Recipes by Jayasree Satish

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	Green Tomato / Pachathakkali Aviyal by Jayasree Satish Green tomatoes are rarely seen in markets. At home, we had access to them when we had tomato plants growing in our garden. Those plants would have come up on their own from the rotten tomatoes discarded on the foot of the coconut tree or some other plants where vegetable wastes are usually dumped. When the plant comes up, it will be…	1 vote 460 views
	Kaayatholi /Banana Peel Thoran by Jayasree Satish For Onam, when I planned to make banana chips, it was two recipes in one shot. The left over banana peel is made into a thoran. Frankly I was more interested in the peel than the chips. It has been a long time since I had the thoran with the peel. Back in Kerala, we can get banana peels from any of the shops frying the chips. The…	1 vote 441 views
	Kadalaparuppu Pradhaman by Jayasree Satish Payasam is an integral part of any sadhya/feast. When it comes to Onasadhya, the payasam has to be something special. Pradhaaman is considered the king of payasams and is a Kerala speciality. In the land of coconuts, its no wonder that the earlier generations made use of bountiful of coconuts. Milk, in those days, was not available…	1 vote 490 views
	Kaaya Varathathu/Banana Chips by Jayasree Satish Banana chips is an integral part of any sadhya/feast. Instead of the usual round chips, when it comes for festive spreads, the quartered chips are mostly preferred. This kind is not thin, will slightly thick too. All these years, being in Kerala, I have not bothered to make this at home. I get fresh chips at shops which are just a…	1 vote 386 views
	Jowar BisiBeleBhath by Jayasree Satish With my attempts to include jowar in the diet, I tried making Bisibelebath (BBB) using the jowar grains. BBB is one dish which I have tried with wheat and poha/avil as replacements for rice and was quite successful. With the confidence from the earlier trials, I decided for BBB. And I remembered Champa's post featuring an authentic…	1 vote 384 views
	Vinayaka Chathurthi Special - Poornam and Uzhunthu Kozhukkattai by Jayasree Satish Hope all who celebrated Vinayaka Chathurthi have feasted on an array of sweet and savory dishes, yesterday. Both my mother and mother-in-law makes only the sweet and salt varieties of kozhukkattais as prasadam for Chathurthi. I too follow the same…	1 vote 406 views
	Jowar Laddu by Jayasree Satish Here is another quick and easy recipe using jowar grains. I remembered the laddu posted by Srivalli and checked it and found it suits my BM theme of cooking with five or less ingredients. Noted the recipe and went to the kitchen straight away and the laddus were ready in 15 minutes. It makes a very healthy snack for kids and adults…	1 vote 558 views
	Jowar Idli using jowar grains by Jayasree Satish Food blogging has introduced me to many new grains/flours which are not part of my native Palakkad Iyer cuisine. During my grocery shopping, I tend to pick up new grain/flour to try in my kitchen. Most of the time, I will not have recipe in my mind. I had a big packet of jowar grains which I had picked during one of the shopping…	1 vote 417 views
	Rajgira Aloo Tikki by Jayasree Satish Rajgira flour is generally preferred as a fasting food since it is a non-cereal flour. The flour is prepared from the amaranth seeds. Mostly this flour is made as parathas. Being gluten free, it is suitable for gluten intolerant people. I tried making tikkis with this flour. Used some mashed potatoes for binding. Very easy to make if…	1 vote 437 views
	Golpapdi - Wheat flour sweetened with jaggery by Jayasree Satish A quick look at my recipe index or the labels, will tell you my love for sweets. I have a special affinity to jaggery based sweets. I feel jaggery based sweets are generally healthy compared to the sugar ones. Jaggery is rich source of iron and sweets with this, doesn't call for loads of fat. Golpapdi is one sweet that caught my…	1 vote 527 views