Sunday, 30 June 2013

Fish Curry (Kerala Style)

 
 
FISH CURRY (KERALA STYLE)

Ingredients:-
Fish (anything of your choice) 1/2 kg
Kudampuli (gambooge) 3-4
... turmeric powder 2 tsp
chilly powder 2 tsp
coriander powder 2 tbsp
coconut scrapped 1/2 of 1 coconut
curry leaves a hand ful
onions a handful
Green chilly 5-6 slit into 2
ginger a small piece cut into julienne
garlic 3-4 pods
Salt to taste
Coconut oil 2 tbsp

Soak kudampuli in hot water after rinsing a couple of times.
clean fish, add kudumpuli along with the soaked water, add turmeric, green chilly, ginger, garlic, curry leaves, salt and leave it aside.
grind coconut with 5-6 shallots (small onions), curry leaves, turmeric, chilly powder& coriander powder.
add the ground paste & salt to the fish mixture .
mix it slowly and bring it to boil.
saute the rest of the onions chopped in coconut oil and add to the cooked curry. garnish with curry leaves.

Friday, 28 June 2013

Green Chilli chicken recipe - Krupa rangaraj




Ingredients:
chicken without skin 1kg
green chillies 20 to 25(10 to 12 coarselt ground and the others sliced)
ginger garlic pste 1 1/2 tspn
lemon 1
...onion chopped 1
pepper powder  2to3 tspn
turmeric powder 1tspn
kalova seeds (triphal) - 4 to 6 soaked and ground along with green chillies
salt and oil as required
Method:
marinate the chicken with salt , ginger garlic paste and half the quantity of pepper, turmeric powder and half lemon juice paste for 2 to 3 hrs
now add oil in a cooker fry the chillies and keep the chillies aside and  fry onions till brown and add the chicken and pressure cook and add the rest pepper powder and remaining juice and chillies and serve

Aunthentic Chicken recipe by Krupa Rangaraj



Aunthentic Chicken recipe
Ingredients for marination:
12 to 15 pcs boneless pcs
2 tspn minced garlic
2 tspn minced or grated ginger
1tspn cayenne pepper powder (sigappu mollagai)
...1/2 cup yoghurt
1/2 to 1 tspn mustard powder
1to 2tspn chilly powder
2tspn lime juice
1/4 cup white vinegar
salt as required
For batter:
1 to 2eggs beaten nicely
2tspn all purpose flour or corn flour
oil for frying
Method:
 with all the ingredients mentioned marinate the chicken and keep them aside
after marination remove the chicken and coat them with the batter and deep fry them

In the restaurant style for marination they use a 1 tspn of corriander powder, pepper powder ans cumin powder each
later the fried chicken is sauted with curry leaves, chopped onions and green chillies and served.

Achi Mess Menu by Juhi

For the benefit of my fellow foodies! Enjoy!

Thursday, 27 June 2013

Stuffed Brinjal by Sandhya Ramkumar

 Kadala paruppu+ coriander seeds each 3 tablespoon+red chilli 3 nos+ fenugreek seeds 1/2 tsp...fry dry in a pan at last with grated coconut 10 tsp.grind in dry jar.Wash and cut the brinjal in to four carefully not parting apart.stuff the above mentioned masala in the brinjal.In a flat pan..add oil n mustard seeds + Urud dhal and add stuffed brinjal in to it...close the lid and let it cook for 5 - 6 min...open the lid ...allow to fry and ur stuffed brinjal is ready ...Stuffed Brinjal in a hot pan

Cup cakes by Deepa Nair

Pallipalayam Chicken by Krupa Rangaraj


Ingredients:

Chicken - 250 g
Small Onions( finely chopped) - 200g
Dry red Chillies broken into 2-3 pieces - 4

Turmeric powder- 1/2 tsp
mustard seeds-1 tsp
Curry leaves -5-6
oil- 1 Table spoon
Salt - As per taste

Method:
Heat pan. Add a little oil and season with mustard seeds, curry leaves and red chillies.

Take care not to over fry it. Then add cut onions and fry until half cooked.

Then add chicken, salt and turmeric powder. Stir it for 5 mins. Then Add enough water to it,cover the pan with lid and cook.

After the chicken has been cooked well, open the lid and allow the  excess water to evaporate. Keep stirring.

Once all the water is dried, serve hot