October « 2011 « Kerala Recipes

Chocolate Flavored Cold Coffee

I need to warn you. This Cold Coffee can be addictive! We drank this every evening for a week until I convinced myself to reduce the intake of Caffeine. Nevertheless, enjoy this delicious treat once in a while.

Chocolate Flavored Cold Coffee

Ingredients

Cold Milk – 1 cup (Pasteurized/Boiled & Cooled) Instant Coffee Powder

Olan (Stewed Beans and Squash)

Olan is a traditional Kerala Stew prepared in Coconut Milk using Beans and Melon/Squash/Gourd. Olan is a must for Onam Sadhya. Cow peas (Vanpayar) and Ash Gourd/Winter Melon (Kumbalanga) are traditionally used for making Olan. However, you can use other varieties of beans and squash for this recipe. Olan has a very mild flavor.

Asian Chicken Curry in Peanut Sauce

Two of my favorite ingredients which I use for Asian-style recipes are Fish Sauce and Roasted Peanuts. Add these to any dish and you get a Thai/Malayasian flavor. Here is a yummy Asian Style Chicken Curry in Peanut Sauce. I have used a combination of ingredients from Indian, Chinese and Thai cuisines. This curry has