South Indian Home Cooking and Thali Feasting Without Leaving Canberra! My greatest food joy when I travel to India is Indian regional home cooking. It is so flavoursome and much lighter than we are used to eating in restaurants in Australia. Using wide ranging ingredients and cooking techniques, it is a delight to all the […]
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Syrian Christian Style Kerala Chicken and Vegetable Stew
A family-friendly Indian Dish that Everyone will Love The cuisine of Kerala in South India is varied and diverse. This delicately spiced Chicken Vegetable Stew recipe comes from the Christian community who migrated to Kerala from Syria centuries ago. The spices of India, the Dutch East Indies and Ceylon; cinnamon, star anise, cardamom pods, fresh curry […]
Kerala Fish Curry (Meen Mollee)
A Delicious Fish Curry from Kerala, South India I first learnt to cook this Kerala fish curry from Chef Nitin at the gorgeous Brunton’s Boatyard in Fort Kochi. It’s a spicy yellow gravy traditional to Kerala in Southern India and uses turmeric, tomato, coconut, spices and curries leaves. Ingredients (serves 8) 1&1/2 Tbsp coconut oil 1/2 tsp […]
5 tips to find the best hotel in Fort Kochi India
Where is the best hotel in Fort Kochi for You? I love heading to South India in June and July. True, it can be rainy, but it’s less busy and the hotels offer great prices. I also get the pool all to myself and the softer light is great for photos. And I can still get […]
Where else would you get full board and fun like this for just $60?
We arrived at Seema’s Waves Beach Resort to an impressive balcony view from this cute garden cottage at Thottada Beach near Kannur, Kerala. One of the few good places to stay between Calicut and Mangalore in the monsoon season, it’s part of the extensive, well-run network of Kerala Homestays that are the best place to […]
Is Brunton’s Boatyard Hotel the best spot to stay in Fort Kochi?
Brunton’s Boatyard Hotel Fort Kochi in Kerala, South India is brimming with history and culture. Coming for the spices, the Portuguese, Dutch and British fought over Cochin for nearly 500 years. Surrounded by waterways, seafood is plentiful. The local cuisine makes the most of spices, bountiful coconuts and the influences of colonialists as well as […]