Indian cuisine is renowned for its diversity. When speaking of South India, the dish known as 'Appam' holds a very prominent place among its traditional delicacies. It is an ancient and highly popular ...

No trip to Kerala is complete without sampling one of the state's most delicious all-day staples. This is particularly true if you're anywhere in Central Kerala where the most delicious appams (also ...

There is no doubt about the fact that south Indian cuisine boasts some of the most exotic dishes. Whether it is a simple taste or a complex one, we have come to love this cuisine because of the ...

Leela Mathew says she feels emotional every time she makes the pesaha appam on Maundy Thursday. “It reminds me of my ammachi (mother),” says Leela over a call from Baltimore. She left for the US in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Did you know that we have our very own version of pancakes? I know what you may be thinking, pratas. Wrong— what I'm referring to ...

These cup-shaped pancakes are an obsession in Sri Lanka and the no-menu street cafes of Colombo do it best Appam, or “hoppers” in English, are cup-shaped rice-flour pancakes. They are eaten most ...

As with all things food, each region and Christian denomination in Kerala has its own flavours for Lent. What is common is the simple food that is usually served on Maundy Thursday and Good Friday ...

Prawns cooked in butter sauce with chilli, garlic and curry leaves give the ordinary hopper a new depth of flavour. HOPPERS, or better known as Indian appam by the locals, is a sweet dish loved by ...