Crepes can be eaten for breakfast,lunch or dinner. Try crepes with maple syrup,combination of berries and whip cream, with banana and cream, with cinnamon and brown sugar, with spinach, egg and cheese, or with creamed chicken and mushrooms. Actually, one of my favourites is a spinach ,egg  and cheese crepe,Yum!   Prep Time: 30 minutes
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Buttermilk Pancakes have a light and spongy texture and their flavor only hints of the richness and tanginess that buttermilk offers. You begin these pancakes as you would any regular pancake batter; by whisking together the flour, baking powder and salt. For this recipe, replace the milk with buttermilk. The Buttermilk Pancakes are so good
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Idiyappam or String hoppers is a culinary specialty in Tamilnadu, Kerala and Coastal areas of Karnataka. It is also popular in certain areas of Sri Lanka. It is also called noolappam or noolputtu from the Tamil word for string, nool. It is made of rice flour, salt and water. It is generally served as the
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Jack fruit( chakka) Ada is my all time favorite. In Kerala, you get to have chakka ada, chakka varattiyathu,chakka chips during summer(March to May).When you live in a temperate zone where few arils of Jack fruit cost you $5….then you tend to rely on canned Jack fruit imported from Thailand or Philippines. I used the
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For best results, let the bread slices dry overnight. The hardness of the bread keeps the bread from absorbing too much egg and getting soggy.   Ingredients: Bread -4 slices Milk -1/4 cup Egg -1 Sugar -3 tbsp Salt -a pinch Butter -2 tbsp Vanilla extract/Cardamom powder- 1/4 tsp(optional)

Ragi/ finger millet is rich in calcium, fibre, protein, iron and other minerals. It is a low fat cereal and most of the fats are in the unsaturated form.In southern parts of India, pediatricians recommend finger-millet-based food for infants of six months and above because of its high nutritional content, especially Iron and calcium. Home
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When it comes to breakfast, it should be healthy as well as delicious, to kick-start the day. One such breakfast recipe is Puttu, which is commonly made with roasted rice flour or wheat flour. Here I am using a chiratta(coconut shell) puttu maker.Puttu is something that is truly Keralite but adopted by Srilankan household as
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  INGREDIENTS For omelette Eggs 2 Salt to taste Milk 2 tsp Oil as required For filling Onion (sliced ) 1 Broccoli florets  5 Carrot small, grated  1 Tomato ketchup as required Pepper  ½ tsp Green chilli sauce ¼ tsp Salt as required

Ingredients For the filling Chicken sausages( sliced) 3 Onion( finely chopped) 1 Garlic pod(finely chopped) 1 Tomato (finely chopped) 1 Dry Oregano ½ tsp Red Chilli sauce 1 tsp Pepper 1 tsp Salt to taste Oil 1 Tbsp Cheese(optional) For the omelette Eggs 4 Water/Milk 4 tbsp. Butter/Oil 2 tbsp Salt 1/2 tsp. Pepper 1/8
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  Ingredients 2 – Large eggs 1 to 2 tbsp – Cilantro chopped finely 1 – Green chilli, chopped finely A pinch of – Pepper powder 1 tbsp – Sliced mushrooms 1 tbsp – chopped onions 1 tbsp – chopped tomatoes Salt to taste