Breakfast n Brunch

A lovely morning with some bright colours 🥰

🍓Strawberries n Cream with
🍓Granola, Basil seeds and dry fruits

Ain't this Breakfast platter awesome? 🤩🤩🤩

🍓Fully loaded Masala Omlette
🍓Toast with Jam
🍓Strawberries and Mulberries
🍓Watermelon juice for Him and
🍓Filter Kaapi for Me

💥Vegetable Rice sevai with
💥Peanut Tomato chutney

Good morning people! Happy Friday!

Happy Sunday folks!

🍂Sabudana khichdi
🍂OJ and
🍂Mint Coconut chutney

Some like to dip their Vadas into Chutney/Sambar and eat them while it's still crispy.

Some like their Vadas to be dunked, drunk and drowned 😁😁😁

💥Sambar Vada
💥Chutney on the side

Late n lazy Sunday breakfast!

🍁Cheesy, Egg, Chutney sandwich and
🍁A cuppa hot, frothy, strong Filter kaap

How about some IceCream for breakfast??? 

☄️Strawberry Pancakes
☄️ButterScotch IC with
☄️Caramel and Maple Syrup

Today's Breakfast

☄️Uthappam and Coconut Red chilli chutney

Bagel n Fruits breakfast, ofcourse with some Coffee 🥰🥰🥰

💥Bagels and
💥Seasalt Caramel & Chocolate Tart, from Concu outlet near home
💥Mango
💥Black grapes n
💥Watermelon
💥Filter kaapi

Sunday Vibes

⚡️Buttery Vanilla Cinnamon Pancake stack
⚡️Mangoes
⚡️Maple syrup

Puttu! A typical Mallu breakfast which can be had with anything from Kadala curry, Non veg curries, or just a Banana. Puttu and Pazham (Banana) with a lil sugar is the most simple favourite with a glass of Chaaya (Tea). I'm not a Tea person, so filter kaapi it is 😋

With mangoes galore, made a twist today.

🥭Maanga Puttu/Mango Puttu
🥭Pazham/Banana
🥭Pappadom/Kerala Papad
🥭Filter kaapi

Sunday late breakkie 🤩🤩

  🔥Mango-Pineapple-Banana smoothie bowl topped with
  🔥Millets Granola
  🔥Mulberries
  🔥Mango slices
  🔥Cherries
  🔥Basil seeds
  🔥Pomegranate
  🔥Sweet Lime juice

Husband dreamt of eating Chakkara Pongal last night and wanted to have it today. 😱

"Let's make Chakkara Pongal" he said.....which actually translates as "You make, we will eat" 😏

Made this version called "𝘈𝘬𝘬𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘷𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘢𝘭" which is Chakkara Pongal made completely with Milk--𝑻𝒂𝒎𝑩𝒓𝒂𝒉𝒎 𝒔𝒕𝒚𝒍𝒆. (Rice+Moong dal cooked with Milk and Jaggery)
Garnished with dollops of Ghee and a pinch of PachaKarpooram....you can't help but lick the bowl to the last grain. 🥰🥰🥰

💥Akkaravadisal
💥Venn Pongal and Akkaravadisal
💥Sambar

The weather is nice today!

Decided to compliment it with some

⛈ Vada
⛈ Peanut chutney
⛈ Coconut chutney and
⛈ Filter kaapi

3 States come together on a table! 🥰🥰🥰

🍂Puttu - the quintessential breakfast item for a Malayali
🍂Banganpalli mangoes - pride of the Telugu region
🍂Filter kaapi - heartbeat of Tamizh food

(Mallika mango just as prop)

💥Neyyi UlliKaaram Masala dosa with
💥Ulli kaaram
💥Peanut tomato chutney

Have a nice day people!

Bidding Goodbye ain't easy! Memories of you will remain in the mind, heart and on the tongue....till we meet again next year, you golden beauties! 😢

🌸Pancakes with
🌸Star of the season - Mangoes
🌸Maple syrup
🌸Coffee

Au Revoir! 😔

Ants, Squirrels etc store food when they are aplenty and feast on them during winters.

Storing away food and feasting is really awesome..... specially when it's got anything to do with Mangoes 🥰🥰🥰. Ain't it???

💥Cherukku Rasalu (the last box of frozen aamras)
💥Peanut chutney
💥Crispy Ghee Dosa

Happy Friday people! 😊😊😊

Sunday breakfast!
 
♨️Soft n fluffy Banana-Pecan Pancakes

Till Strawberries are in season, Bananas will do 😋😋😋
 
☘️ Brown bread French toast

"Raindrops on roses
And whiskers on kittens
Bright copper kettles and warm woolen mittens
Brown paper packages tied up with strings
These are a few of my favorite things"
 
Wish I could sing like Julie Andrews n do a hippity hop 🎻🎼🎤
 
December has always been my favourite month! Maybe it's the "End of the year" feeling, maybe it's the cold...the nip in the air, maybe it was the lights, snow, music of the Hollywood "Holiday season movies", maybe it's the beautiful childish memories while growing up.🥰🥰🥰 
 
I see bright colours in my mind, the Reds, the Golds, the Silvers...all things bright n beautiful.
 
Strawberries being available in this season just adds to the happiness. The one other thing that makes me happy is Foooooooood. So this is how I like to make you smile along with me.
 
🌿Strawberries n Pancakes
 
Have a good day people! ☺️☺️☺️

Happy Pongal!
 
💥Venn Pongal
💥Chakkara Pongal
💥Sambar
💥Medhu vada

Having sampled a variety of "Kellogs Eggo" waffle flavours in the USA, I was thrilled to find these ready-to-eat waffles on Big Basket. (Available on Amazon too).
 
