Spring time! Aviyal - Mixed Vegetable in Creamy Coconut Sauce

"People are like stained windows, they sparkle and shine when sun is out" - Elisabeth Kubler-Rose

Happy, spirited up are the day when vitamin D is activated. Yes much awaited Sun is finally here in my part of the world. Warmth, colourful blossoms and green "the" colour is just wonderful.  And all of sudden there was big shift, slipping to few 10's of degree, rain and grey sky....I was said welcome to Belgium! But flowers are still smiling, dancing along with rain and green is getting intense!  The weather and nature are like artist and poems quite unpredictable yet beautiful! 

Spring time reminds me about fresh vegetable in India and this recipe is loaded with many vegetables in coconut sauce. This is very popular recipe from south India Kerala - God's own country, which is usually is made with coconut paste, mum makes them with fresh thick coconut milk, more rich and creamy. When mum visited me in Finland in 2011, she smuggled brought all veggies and our home grown coconut and we prepared this recipe, yes two years back...I did tell you my hard drive cries most of the time for some fresh air! 

Till I enjoy the sun, rain and weekend.....you enjoy the aviyal (Mom's version, not an authentic version) and glimpse of spring from my part of my world!! 

                 Airy light papads ...or call it as flying breads

                 My mint plant is growing very happily at home!

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Easter holidays! - Pan fried fish fillet

Lots of cooking, photography and shopping was my agenda during easter break. Rarely I'm focused during weekends to completely the agendas, but this holiday was exception. So there was heavy shopping, good amount of photography and mild storm in the kitchen. Pan fried fish fillet with caramelised onions was simple yet flavourful. Great thing is that it hardly takes anytime to cook. Palak dhal with ginger & pepper eggplant fry was for soul. Chicken breast in spicy tomato sauce for a cold evening. Mushroom briyani with greek yogurt enough to miss home. Wanted to end with red wine chocolate cake, not sure what went wrong it had excess moisture, which made the cake very gooey.  Have to retry this cake, because the cake had great taste and flavour of wine was tantalising! 

Wish I could share mushroom briyani recipe as well, i have great recipe from my sister but every time I jazz up the recipe according to my own mood, that I don't end up documenting here. I'm still optimising the basmathi rice I get in Belgium, I don't get aged rice so most of my food is getting mushy! Sigh! Anyhow people here is pan fried fish with caramelised onions! And hope you all had a eventful and colourful easter! 

Oh btw...Do you guys by any chance have any idea to shoo away the winter? Or may should I bribe The Summer by saying "Honey how about Tres Leches cupcake with mascarpone frosting?"....Lets see if this work, if at all weather God/Goddess reads this!!!

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