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Avalose Podi/ Poora Podi

Its a traditional and popular evening snack of Kerala and my favourite too. Most of the Kerala snack recipes ask for rice flour and coconut  since we have enormous paddy fields and coconut palms to provide the raw materials. Avalose podi is a combination product of  roasting raw rice flour, grated coconut,cumin seeds and kalonji.Give it a try and enjoy!!!

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Preparation time : 10 minutes
Cooking time: 15 to 20 minutes
Serves 8

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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.

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Preparation time  15 minutes

Cooking time  30 minutes
Serves  6

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Iced Coffee

As a foodie, the most important things that I miss when I am away from my second home ‘Ontario’ are  halal eateries and of course the Tim Hortons.The double double regular medium coffee,iced cappuccino and iced coffee  are my all time favourites.To all those Tim Hortons Ice cap addicts, if you are away from Tim’s, try this recipe at home.

 

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