Lemon Pickle

LEMON PICKLE (നാരങ്ങ അച്ചാര്‍ )

Ingredients

10 Large Lemon
1/2 Cup Vinegar
2 tbsp chopped ginger
2 tbsp chopped garlic
3 green chillies chopped
Few curry leaves
Salt as required
1 tbsp Gingelly oil (Sesame seed oil)
3 tsp red chilli powder
1 tsp turmeric powder
1/2 tsp asafoetida powder
1 tbsp mustard seeds

Preparation

Bring a pot of water to boil and immerse the lemons and continue boiling for 3-4 minutes. Take the lemons out and let them cool. Cut the lemons into small pieces (don't discard the juices) and keep it aside. Coarse grind the mustard seeds. Heat the oil in a pan and add the mustard seeds. Add Ginger, garlic and green chillies as soon as the mustard changes color. Cook for 2-3 minutes and add the chilli powder, turmeric powder and asafoetida powder. Add curry leaves and switch off the heat. Add the cut lemons and salt. Add enough vinegar and properly mix together. Keep it covered for a day and the adjust the salt and add more vinegar. You can add some sugar also to sweeten a bit. Keep refrigerated.

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Mango Pickle

MANGO PICKLE (മാങ്ങാ അച്ചാര്‍ )

Ingredients

1 big - Fresh green raw mango
5 to 6 flakes- Garlic, sliced
1 tbsp - Red chili powder
1/4 tsp - Hing powder / Asafoetida
1/4 tsp - Fenugreek powder
Salt to taste
Sesame oil

Seasoning

1/2 tsp - Mustard seeds

Method

1 ) Cut mango with skin on, into small pieces.

2 ) Heat 2 tbsp oil. Keep the heat low, once the oil has warmed up. Add garlic and just fry lightly. Don't brown it. Then on low heat, add red chili powder, hing and fenugreek powder. Stir and fry for a second. Take off the stove and pour on the cut mango pieces. Add salt to taste and mix well with mango pieces.

3 ) Heat 1 tbsp more oil and pop mustard seeds. Pour this on pickle and mix in. Cool and transfer to a glass or ceramic jar.You can warm little more oil and pour on top of the jar, if you want to store this for long time. Keep in room temperature for a day, then store in fridge

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Nellikka Pickle

NELLIKA PICKLE (നെല്ലിക്ക അച്ചാര്‍)

Ingredients:

Gooseberry 1/2 k
Ginger 1 big piece
Garlic 10 to 15 pods
Chilly pdr 2 to 3 Tbsp
Turmeric pdr 1/2 Tsp
Vinegar 2 to 4 Tbsp
Fenugreek seeds
Mustard seeds
Curry leaves
Hing (asafoetida) 3/4 Tsp
Oil (Gingely)
Salt

Method:

Cook gooseberry in water and little salt. Allow it to cool. Keep the water aside and remove the seeds from the berry and slice it into small pieces. Heat oil in a kadai and add mustard seeds and fenugreek seeds. When it splutters, add curry leaves, sliced ginger and garlic. Saute till it turns light brown. Reduce the heat and add chilly pdr, turmeric pdr, hing and salt. Roast it well and pour rqd amount of water (water which was used to cook the gooseberry) and vinegar into it and boil well. Add the cooked gooseberry into it and mix well. Remove it from fire and cool it. Store it in an air tight container.

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Fish Kabab

Fish Kabab

 

Ingredients:

• 900 gms Fish
• 3/4 cup Lemon Juice
• 2 tsp Fresh Ginger (finely grated)
• 3 cloves Garlic (crushed)
• 1-1/2 tsp Salt
• 4 tsp Coriander Powder
• 1 tsp Garam Masala
• 1 tsp Chili Powder
• 1 cup Yoghurt
• 2 tbsp Plain flour
• 1 tbsp Cooking Oil

How to make Fish Kabab:

• Rinse fish with cold water and pat dry.
• Now cut into 1 inch cubes and set aside.
• Mix all the ingredients to make a marinade.
• Pour this into large freezer bag and add the fish cubes.
• Make sure fish is well covered by marinade.
• Place freezer bag in the refrigerator for two hours.
• Take away fish from marinade.
• Discard the marinade and assemble fish cubes.
• Spray the grill lightly with cooking oil and place the fish kebabs on the grill.
• Cook for about 4-6 minutes each side or until the fish flakes easily with a fork.
• Fish Kebab is ready to be served with hot rice.

