Madakku San / Love Letters / Eylanchi

These used to be my favorite among the tea time snacks as a kid. At home, we used to call it as Muttayappam . Then when I went to hostel for college, we used to get it as tea time snack there. It was well known as love letter among the hostel mates. I am not sure if it is named the same anywhere else. Unlike other tea time snacks like Ullivada, Aval vilayichathu, Bonda etc.  this snack was liked by all.

I don't know why is it called love letter. May be because of the sweet filling rolled into those pancakes like a love letter with so much romantic and sweet words that goes into it :). I was surprised to hear it when I first heard it. Anyways, I love the name.

Beef Ularthiyathu (Beef Dry Fry) ~ Kottayam Style

Writing this post is going to be a difficult task. My mouth is watering and leaving me craving for these. I should have drafted this post much earlier when I had made it and still leftover. Well there was no such moment. It just vanished from our plates in no time.

I got to know that there are different ways of getting this dish done. But I am used to making it the Kottayam style. Even though I would so love to try out other versions, whenever I start making them, I end up making it this way, as it is very dear to our hearts.