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Mar 27

The story of Pesaha Appam on Maundy thursday and recipe

Ancy 11:34 AM67 CommentsSTORIESCooking Daily, Holy Week, kerala christian recipe, kerala cuisine, Lifestyle News, Recipe, Tradition

Story of Pesaha Appam dates back when Israelite’s were in Egypt. Kerala St Thomas Christians prepare unleavened INRI appam on Maundy Thursday

Sep 30

is there a difference between appam and aappam ?

Ancy 2:51 PM26 CommentsSTORIESCooking Daily, food stories, Traditional Lifestyle

Does there exist a difference between appam and aappam? When a chef presented appam, I could make out from the texture that it was aappam (ɑːpam) and not appam (əˈpam). The chef agreed that it was aappam (‘a’ as in ‘part’) and not appam (‘a’ as in ‘America’). To my friends, this was new information […]

Sep 14

‘Ullathu kondu onam pole’ (Onam Sadhya festival with whatever available)

Ancy 11:31 AM26 CommentsSTORIESbanana leaf, Onam, Tradition, Traditional Lifestyle

This year we prepared Onam sadhya festival with whatever ingredients were available in the kitchen (ullathu kondu Onam pole lifestyle).

Mar 31

5 Kerala breakfast recipes with wheat flour

Ancy 2:40 AM45 CommentsRECIPECooking Daily, food, kerala cuisine, Recipe

Here are Kerala breakfast recipes with wheat flour or atta like idiyappam, kozhukattai, vellayappam, vattayappam and puttu. 

Dec 23

Celebrate this Christmas with Meetha Paan Cake

Ancy 2:53 PM29 CommentsRECIPEbaking, cake, Recipe

If you had enjoyed chewing meetha pan, in your childhood, at wedding functions, you are surely going to like this Meetha Paan Cake.

Nov 01

How to prepare Unniyappam for Nercha (religious food offering)

Ancy 1:51 PM27 CommentsRECIPECooking Daily

Unniyappam served as nercha during festivals in Kerala. Here is recipe for preparing unniyappam on large scale for the first time.

Apr 17

4 Lent food of Kerala Christians

Ancy 9:59 AM210 CommentsSTORIESheritage, kerala christian recipe, kerala cuisine, Recipe, Traditional Lifestyle

There are certain lent food prepared during the Passion week of Lent season that has may religious and traditional symbolism.

Dec 24

Christmas Rum Plum Cake

Ancy 11:35 AM37 CommentsSTORIESbaking, cake, Cooking Daily, Recipe

Christmas Rum Plum Cake, popular Cake of the Christmas Season, are not intoxicating as Rum is used  judiciously to marinate fruits and nuts.

Saint Teresa of Calcutta
Sep 05

Food Stories of Saint Teresa of Calcutta

Ancy 11:37 AM29 CommentsSTORIESExemplary Lifestyle, food, food stories, Mother Teresa

The inspiring food stories , share in this post, resonates Saint Teresa’s famous quote; “I alone cannot change the world, but I can cast a stone across the waters to create many ripples.”

Aug 17

3 Recipe with Milk Powder – Nido

Ancy 6:13 PM125 CommentsRECIPECooking Daily, food, Recipe

Just discovered mother’s  Book of recipe with Milk Powder – like Rasgulla, gulab jamun and milk chocolate. Mother used Nido in those day,

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    • September 4, 2025 by Ancy 5 Quick Onam Sadhya Recipes
    • June 23, 2025 by Ancy Egg Milk : The Secret Potion of My Grandfather
    • June 1, 2025 by Ancy The Last Frame We Never Shot: A Baklava Memoir
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