Time for another Cake Day… The occasion?? Well, its the 41st wedding anniversary of my parents… Usually, they celebrate by going out for dinner but this time, thanks to COVID-19, that was not possible and hence we decided to go for a cake for the first time for it… So,…
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Spicehaus – Pothichoru
Recently, I came to know that Kaffeehaus, the ever popular Swiss cafe at Vazhuthacaud has started a new brand called Spicehaus and have started doing Kerala cuisine under it and is available for delivery thru the popular food delivery app services… Of-course, I couldn’t try any of it back then…
Cookery
Paneer Tomato Rice
Tomato Rice is something my mom makes every time for me whenever we have leftover white rice to use… This time we had a cup of cooked Basmati rice left over and she had this idea of adding some paneer to her tomato rice since we had some extra paneer…
Food For Thought
The Trend Of Bashing Anything Vegetarian – Why???
Recently, I have been observing a trend which I find to be quite disturbing… It is this practice of bashing (verbally of-course) anything vegetarian as not good enough to be considered as food… Outside India, this is something that has been happening for quite a long time and even many…
Packed Foods
Nissin Zesty Chicken Keema Cup Noodles
A friend of mine suggested that I start doing reviews of packed foods as people need to know about them as well and not just restaurants… I thought about it and decided to do it and hence this post today… Those who know me personally, may know that I have…
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Pankayam Special Pothichoru
It has been a long time since I last had Pothichoru and also anything that falls under the category of Seafood (ever since the lockdown)… Besides, in-spite of the mixed reviews that are out there, the Pankayam Restaurant is one place I wanted to try ever since it opened but…
Recipes
Caramel Bread Pudding
So, another day and another recipe found online to try… This time my mother found a recipe for a Caramel Bread Pudding which we thought we could try as the ingredients were readily available… This time we went for the exact recipe without any improvisations and the following pics show…
Cookery
Rava Dhokla
Dhokla is, thanks especially to Bollywood, the most famous food item from the Indian state of Gujarat (even though the version thats most popular is actually Khaman and is misunderstood as Dhokla by most)… Dhokla’s original form is made by steaming a fermented Rice and Chickpeas paste along with Ginger,…
Recipes
Easy Neypathal / Neypathiri
So, yesterday my mom got this recipe for Neypathal from one of her friends which peaked both our interests cause it featured a short cut for making Neypathals using Puttu powder… The video of the same which we got is given at the bottom of this post… So, turned out…
Cookery
Easy Bread Halwa/Pudding
This is a recipe that we do whenever we have some leftover bread in the fridge that needs to be used… White bread works the best with this in my opinion and I’m not saying that other whole grain breads won’t work, but the texture would be different… Ingredients So,…
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A Lunch At Apollo Dimora
It has been quite a while since I have been hearing about the Apollo Dimora hotel and especially about the vegetarian restaurant called Vega Dimora which my parents have made as their regular spot for lunch whenever they got during weekends… I haven’t had the chance to visit the place…
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Thaqwa – First Visit
Off lately, I have been hearing about this restaurant called Thaqwa especially regarding their Mandi and Biriyani options and as I was planning to visit the place, I heard that they are about to open up a new branch here in Kazhakuttom and I thought I would wait for the…