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Green Chilli Chicken

Green Chilli Chicken

Ingredients

• Chicken,1 1/2 inch pieces 800 grams
• Small Green Chillies 1 cup
• Green chillies 3
• Onions 2 medium
• Ginger 1 1/2 inches
• Garlic 10 cloves
• Fresh coriander leaves 1/2 cup
• Salt to taste
• Oil 3 tablespoons
• Cumin seeds 3/4 teaspoon
• Turmeric powder 1/4 teaspoon
• Coriander powder 2 teaspoon
• Roasted cumin powder 1 teaspoon
• Garam masala powder 1 teaspoon

Method

Chop onions, ginger, garlic, coriander leaves and 3 green chillies and put in a grinder jar. Add salt and sufficient water and grind to a smooth paste. Add this paste to chicken and mix well. Set aside to marinate for at least ½ hour or 24 hours in a refrigerator. Heat oil in a deep non-stick pan. Add cumin seeds and sauté till the colour changes. Add whole green chillies and mix well. Add salt and turmeric powder and mix well. Sauté for 2 minutes on high heat. Add marinated chicken and mix well. Add coriander powder, roasted cumin powder and garam masala powder and mix well. Cook on high heat for a minute. Then cover and cook on high heat for 3-4 minutes. Reduce heat and cook for about 15-20 minutes, adding water if required. Serve hot.

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Mutton Ladies Finger

Mutton Ladies Finger from Pakisthan

Ingredients
• Ladyfingers (bhindi),trimmed 500 grams
• Mutton,cut into small pieces on the bone 500 grams
• Ghee 2 tablespoons
• Cumin seeds 1 teaspoon
• Cinnamon 2 one-inch sticks
• Black cardamoms 4
• Black peppercorns 8-10
• Onions,thinly sliced 2 medium
• Green chillies,slit 3-4
• Ginger paste 1 teaspoon
• Garlic paste 1 teaspoon
• Salt to taste
• Turmeric powder 1/2 teaspoon
• Coriander powder 2 teaspoons
• Oil 2 tablespoons
• Tomatoes,pureed 2
• Red chilli powder 1 teaspoon
• Garam masala powder 1 teaspoon
• Fresh coriander leaves,chopped 4 tablespoons

Method
Heat ghee in a pressure cooker. Add half teaspoon cumin seeds, cinnamon, black cardamoms, black peppercorns and onions and sauté till lightly browned. Add mutton and green chillies and continue to sauté. Add ginger paste, garlic paste, salt, turmeric powder and coriander powder and stir. Heat oil in another pan. Add the remaining cumin seeds. Make a slit one side of the ladyfingers and add to the pan and sauté till lightly browned. Add two cups of water to the mutton and mix. Add tomato puree and stir. Add red chilli powder and garam masala powder and mix well. Add coriander leaves and the sautéed ladyfingers. Mix and adjust salt. Close the cooker with the lid and cook under pressure till one whistle is released. Reduce heat to medium and cook for twenty to twenty five minutes. Open the lid when the pressure reduces completely. Serve hot.

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Ginger Pepper Tea

Ginger Pepper Tea

Ingredients

• Ginger,crushed 1 inch piece
• Black peppercorns 8
• Tea leaves 3-4 teaspoons
• Fennel seeds (saunf) 1/2 teaspoon
• Fresh mint leaves 6-8
• Milk 1 cup
• Sugar 4-5 teaspoons

Method

Heat three cups of water in a pan. Take peppercorns and fennel seeds in a mortar and pound with a pestle. Add this to the water. Crush the ginger and add. Add fresh mint leaves and let the water come to a boil. Add tea leaves and continue to boil. Add milk and let the mixture boil once more. Add sugar and simmer the mixture for two to three minutes. Strain and serve piping hot.

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Karimeen Fry - Kerala style

Kerala Style nadan Karimeen fry ( Pearl spot fry)
Serves - 2
Total cooking time :- 30 minutes plus for marination and 10 plus minutes for frying

Ingredients:-

Karimeen/Pearl Spot - 2 nos (Available in kerala stores in US by Narmada Brands)
Ginger- Garlic paste - 1/2 tsp
Red chilli powder - 1 table spoon
Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp
Pepper powder - 1/4 tsp
Salt to taste
Oil for frying
Curry Leaves
Sliced onion

Directions:-

Mix all the powders and salt and adding a little water make a paste with it.
Apply the paste to the fish and keep it for sometime.
You can either deep fry( 10 minutes) or shallow fry(20-25 minutes) it as per your choice
( Add curry leaves while frying)

