Payasam and Pradhaman – integrant dishes of Kerala sadya are often confused and interchanged. Very often they are referred as common. Similar to Kheer of north Indian dishes, both are desserts served during...
Kerala Sadya is a complete diet which is quite popular among foreigners also. Kerala and its traditional vegetarian Sadya served on banana leaf is combo to one another. Do you know there is a...
Kerala shares a distinct space in the tourist map of the world, mostly for its greenery, water bodies and of course, boat races. Boats – stand as the iconic representative of Kerala across the...
Onam – The Cultural Capital of Kerala has also its own way to celebrate this season. If State capital is famous for Tourism week, live stage shows and lighting festival to promote the event,...
Onam season is the spring season to Malayalis too. Monsoon just returned, the bright and pleasant day with blossoms everywhere, it’s the harvest season also. Pookkalam, Flowers and Onam are synonymous to one another...
Onam became the cheerful festival of children mainly because of pookkalams. Our nostalgic moments of Onam memories are definitely filled with children making colourful pookkalams, with cheap and local flowers available around us. Pookkalam...
The festival season has already begun. Covering whole body with Parppadaka (Kummatti) grass, covering faces with fierce masks ‘Kummatti Koottams’ across Thrissur are getting ready to conquer the streets for Onam season. Desakummatti...
Hot Puttu – placed in front of you in a banana leaf aside pappad and boiled green gram (payar & pappad), its aroma giving a nostalgic effect. Then someone places a bowl of Kadala...
The month of Chingam has arrived and season of Pookkalam (Atham) – the colourful spring on courtyards is just to begin. On the 10th day of Atham, Keralities celebrate the cheerful festival of...
A few years back, my sister-in-law told, while she was doing her course in UP she used to take different types of banana while she returns back from home. She said, only robusta (banana...
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