Although the former are frozen waffles, these can be stored in your pantry.
These Dr.Oetkar's waffles come in a few flavours and we bought Vanilla and Tutti fruity.
 
1. IMO, it's not as great as the US product, but ok ok.
2. It's a tad bit more sweeter and a bit hard after toasting.
3. Toast it in a pop up toaster on 1, else it gets burnt.
 
💥Tutti fruity Waffles with
💥Mango
💥Maple syrup

Sunday brekkie!
 
When it's not Mango / Strawberry season......you make do with Banana and Mulberry 🤫
 
☄️Buttery Vanilla-Cinnamon Pancakes

Saturday leisure breakfast
 
🌸Tomato-Onion-Podi Uthappam
🌸Peanut Chutney
🌸Strong Filter Kaapi

It's December!
 
It's Strawberry time!
 
Pancakes with Strawberries and Maple syrup. Our fav breakfast. 🥰🥰🥰

A quintessential Kerala snack, made at homes for the evening snack time with a Tea, Coffee or a Kattan Chaaya (Black Tea). It's also found in most of the street food shops and bakeries all over Kerala. These Unniappams and Pazham Pori (Kerala Banana fritters) are every Malayali's favourites ☺️. Biting into either of these while still hot and sipping on a Tea......aaaaaah that's bliss! 😋
 
When you bite into these soft, warm Unniappams and get a few of those crunchy coconut bits fried in ghee.....Aaaaaah, bliss! 🥰
 
💥Unniappam / Nei appam ( Unni means small in Malayalam. Small appam. It's also called Nei appam....nei is Ghee. Ghee appam)
💥Kattan Chaaya (Black Tea)

Any other states which make this?
 
🍂Ela Appam / Ela Ada - similar to the Kozhukatta/Modak, but steamed in a banana leaf. This can be made with Rice flour or Wheat flour, while Modak is made just with Rice flour. I like the Wheat flour version for this more than the Rice flour version.
 
A wonderful dish from the land of God's own Country - made for breakfast or as a 4pm snack. But that doesn't stop me from making it for lunch or even dinner ☺️.
 
When eaten warm with the gooey coconut -jaggery filling oozing out, each bite is just fantastic 😋

Sunday Breakfast 🥰
 
🍌 Cinnamon-Vanilla Banana Pancakes
 
Have a nice day folks!

It's the beginning of my favourite month of the Year!!! 🥰🥰🥰. The arrival of Strawberries makes it even more beautiful.
 
🍁French toast with
🍁Strawberries and
🍁Maple syrup
 
Happy Friday folks

Growing up, breakfast on Christmas Day was always always Aapam and Chicken curry. Lunch was Mutton Biriyani and the curtains came down on the day with Chapathi and left over Chicken curry from breakfast.
 
I try and continue the tradition now, but with Egg curry. Thankfully the Husband is an eggitarian and I'm too lazy to make non-veg just for myself. 😙
 
So today's breakfast is
🍁Aapam
🍁Egg n Potatoes in coconut milk curry (Egg mollee curry)
🍁Filter kaapi

Just like Idlis and Dosas, Pancakes are a staple at our Home for breakfast! When there are Strawberries, Pancakes are a must on my table 🥰.
 
🍁Buttery Strawberry-Cinnamon Pancakes
🍁Chocolate spread
🍁Maple syrup
 
Strawberries and Chocolate, they are a match made in Heaven 🥰.

A lazy n late breakfast with berries, eggs n toast to begin the long weekend 😊
 
🍓Masala Omlette
🍓Toasted Wheat bread
🍓Strawberries
🍓Strawberry Yoghurt
🍓Freshly squeezed OJ
 
Happy Weekend folks!

Sunday breakfast at home ☺️
 
🌿Adai (Multi Dal Dosa)
🌿Roasted chana dal chutney
🌿Jaggery
🌿Orange juice
 
Kishore likes the Adai to be crispy and they go well with jaggery too 😃

When I find both my favourite fruits, what better way than to use em like this 🥰🥰🥰
 
🍁Fluffy Buttery Pancakes, with
🍁Mangoes and Strawberries
🍁Maple syrup
 
Have a great weekend folks

Soft Ghee Pongal
 
Arachu vitta Sambar (Tamizh style with ground coconut)
 
Coconut chutney
 
Who says Pongal can't be had for brunch??? Eat this combo, fall asleep, wake up....and you will change your mind 😁😁😁

The ONLY time where your dreams are achieved and become a reality the very next day
.....
 
.....
 
.....
 
Is when you dream about Food! Am I right or am I wrong? 😁😁😁
🍀Medhu Vada
🍀Coconut chutney and
🍀Filter kaapi
 
For breakfast @ Home today
 
So keep dreaming folks! 🤩🤩

When fraaaaaaands who travel, bring back a few goodies for you to make your tummy happy....that is love! 🥰🥰
 
Today's breakfast with Maple syrup from the You Yess of A 😄
 
💥Buttery Buttermilk Vanilla Pancakes with
💥Mangoes

Only a Potter Head can understand the joy in being gifted such paraphernalia along with some Bagels 🥰 from You Yess of A. (Plain and sesame)
 
Today's breakfast
🍁Sesame bagels with Cream cheese and Peanut butter
🍁Mango milkshake
 
Happy weekend folks!

Today's breakfast

🍂Ghee roast Dosa
🍂Tomato chutney
🍂Sweet coconut chutney
🍂Filter kaapi
 
Happy Friday folks! ☺️