(Source: Sarah, Vazhayila.com)

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Chemmeen Pachakkuarachathu

Chemmeen Pachakkuarachathu 

Ingredients

1. Prawns / chemmeen – 400 gm (I used around 20 – 25 jumbo prawns)
2. Ginger – 1 inch, chopped
Pearl onions – 4 – 5, sliced
Green chilies – 4, slit
Curry leaves – 1 sprig
3. Drumstick – 1, cut into 2 inch pieces and slit
4. Kudam puli / gamboge – 4 pieces, soaked in enough water and torn into small pieces
5. Grated coconut – 1.5 cup
6. Turmeric powder – 1/2 tsp
Chilly powder – 1.5 tsp
Coriander powder – 3/4 tsp
Fenugreek powder – 1/4 tsp
Pearl onions – 4 – 5
7. Salt – To taste
8. Coconut oil – 1 tbsp

Method

1. Grind the grated coconut along with the ingredients numbered 6 to a fine paste.
2. In a clay pot, add the washed and cleaned prawns, ground coconut paste, drumstick pieces, chopped ginger, green chilies, sliced pearl onions , kudam puli pieces, salt and enough water (around 1 cup)and cook at medium heat until done. It will take about 15 - 17 minutes. Add a few curry leaves. Switch off. Pour a tbsp of coconut oil over the curry. Set aside for 10 mts. Serve with rice.

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Sharjah Shake

Sharjah Shake

Ingredients (Serves 2)

Banana - 1 largeChilled milk - 1.5 - 2 cupsBournvita / boost / ovaltine - 2 tspSugar / honey - 1 - 2 tsp or to tasteCardamom powder - 1 - 2 pinchesCashews - 4 (soak them in warm water for 10 minutes) Dates - 1 - 2 roughly chopped ( Optional)

Method

Blend everything together until thick and frothy. If you are using cashews/ dates blend them first adding a little milk and then add the remaining ingredients. Enjoy!!

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Minty Lemon Juice

Minty Lemon Juice

Ingredients

1. Lemon – 1 (Remove the seeds and extract the lemon juice)
2. Ginger – 1/4 inch, roughly chopped
Mint leaves – 6 – 8
Honey – 2 tsp or sugar, to taste
Salt – 1 pinch
Water – 1.5 cups

Method

Put all the ingredients in a mixer and grind for about 10 seconds. Strain and pour into a glass.

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Nadan Chicken Pepper Fry

 Nadan Chicken Pepper Fry

Ingredients

Chicken ( Boneless ) ~ 1/2 kg
Garlic ~ 7-8 garlic cloves (Peeled and crushed )
Ginger ~ 2 medium sized pieces ( Peeled and crushed )
Green chillies ~ 4-5 nos (Chopped )
Shallots / Kochu ulli ~ 15 nos ( Finely chopped )
Tomato ~ 2 nos ( Medium sized , chop and grind it to a paste using a mixer grinder )
Turmeric powder ~ 1/2 tsp
Black pepper powder ~ 3 tsp
Lemon juice ~ 3/4 tbsp
Home - made garam masala ~ 1/2 tsp
Grated coconut ~ 1/2 cup
Coriander powder ~ 2 tsp
Curry leaves ~ 2 stems
Salt to taste
Coconut oil / Regular vegetable oil

Method

First clean the chicken pieces and cut it to medium sized pieces and then drain it nicely. Next marinate the chicken pieces with 1/4 tsp turmeric powder, 1/2 tsp pepper powder, 3/4 tbsp lemon juice and little salt and refrigerate it for about 30 minutes.

Then heat oil, preferably in a non-stick pan and add mustard seeds and when it pops up, add curry leaves followed by crushed ginger and garlic and fry for 2-3 minutes. Next add finely chopped shallots and green chillies and saute till shallots become transparent and in a very low flame, add 2 tsp coriander powder, 1/4 tsp turmeric powder and fry for less than a minute. Then add ground tomato paste along with 2-3 tbsps of water and cook till the tomatoes are nicely cooked and until almost all water is evaporated.

Next add marinated chicken pieces along with enough salt and mix it nicely and cook covered for around 20 minutes without adding water. Then cook uncovered for another 10-15 minutes and then add 2 1/2 tsp black pepper powder, 1/2 tsp of garam masala, grated coconut and 1 stem of curry leaves and mix it nicely and then keep it in a low flame till the chicken pieces becomes dry and slightly brown in color and at this point you can add 1-2 tbsps of oil. Do stir in between in order to avoid the chicken from sticking to the bottom of the pan.

