India’s favourite good food store – Sweet karam coffee

Indian households are used to stocking up sweets and savouries. If not homemade, there is always store bought items for snacking. These go well with tea time, coffee time and even as sides during lunch. Don’t you all agree with me.

But ever since most of us live in a nuclear set up, we miss these little edible treasures from the grandma’s, who stay far from us or for some of us who have lost them.

Let alone the snacks, the pickles , the podis and sun dried crisps are definitely part of the family traditions in the south. When we get to know the extended family is coming over from native, whether or not before packing clothes these accompaniments definitely deserve a separate baggage.

We’ve also seen this in movies where we get to see the lead reminiscing when they receive a parcel from at home it’s like a warm hug that carries the love and care from our family. Daadi ke haath ka or paati kaimanam be it the pickle or the hand pounded spice powders they truly have a different way of touching us when user in cooking.

Now that we miss all that, I recently found an online store that has almost everything you need when it comes to making your life easier with cooking.

Sweets and savouries exactly made as per the authentic recipes from different lands, the spice powders, papads, pickles and what not. Sweet, kaaram ,coffee is my newest find where I stock from sweet, savouries, crisps , podis from.

With a wide range of options to choose from their website, they also make sure that the packaging is intact and keeps the items fresh and aromatic. Their sling bag is yet another salient feature that speaks volumes about their business.

Sling bag

You could order individual items or if your confused you could even go with their combos. Let alone normal days they have combos for festivals as well.

Traditionally made vadams in a combo

Sweets and savouries that are made especially for occasions are made into adorable bundle packs that can not only be purchased for personal use but also great for gifting purposes.

Sweet karam coffee aims to bring back memories associated with childhood by letting us bring home traditional Indian delights with their team of home chefs and small home brands. In addition to Indian traditional delicacies they also cater to homemade chocolate, peanut butter, cream bun, brownies for the current generation with healthy ingredients and homemade twist.

They are India’s favourite destination for good food for the entire family. With Janmashtami coming up they do have a special combo bag that houses sweets and savories that are made for the occasion. They offer pan India delivery and the bags should be pre-ordered so that you could enjoy these traditional delicacies during Janmashtami without any hassles from the comfort of our homes.

Source : Sweet karam coffee

Kerala food fest at Regenta Deccan central,chennai

It’s not the time for Onam, but if you’re craving Kerala food and especially vegetarian, then you definitely should be visiting Regenta Central Deccan, royapettah.

The food from God’s own country is presented as a sumptuous treat at the Olives restaurant of Regenta Central Deccan. Priced at 888 nett, the buffet sure is to satisfy the Kerala food cravings.

Mrs. Saraswathi viswanathan from Thrissur Kerala, also founder of Sachuskitchen is the person behind the creation of such delectable delicacies.

The food festival is from June 21st to 30th , lunch and dinner buffet. Mrs. Saraswathi has carefully chosen each item of the menu and the striking aspect is that you don’t eat the same items on all ten days. Yes she has a different menu each day. Though the dishes seem to be the same, the variations she has given in using different vegetables sure does ring a bell in your taste buds.

Mrs. Saraswathi draws cooking inspiration from her father who passed away a couple of months back. She is now being helped by her son to manage her restaurant at Thrissur. She was soft spoken and patient enough for a casual long chat while we enjoyed the meal. The taste was heartwarming and most importantly felt at home.

Chef N.Saraswathi Viswanathan is a Record Holder in Universal Achievers Book of Records and Future Kalam Book of Records for creating a unique world record of preparing 108 dishes on spot in one hour. It was an honour to taste her cooking.

We were welcomed by Mr.Aditya , F&B manager at the restaurant. A warm welcome and detailed explanation of the hotel’s history and current happenings made it more interesting.

As we moved on to taste the food we were in for a treat looking at the elaborate spread that was waiting for us. We quickly wanted to finish the photography and proceed to tasting.

We began with the tasty drumstick soup, which was drumstick pulp infused in coconut milk. It was piping hot and definitely made mouths water and wanting for more.

The starter was raw mango pakoda, which was tangy , crisp and perfect accompaniment for the spicy soup.

We had a live counter for Malabar parotta. My my the layers were so soft and the veg moilee was the best to be paired with the parotta.

I’ve listed down the menu in detail.

But to name a few of my favourite was the yellow pumpkin olan, vada kootu curry and the jackfruit rind biryani. I never knew we could use up jackfruit rind, nendram skin to cooking and it was indeed a learning experience for me. I’d gotten a lot of new ideas to incorporate into my cooking.

Dessert spread

Dessert spread

We had an elaborate dessert spread. Which included pizhinja payasam, unniyapam, tender coconut payasam to name a few.

Malabar parotta veg moilee

Malabar parotta veg moilee

Drumstick soup

Drumstick soup

Raw mango pakoda

Raw mango pakoda

Soup: Drumstick Soup made from drumstick pulp infused in coconut milk.

Starter : raw mango pakoda

Main course :

Avial, Veg Moilee with Malabar parotta (very soft) Vishnu Kanji, Kaalan (yam),Olan(yellow pumpkin/ paragikai in coconut milk), Sembu Puli Kari, mixed curry made with carrot beans and potatoes, Nendrapazham pulluserry, pacha Manga Pachadi, chakka upperi, vada kootu curry,Sambar, Rasam , Biriyani , Buttermilk, curd rice.

Dessert:

Pizhinja payasam, tender coconut payasam.

Accompaniments /sides :

Jackfruit Chips, Banana Chips, Sarkara Upperi, Unniappam, Pappadam.

Pickles:

Inji puli, kani manga, kadu manga and Nartanga.

Salads :Green salad, sprout salad, fruit salad.

Salad spread

Salad spread

Dessert section

Dessert section

The Kerala food fest is from June 21st to 30th June. Lunch and dinner buffet priced at rs 888 nett.

Timings : Lunch 12 pm-3 pm and

Dinner 7 pm -11 pm.

Where : Olives , Regenta Central Deccan.

Address : No 36, Royapettah High Road, Royapettah, Chennai at 6677 3333 or 98409 78842