am planning to post three iftar ideas each day just like last year this time as well as you all liked it. I’ll post recipes which are already there in the blog, so you can plan it for the next day. DAY 27: Potato Chop Chicken Pot Pie Knafe naame DAY 26: Pizza BombRead more