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Orange Pudding

Orange Pudding

Ingredients

3 oranges
1 1/4 pints milk
1 1/2 oz cornflour
1 oz butter
3 oz sugar
2 eggs
pinch of salt

How to make orange pudding:

Peel the oranges, cut in pieces and place in a buttered dish.
Mix cornflour with a little of the milk.
Boil remainder of milk, add to the cornflour paste and cook for 10 minutes, stirring constantly.
Add the butter and a pinch of salt.
Sprinkle a little sugar over the oranges.
Mix the rest of the sugar with the yolks of the eggs, and add to the milk and cornflour mixture.
Stir for a minute or two longer over the fire without boiling.
Pour over the oranges and bake for 10 minutes.
Beat the egg whites stiffly, fold in a little castor sugar, pie on top and return to cool oven for abut 10 minutes, to set and tinge a very pale brown.

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Oottada

Oottada

Ingredients

Roasted rice flour or whole wheat flour - 2 cups
Salt - To taste
Grated coconut - 1/2 - 3/4 cup or as required
Water - As required

Method

Place the flour and salt in a large bowl. Make a very thick batter by adding water little by little. Taste-check for salt. Flatten the batter on a rectangular banana leaf using your finger tips or using the back of a thavi/ spoon. Top it with some grated coconut. Fold the banana leaf in half. Repeat until the batter is finished.

Heat a tawa. Roast the prepared banana leaf ottadas, on both sides at medium heat, until the banana leaves are browned as you see in the above picture. Serve immediately.

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Mathi Nellikka Varattiyathu

Mathi Nellikka Varattiyathu (Goosberry Sardine)

Ingredients:

Medium sized sardines- 6nos (1/2 kg) cleaned
Nellikka (gooseberry)- 3nos Big
Pepper powder - 1tbsp
Garlic (veluthulli)- 6cloves
Ginger(inchi)- 1/2 inch piece
Fenugreek(uluva)- 1tsp
Coconut oil- 2tbsp
Curry Leaves- 2spring
Water- 1cup
Salt- to taste

Preparation:

1. Remove the seed from gooseberry.
2. Grind the gooseberry with pepper powder, ginger and garlic to make a paste.
3. Heat the oil in a pan preferably earthenware(currychatti). Add fenugreek and when it turns golden, add the grinded mix and saute until the raw smell disappears in low flame.
4. Add the curry leaves and water and salt to taste and simmer for 5 minutes to boil.
5. Now add the sardines and cook on low flame till the gravy thickens or dries as preferred. Shake the pan occasionally to avoid the fish sticking the bottom.

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Vegetable Fried Rice

Vegetable Fried Rice

Ingredients

1. basmati rice - 2 glasses
2. carrot grated- 1 cup
3. beans sliced thin and long -1cup
4. capsicum sliced thin and long- 1cup
5. celery sliced round - 1 cup
6. spring onion cut round and thin.
7. Soya sauce- 3tsp
8. Salt as required

Method

Soak basmati rice in salt water for 5 minutes and drain. Fry this in ghee for half an hour on low flame (or keep in Micro wave for 20 minutes and fry in ghee for 10 minutes) . Add 4 glasses of boiled water and salt to taste. Boil it on low flame till the water goes off. Close the lid and keep for 15 minutes. After that open the lid and let it cool.

Fry all vegetables in ghee in the respective order(from 2 to 5). Add 3 teaspoons of Soya sauce and a little salt.(Since Soya sauce is salty, you have to be careful while adding salt.) Heat up a pan and put a spoon of Ghee, add one portion of rice, one portion of fried vegetables and one portion of spring onion. Fry for 8 minutes. Repeat this till the whole rice and vegetables are done. Mix all well and serve hot with curry.

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Malabar Mutton Curry

Malabar Mutton Curry

Ingredients 
1 lb(500g) of mutton
1 large onion
2 tomatoes
4-5 pods of garlic
1 inch piece of ginger
2-3 green chillies
Coriander leavse/curry leaves as required.
2 tsp red chilli powder
2 tsp turmeric powder
Salt - as required
1/4 Coconut milk(optional)
Gharam Masala as required

To Grind

1/2 cup fresh or roasted coconut
2 tbsp coriander seeds(or 1 tbsp of coriander powder)
2 tsp black pepper seeds
1-2 dried red chillies

Directions
Marinate the mutton pieces with red chilli powder, turmeric powder and salt for 30 minutes. Pressure cook the mutton up to 3 whistles with sliced onions and tomatoes. Roast fresh coconut with coriander seeds, dried red chilli and black pepper seeds until it turns golden brown. Let it cool and grind with water to a smooth paste. Add this to the cooked mutton and bring to a boil add crushed garlic, ginger, green chillies and a pinch of Garam Masala. Cook at low temperature for 10-15 minutes. Adjust the hotness and consistency with coconut milk. Garnish with curry leaves and coriander leaves.

