Sambar Masala Powder
You’ll never go back to store-bought sambar masala powder after you give this a try! You can make it in bulk and store it in an airtight container for ease.
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Split Chickpeas Pudding | Kadala Pradhaman
Kadala Pradhaman is hands down everyone’s favorite Kerala dessert in this house and it makes an appearance for every single sadya we make throughout the year! If you’re a chickpeas lover like us, I guarantee you’ll be a fan too. Mashed split chickpeas is simmered …
Vermicelli Pudding | Seviyan Kheer | Semiya Payasam
This is quite possibly the easiest and quickest Indian dessert. Roasted vermicelli is cooked in milk, cardamom, and sugar, then garnished with roasted cashews and raisins. Typically payasams from Kerala are made with coconut milk and sweetened with coconut sugar. This particular one is not …
Cucumber Pulissery | Vellarikka Pulissery
Diced cucumbers in spiced coconut and yogurt-based curry. Pulissery is typically served last during a sadhya when my stomach is ready to burst at the seams so I usually end up not eating it. But I do love it as a casual every other week …
Ash Gourd & Black-Eyed Peas Curry | Olan
One of my friends who tried olan for the first time said, ” It tastes like a bowl full of love!” Yeap, that pretty much sums it up. Black-eyed peas and ash gourd or winter melon are simmered in coconut milk and seasoned ever so …
Okra Kichadi | Vendakka Kichadi
I love okra, especially fried okra, so it’s no surprise that this is my most favorite kichadi of them all. Fried sliced tender okra smothered in a creamy coconut and yogurt gravy seasoned with ground mustard seeds. Kichadi is one of the very few sadhya dishes that …
Cucumber Kichadi | Vellarikka Kichadi
Cucumber’s smothered in a creamy coconut and yogurt gravy seasoned with ground mustard seeds. It’s one of the very few sadhya dishes that are not vegan. But that can easily be solved by either swapping the dairy yogurt or curd with your favorite homemade or store-bought non-dairy yogurt, …
Vegan Sicilian Cannoli
During the past couple of months of our quarantine life, I’ve found myself diving headfirst into vegan cheese making. I made some cashew ricotta recently, and all I could think of was cannoli! The first time I made it, I used the ricotta recipe from …
Easy Cashew-Tofu Ricotta
This recipe was born out of my need for an easier, faster, and cheaper ricotta. Sometimes an idea or dish pops into your head, and you need some ricotta right away! You just don’t have the patience or time to culture and drain it for …