Many of the delicious veggie side dishes can be made ahead, which frees up stovetop or oven space and gives the flavors a chance to meld.
Preparation time 20 minutes
Total time 1 Hour
Yields 6 Cups
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Malabar Kadala Parippu Payasam/ Split Bengal Gram Payasam
Payasam and Malayali go hand in hand. “Payasam”, also known as “kheer”, the basic ingredients being milk or coconut milk and rice, wheat or lentils. It is usually sweetened with sugar or jaggery depending on the kind of payasam being made. This is a traditional Ramdhan special payasam during ifthar or nombuthura. Yet another exotic payasam recipe that comes with love from the world of Malabar cuisine.
Preparation time 15 minutes
Cooking time 30 minutes
Serves 6
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Spinach-Egg Crepes
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
Cook Time: 2 minutes
Yields: 14 crepes
Beef Bread
Bread making is so easy and once you are hooked by the miracle of yeast, you would love making this stuffed bread with beef and carrot.
Ingredients
For dough
Whole wheat flour 4 cups
Instant yeast 1 Tbsp
Warm water 1/4 cup
Sugar 1/2 Tbsp
Warm milk 1/2 cup
Salt 2 tsp
Canola oil 4 Tbsp
Egg 1 No
Water as needed to knead the dough
For decorating the bread
Beaten Egg white 1 No
Sesame seeds
Unsalted butter
Stuffed Date Fritters/ Eenthapazham Nirachu Porichathu
Stuffed Date Fritters remind me of Ramdhan spent in Abudhabi, UAE. When Ramdhan falls during July-August, you get different varieties of dates from the farm that are sweeter than honey and give you a jump start while breaking a day long fast from dawn to dusk. Some Arab farm owners may gift you few kilograms of dates just for visiting their farms.
Ingredients
Dates/Eethapazham 10 N0
Raw Cashewnuts 10 No
All purpose Flour 1/2 cup
Rice flour 2 Tbsp
Sugar 2 tsp
Salt a pinch
Water as needed
Oil for frying
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