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Ilayada

Ingredients:

Rice flour - 1 cup
Salt - to taste
Butter - 1 tbsp
Jaggery - 1/2 cups
Shredded coconut - 1/2 cup

Directions:

Mix rice flour together with salt and butter. Add hot water and make smooth dough. Heat jaggery and coconut together in a pan. Make small balls out of the dough and spread it on the plantain leaf. In it place a spoon of jaggery and coconut mixture and then fold it by sealing the edges. Now steam this ada in an idli cooker.

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Kannur Inji curry

Kannur Inji curry (കണ്ണൂര്‍ ഇഞ്ചി കറി)

Ingredients

1/4 cup ginger pieces
1/2 cup grated fresh coconut
2 small green chillies,chopped
2 tsp mustard seeds
curry leaves
3/4 cup thick buttermilk
1 -2 dry red chillies
2 tsp grated coconut to garnish

Directions

Grind together the ingredients 1 to 4 into a coarse paste adding little water. Pour buttermilk into this ground paste.Splutter mustard, dry red chillies, grated coconuts and curry leaves in oil and garnish, add salt according to your taste.

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Naranga Curry/Sweet And Tangy Lemon Curry

Naranga Curry/Sweet And Tangy Lemon Curry

Ingredients

1 cup chopped lemon
2 tsp sesame oil
1/2 cup tamarind water
1 cup water
asafoetida, a pinch
1/4 tsp fenugreek powder
1/2 tsp turmeric powder
1/2 tsp chilli powder
2 tbs jaggeri
salt, as needed
2 dry red chilli
curry leaves, few
1 tsp coconut oil

Directions

Heat sesame oil in a pan. Add chopped lemon and cook till lemon pieces get soft. Add chilli powder, turmeric powder, fenugreek powder, asafoetida and tamarind water, keep stirring. Add water combine well and cook covered. When it boils add jaggeri powder and mix well. Cook few more minutes till gravy thickens. Turn off the heat. Heat oil in another pan, splutter mustard seeds, curry leaves and red chillies. Pour this into lemon curry . Serve with rice.

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Kozhikkodan Pista Halwa

Kozhikkodan Pista Halwa (കോഴിക്കോടന്‍ പിസ്ത ഹല്‍വ)

Ingredients

1.5 Cup all purpose flour
4 cups of water
1 cup sugar
1/2 cup Coconut oil (Substitute with vegetable oil)
few drops of green food color
1/4 cup Pista, lightly crushed
2-3 cardamom,crushed

Preparation

Mix all purpose flour with water to make a thin batter(Looks like milk,little bit thicker though). Add food color. Heat this mixture in a thick bottomed vessel with continued stirring. 

Add sugar, when the mixture thickens. Continue stirring. When the mixture thickens again, add the cardamom powder, pista and start adding the oil, 1 tbsp at a time,continue stirring until halwa separate from the vessel, add more oil if required. Transfer to a greased pan and cut into pieces after cooling down.

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Kozhikkodan Halwa

Kozhikkodan Halwa (കോഴിക്കോടന്‍ ഹല്‍വ) 

Ingredients

2 cups of all purpose flour
4 cup of sugar
1 cup water
1 tsp cardamom seeds, crushed.
1.5 liter coconut oil(or vegetable oil)
dry coconut slices(optional)

Directions

Mix the flour with 8 cups of water and leave it covered for a day. Remove the water from top and add make up the water again and leave it for one more day. Flour will start to ferment by this time. You may keep it refrigerated on the second day to prevent over fermentation.

Remove the water form top and filter out any lumpy portions from the flour paste. Heat the oil to 350 degrees and keep it aside. Boil the sugar with 1 cup of water and add the flour paste and cardamom seeds. Stir everything together and add the hot oil. Stir continuously on medium/high heat until the halwa separates from oil and starts to sticks together. Continue stirring for two more minutes and transfer to a greased pan and add the coconut slices. Cool down and cut into desired size.

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