Christmas Desserts
Classic Christmas Pudding
- Ingredients: Dried fruits, suet or butter, breadcrumbs, flour, brandy, spices.
- Instructions: Steam for several hours, then serve with brandy butter or custard.
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Peppermint Bark
- Ingredients: White and dark chocolate, peppermint extract, crushed candy canes.
- Instructions: Layer melted dark and white chocolate, sprinkle with crushed candy canes, and let it set.
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Eggnog Cheesecake
- Ingredients: Cream cheese, sugar, eggnog, eggs, nutmeg, graham cracker crust.
- Instructions: Combine cheesecake ingredients, pour into the crust, and bake. Top with whipped cream and a sprinkle of nutmeg.
Kerala Style Beef Cutlets
- Ingredients: Minced beef, potatoes, onions, ginger, garlic, green chilies, garam masala, breadcrumbs, eggs.
- Instructions: Cook and mince the beef, mix with mashed potatoes, spices, and herbs. Shape into cutlets, coat with breadcrumbs, and deep-fry.
Kerala Christmas Chicken Roast
- Ingredients: Chicken, shallots, garlic, ginger, chili powder, coriander powder, garam masala, curry leaves.
- Instructions: Marinate the chicken, then roast it with caramelized shallots and spices until deeply flavorful.
Mutton Stew with Appam
- Ingredients: Mutton, coconut milk, potatoes, carrots, green chilies, cinnamon, cloves, curry leaves.
- Instructions: Cook mutton with vegetables in a fragrant coconut milk base. Serve with lacy appams (fermented rice pancakes).
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Duck Roast (Tharavu Roast)
- Ingredients: Duck, shallots, ginger, garlic, chili powder, pepper, vinegar, garam masala.
- Instructions: Slow-cook duck with caramelized shallots and a spice-rich gravy until tender and aromatic.
Pidi and Kozhi Curry (Rice Dumplings with Chicken Curry)
- Ingredients: Rice flour, coconut milk, chicken, chili powder, coriander, and spices.
- Instructions: Prepare soft rice dumplings (pidi) and serve with a spicy chicken curry rich in coconut milk.
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Side Dishes
Kerala Style Fried Fish
- Ingredients: Fresh fish, chili powder, turmeric, lime, curry leaves.
- Instructions: Marinate fish with spices and lime juice, then fry in coconut oil with curry leaves.
Kappa Vevichathu and Meen Curry (Tapioca and Fish Curry)
- Ingredients: Tapioca, coconut, turmeric, red chilies, sardines or other fish.
- Instructions: Cook mashed tapioca with spiced coconut and pair it with a fiery red fish curry.
Desserts
Plum Cake (Kerala Style Christmas Fruit Cake)
- Ingredients: Mixed dried fruits, nuts, caramel syrup, flour, butter, spices, rum.
- Instructions: Soak fruits in rum for weeks, mix with batter, and bake until moist and fragrant.
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Achappam (Rose Cookies)
- Ingredients: Rice flour, coconut milk, sugar, sesame seeds.
- Instructions: Make a batter and deep fry using a rose cookie mold for crispy, festive treats.
Palada Payasam
- Ingredients: Rice ada, milk, sugar, cardamom, ghee, cashews.
- Instructions: Simmer rice ada in thickened milk with sugar and cardamom. Garnish with ghee-roasted cashews.