A Bit About Palakkad Iyers and Their Cuisine
Avarakkai Poduthuval/ Thoran (Green Hyacinth Beans with Coconut)
Aviyal (Mixed Vegetables in a Thick Spicy Coconut Sauce)
Beans Mulagootal (Beans Cooked With Lentils And Coconut)
Carrot Mulagushyam
Chenai Kadala Kootu Kari (Elephant Yam and Black Chickpeas With Toasted Coconut)
Easy Gherkin (Kovakkai/ Tindora) Pickle
Elai Adai Goan Style - Patolyo (Coconut-Jackfruit-Jaggery Filled Rice Packets Steamed In Turmeric Leaves)
Grated Ginger Pickle (Inji Thokku)
Kanni Maangai (Baby Mangoes In Brine) and Kadugu Maangai (Spicy Baby Mango Pickle)
Keerai Mulagootal (Amaranth Leaves in a Coconut and Lentil Gravy) Microwave and Stovetop Versions
Coriander/ Cilantro Chutney Powder (Kothamalli Podi)
Maangakari (Easy Mango Pickle) and Maangai Thokku (Sliced Mango Pickle)
Mixed Lentil Chutney Powder (Milagaipodi)
Mysorepak
Neiyappam (Deep Fried Rice And Jaggery Dumplings/ South Indian Aebelskivers)
Nendrapazham Pulissery (Ripe Plantain in a Spiced Coconut and Yogurt Gravy)
Olan (Pumpkin and Ash Gourd/ Winter Melon in Coconut Milk)
Paal Payasam (South Indian Style Rice & Milk Dessert)
Pachcha Maanga Chammandhi (Raw Mango Coconut Thick Chutney)
Pachcha Mathan Erisseri (Spicy Pumpkin With Toasted Coconut)
Papaya Avial Kootan (Raw Papaya in a Coconut Gravy)
Parippu Pradhaman
Parippu Thogayal (Lentil And Coconut Chutney)
Parippu Vadai/ Aama Vadai (Spicy Lentil Fritters)
Podavalangai Kootu (Snake Gourd With Lentils and Coconut)
Pokkuvadam (Ribbon Pokkuvadam)
Pulikyatchal (A Spicy Green Chilli-Ginger-Tamarind Chutney)
Thattai
Thengai Barfi (Cardamom Flavoured Sweet Coconut Squares)
Thengaipodi a.k.a Chammandhipodi (A Spicy Coconut Chutney Powder)
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Tomato Rasam (A sort of Indian Tomato and Lentil Soup)
Treasured Cookware From My Kitchen
Ukkarai
Uppuma Kozhakkottai (Steamed Rice Dumplings)
Varatharaitcha Vendakkai Sambhar (Okra in a Spiced Lentil and Coconut Gravy)
Vellarikkai Puli Pachadi (Cucumber In A Tamarind Coconut Gravy)
