

Pearl Onion Lentil Curry/ Pearl Onion Sambar
You want a warm wholesome dish with soft bursts of flavour with each bite? By "bursts of flavour", I mean literal BURSTS of flavour. The...


Pumpkin Spiced Curry with Toasted Coconut (Mathanga Erissery)
In this post: Pumpkin Spiced-Curry Recipe & details about our Kerala Tour! It doesn't seem it, but, it's winter in Hong Kong. Which...


10 Minute Flavour-Bomb Dips (Onion Chutney/ Vengaya Chutney & Coconut Chutney)
I love the weekend. Not because it's a two day respite from the mundane but, since becoming vegetarian and taking more of an interest in...


How to Make Soft & Fluffy Idlis (Steamed Lentil Rice Cakes)
Pillow-soft idlis? Ummm yes!! Which you can make at home anywhere in the world? Wait, what?! What sorcery is this?! Just when you've...


Spiced Vegetable Stew (Kerala Vegetable Stew)
Thank you December for the sugar-rush good times, now it's time to get back on the healthy New Years' Resolutions bandwagon. Breakfast is...


Sweet and Spicy Mango Curry (Mambazha Pulissery)
A veritable pot of gold, with the added benefit of being able to eat it AND taste a little bit of heaven? Yes. In my tummy, thanks. This...


Mini Steamed Rice Cakes (Vattayappam in idli mould)
I'm dreaming of a white Christmas... in Hong Kong. So, instead of just dreaming of one I've decided to cook up one! Enter steamed rice...


Toasted Coconut Eggplant Curry (Vazhuthananga Theeyal)
Eggplants. It's a love-hate relationship. For me, what it comes down to is its preparation. It's all in the flavours. Because eggplant...


Yam Stir Fry (Chena Mezhukkupuratti)
It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas... and time for yams! Clearly in it for the food... We had a yam situation and I had to find...


Quick Beans & Carrots Stir Fry with Toasted Coconut (Carrot and Beans Thoran)
You know that moment where you head to the fridge for a deliciously nutritious meal and you end up staring into the depths of the fridge...