Sunday, December 27, 2009

kerala beef fry



Ingredients

Beef cut into small pieces and cleaned - 1/2 kg

I)For Marination
1)Chillly powder - 2 teaspoon
2)Coriander powder - 2 teaspoon
3)Turmeric powder - 1 teaspoon
4)Salt as required

II)Other Ingredients:
1)Onion - 2 or 3nos
2)Chopped Ginger - 1 small piece
3)Chopped Green chilly - 4 nos
4)Chopped Garlic - 5 nos
5)Coconut pieces - as needed
6)Redchilly powder - 1 teaspoon
7)Pepper powder - 2 teaspoon
8)Coriander powder - 2 teaspoon
9)Turmeric powder - 1 teaspoon
10)Curry leaf(kariveppila)-3 sprigs
11)Lemonjuice - 1 teaspoon
12)Garam masala - 2 teaspoon
13) Oil - 100 ml(preferably cocnut oil)

Method
Mix all  the ingredients for marination .Put  the beef pieces into it  and keep it for a while for marination.Cook the marinated beef with little water in a pressure cooker for3-4 whistles(according to the softness of the meat used,don't overcook).
Remove the lid of the pressure cooker and continue heating till the water is completely removed by stirring in between.
Heat oil in a pan.Add Onion,Ginger,Green Chilly,Garlic,Coconut pieces to it and saute for sometime.Add Redchilly powder,Pepper powder,Coriander powder, Turmeric powder and fry for a minute.Add the cooked beef,curry leaf,lemonjuice and garam masala and heat it in low flame stirring well till the beef gets fried.

kerala fish curry

Ingredients
 1) Fish cleaned & sliced - 250 gms(approximately10 pieces)
 2)Kudampuli - 4 or 5 small pieces

 3) Red chilly powder - 1 1/2 tablespoon
   Coriander powder - 1/2 tablespoon
   Turmeric powder - 1/4 teaspoon
 

 4) Ginger sliced -1 tablespoon
    Garlic sliced - 1 tablespoon
    Greenchilly slitted - 1 or 2
    Curry leaf(Kariveppila) - a sprig


 5) Salt as needed
 56Oil as needed(preferably coconut oil)

Method.
Keep the cleaned fish for a while to drain the water .Soak kudampuli in  small quantity of water and keep it  for sometime..
Make a smooth paste of ingredients 3 along with  little water and keep it aside.
Heat oil in a pan(preferably an earthenware pot for better results) and add ingredients 4 to it  and saute for sometime .To this add the paste of ingredients 3 and saute in in low flame for a minuteAdd water,kudumpuli and salt.Boil well and add the  fish ,reduce the flame.Cover and cook the  fish for 15 minutes,gently swirling the pan in between.