Have I told you about the Kerala restaurants in Bahrain? I dont know how I missed telling you about it… Anyways, there are so many Kerala restaurants here starting from our typical chaya kada (tea shop) style ones to upmarket Kerala theme restaurants. Our friends who left Bahrain for good say that, the one thing they miss most about this place is the Kerala restaurants here. Ok, I've also come across a few who dont appreciate the food in these places. But I should say, it's a minority. If you are so particular about the qty of ginger, garlic, curry leaves in your dish n how it is chopped/sliced, those sort of things, then I think those places are not meant for you :) If you ask me, some of them do a real good job and you get to taste home cooked style food at a very reasonable price.
Do you remember the “meals ready” board that used to be displayed in front of the hotels back home? You can see that here, also the Malayalam version of “uunnu thayyar” (meals ready). Yeah, that's another thing I like about living in this part of the world. You dont miss home much :) I'm sure back home this boards are replaced with flex boards n stuff. It reminds me what some people say… if you want to see the real Onam celebration these days, you should go to Dubai ;)
Ok, let's come back to what we were discussing, Kerala restaurants. Since I make Kerala fare regularly at home, we are not frequent visitors of these hotels. But if I'm in a mood to have an elaborate lunch, I mean the typical Kerala style lunch, we head to one of the these restaurants. For a decent price, you get a wide variety of spread with 2-3 non veg items and 4-5 veg items and dont forget the payasam in the end!
I had this dish for the first time when we had lunch from one of these places a few months ago. I had had potato mezhukkuperatti before, but the combination of kaya n potato was new to me. I liked it so much and concentrated my whole appetite on this. In the end the waiter started giving me a weird look, because I just had a spoonful of rice and almost a plateful of this! From that day onwards I wanted to try this at home.
So, I finally tried this dish at home, if you are thinking whether I got the recipe from the chef… no. It's a very simple one, you could actually taste all the ingredients and it's no rocket science. The only difference I felt between my version and the restaurant one is in the looks. While mine had a mat finish look, the restaurant one had a glossy look. I couldn't bring myself to add that much oil. You can make it either mat finish or glossy, obviously the glossy one is more tastier.
Looks yummy.. Will surely try out…me too based in Bahrain… Which is the restaurant that you have mentioned above.. Will like to check that out too… :)
Thanks Fathima :) Good to know that you are also based in Bahrain. It’s Sahar restaurant..
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Maria
Very simple, very tasty :)) loved it. thankyoo maria :)
Thanks Sharon dear :) Hope things are great at your end.
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Maria
I made this with prawns instead!!!! It was so delicious, i was so sad when it got over! Lol :) And then My husband liked it so much he made me do this with beef the NeXT day… Haha :D
Hi Saj,
How are you?
Now you are making me hungry dear… I’m sure it tasted awesome with prawns n beef, got to try it sometime :)
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Maria
tastyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy =)
xoxo
Thanks Bindu!
Great Reciepi & very exiting thoughts Maria. Thanks for reminding the good old days & sharing authentic recirpes.
Hi Ryhana,
Thanks dear :) Good to know that it brought you some good memories.
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Maria
One more thing chiratta photo adipoli aayittundu :)
Looks so good Maria! I agree with you that small onions give a totally different flavour to the dish. It should not be substituted with big onions. I too use it a lot in my nadan dishes.
Hi Rinku,
how are you dear? yeah the whole taste of the dish comes from small onion I think :) Thanks for the comment.
Cheers
Maria
This is a novelty to me. I am going to give it a try. Thank you for your good work and hope to see you continuing your good work.
Thanks Mary! Please do try it sometime and I do hope you like it.
Cheers
Maria
I am a fan of Kerala restaurants too and they are in abundance,here in Chennai.I am not a big fan of garlic though and the vegetarian curries/stir fries are loaded with it,that’s my only complaint!But the payasam served in the end compensates for it:).Love the combo of kaya and potato-got to try!
:) yeah they tend to add a bit of extra garlic here also. But since I like it’s flavour, I’m ok with it :)
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Maria
I wish i had this right now, supr supr DROOLIE delicious
Thanks Finla :)
Definitely worth trying!!! Wil definitely let u knw hw it came….. Its a simple mezhukkuperatti but Im sure it wl taste yum:-)
Thank you Simi! Did you get a chance to try it? Hope it came out well.
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Maria
Yeah, i tried it nd came out awesome!!!pakka naadan dish…..Thnx a lot 4 posting it dear…..:-)))Xpecting more recipes like ds frm u…….
Thanks a lot Simi :) I’m happy that you liked it. Keep watching this space for more nadan recipes :)
Cheers
Maria