Course: Main Dish

Thattu Dosa is a name inspired by ‘Thattu Kada’ which means street-side eateries in Kerala and comes in a small size which…

Mackerel Rice is a great one-pan family meal that’s tasty and healthy too. You can add more spices, add more ginger and flavorings at the start for a very tasty meal as per your requirement. This is the prefect dish to relish if you are counting on calories but still wants to enjoy a highly satisfying wholesome meal. Mackerel fishes are very nutritious, rich in vital nutrients required for body. Mackerel is rich in Omega -3 oils. Mackerel has a firm texture like canned Tuna, so that it can be flaked without falling apart. Remove all bones from the fish especially if kids are savoring the dish. Mackerel Rice is one of the easiest of sea food dishes you can enjoy with your family. It requires the basic ingredients available in your pantry, You can explore a well detailed recipe here that can be easily prepared at home.

Rava Pathiri is a delicious soft pathiri recipe suitable for breakfast or dinner with any side dish of your choice, be it vegetarian or non vegetarian. These pathiris are easy to prepare and are really soft and tasty. You would have got tired with rava upma dishes usually prepared for breakfast and this is a variety dish prepared from semolina. The best and unique factor is that no baking powder or baking soda is required for fermentation. Kids as well as elders love the soft dosas and you can see them enjoying breakfast. This is a balanced breakfast dish, rich in vital nutrients like pottasium and fibre required for body. Semolina Pathiri is a cholesterol free diet and very apt for those following a healthy life style. This is one of the easiest breakfast or dinner dish you can cook in a few minutes. Working mothers who follow a busy schedule can note down the dish. You can explore a well detailed Semolina Pathiri recipe here that can be easily prepared at home. Enjoy the dish.

Thalassery, a small commercial town in the North Kerala district of Kannur, is famous for the celebrated Malabar cuisine. Their world famous Thalassery Chicken Dum Biriyani is a culinary treat. This is a special biryani recipe. You will find cooked spicy chicken masala with layered rice, fried onions and whole pot is placed on dum. In traditional “Dum” cooking, the lid is secured to the pan with a dough so that no steam can escape. Hot coal is placed on the lid, and slow cooked with a low flame from below the pan. The soul of Thalassery biriyani lies in the masala. Onions are slow cooked with green chillies, ginger, and garlic. Tomatoes are added to the mix and cooked till they disappear into the mix. Fresh garam masala, turmeric powder and curd is added to it and chicken is slow cooked until soft and juicy. Now we move on to the rice. The dish is traditionally cooked with jeerakashala rice. If you can’t source jeerakashala rice, khaima rice or basmati rice is a decent alternative. Whole spices and rice are fried in ghee and oil, and cooked in boiling water. I have made so many versions of biriyani over the past few years and this one is the best. So let’s go through the detailed recipe of Thalassery Chicken Dum Biriyani.

In kerala, Biriyani is a must have main dish for all the occasions. Without Biriyani the menu would be incomplete. So do the celebrations. For me any special occasion is just incomplete without this delicious dish. So this is a Thalassery Fish Dhum Biriyani recipe. This Fish Biryani is prepared using Khaima/Jeerakasala rice. King Fish/Neymmeen/pomfret or any other fleshy fish can be used for making Thalassery Fish Dhum Biriyani. The perfect blend of marinated fish, aromatic rice and selected spices makes it lip-smackingly delicious. Thalassery Meen Biriyani is unique and special with cooked rice and fish masala layered alternatively and cooked in Dhum. This is a wholesome and nutritious dish served with mint chutney, papad and pickle. You can explore a well detailed recipe here that can be easily prepared at home. One more biryani recipe is getting ready in the back stage.

Kerala Prawns Biryani is a robust flavored seafood biryani made from prawns and fresh spices. This is a perfect monsoon and winter…

Kovakkai Theeyal is a traditional styled dish very popular in Kerala Cuisine. The dish serves best as a side dish with hot rice, curd rice and dal rice. Kovakkai Theeyal is a very tasty and spicy dish with the flavor and aroma of roasted coconut and spices. Theeyal dish is quite popular in Kerala and it can be prepared with quite a large range of different veggies. Ivy Gourd Theeyal is unique and special with kovakkai pieces cooked in roasted coconut mixture. This is one of the easiest of dishes that can be prepared with readily available ingredients. Ivy Gourd is nutritious, rich in vital nutrients required for body. You can explore a well detailed Ivy Gourd Theeyal recipe here that can be easily prepared at home.

Angamaly Manga Curry is a traditional styled, delicious and flavorful curry dish very popular in Angamaly, a district in Kerala. This is a very tasty dish that goes well with hot rice for noon day meals. The uniqueness and specialty of the dish is the crushing of onions and spices with hand prior to preparation. Crush well with your hands and the taste amplifies in itself. The raw mango flavor blends very well with the creamy coconut milk. The addition of shallots and the heat provided by green chillies adds a depth of flavor. This is a special delicacy served during marriages in Angamaly, the northern gateway to the commercial capital of Kerala. The perfect blend of spicy and tangy flavors make the dish exotic and delicious. The generous seasoning adds to the quality of the dish. Enjoy the dish with a bowl of rice. Try Angamaly Manga Curry and here you go with the detailed recipe.

Poricha Pathiri | fried pathiri is a pancake made of rice and coconut mixture, which is deep-fried rather than baked. It tastes spicy and has bags of flavors as well. The method of preparation is different in different geological areas of Malabar, here I add some chopped spinach leaves to make the pathiri more healthy. Here is how you could easily prepare the special Pathiri. the pathiri is deep fried in oil thus the name “Ney Pathiri” in which “ney” means “oil”. The ground onion and cumin seeds are added to the rice flour dough and then rolled to form puris. The recipe uses rice flour but you can use soaked rice as well and then ground to smooth powder to make the pathiri. Poricha pathiri can be served with any gravy still usually served with nonveg side gravies like chicken, mutton and beef gravies.

Coimbatore Roadside Kaalan is a very famous dish in Kongu District. This dish is also called as Street Food Mushroom Kalan Masala. This Coimbatore Roadside Kaalan masala can be found anywhere in Coimbatore also around the surrounding of Coimbatore. We use mushroom, which we say Kaalan in Tamil and cabbage. In the street food shop, they add less quantity of mushrooms and more of cabbage. Here we add both in equal quantity, mix with few masala powder and deep fry. The next step is to saute with onion red chili water and mix with this mushroom cabbage fry. At the final stage, we add a few fresh grated carrot, onions and coriander leaves. This Coimbatore Street Food Kaalan masala is served as evening snacks in the roadsides of Coimbatore. Below is the detailed recipe.