Chemmeenum Manga Curry

INGREDIENTS

Prawns(small sized cleaned) : 1 cup

Raw mango : 1 

or

Dried mango : 1/4 cup

Chilly Powder : 1/2 teaspoon

Turmeric Powder : 1/2 teaspoon

Green Chilly slitted  : 4 nos

Coconut grated  : 1/2 cup

Small onion sliced : 3 nos

SEASONING

Mustard : 1/2 teaspoon

Dry Red Chilly : 2 nos

Small Onion  sliced : 3 nos

Curry Leaf  : As needed

Method

Take prawns in an earthenware pot and add mango/dried mango,green chilly,turmeric powder,chilly powder,Curry Leaf and Salt and boil for 7-8 minutes.Grind well the grated coconut with small onion and little Turmeric powder in a mixer.Add this to the above mix,Cook for some more time and remove it  from fire.

For seasoning take a pan ,add oil and splutter mustard seeds.Add  small onion,dry red chilly and curry leaf .Saute till the onions turn brown.Add this to the prepared curry.Now chemmeen manga curry is ready .

Tips

1)Instead of Earthenware pot  or stone pot  ordinary cooking vessel can also be used.

2)Earthenware pot/stone pot  adds more taste and very healthy also.

Kappa Biryani

Ingredients

Kappa(Tapioca) cleaned & cut into small pieces : 1/2 kg

Coconut grated : 1 cup

Beef  cleaned & cut into small pieces : 1/2 kg

Onion : 1 no

Ginger crushed : 1 tablespoon

Garlic crushed : 1 tablespoon

 Meat Masala : 2 1/2 teaspoon

Garam masala : 1/2 teaspoon

Salt : as needed

Curry Leaf : as needed

Method

Take  tapioca in a large pan and add  enough water to cover  the tapioca.Add enough salt to this and boil till the tapioca is cooked..Drain the water and keep it aside.

Mix  Beef with Meat Masala,Onion,Ginger,Garlic,Salt and cook.in a pressure cooker for 3-4 whistles or till the beef is cooked.Mix cooked tapioca  and beef together.

Dry fry grated  coconut till it turns reddish brown colour.Cool and grind it to a fine paste.Add the ground mixture to the tapioca & beef mix.Add Garam masala,little coconut oil and curry leaf and stir well.

Tandoori Chicken

Ingredients

Chicken cleaned and cut into large pieces : 800 grams
Oil as required
Chat masala : for sprinkling

For marination

Chilly Powder : 1 teaspoon
Lemon Juice : 3 teaspoon
Hung Curd : 1 cup (when water is removed  from curd it is called hung curd. For making hung curd take  curd in a muslin cloth and hang it for 4-5 hours, till the water is completely removed)
Ginger-Garlic paste : 2 teaspoon
Greenchilli paste : 1 teaspoon
Garam masala Powder : 1/2 teaspoon
Tandoori Masala : 2 teaspoon
Salt as required
Red Color as required


Method


Add all the ingredients for marination,mix it thoroughly with chicken.Cover the marinated chicken  with a plastic wrap and keep it  in the refrigerator for one  hour .Preheat Oven to 180 degree celsius.Keep the chicken on the tray to be baked.Bake the chicken for 10 minutes.Brush with Oil /butter  and grill for 5 minutes,turn it apply oil/butter  and grill again for 5 minutes.Sprinkle with Chat masala.your tandoori chicken is ready now.Serve it with Onion  and Lemon Slices.


Tip:For better taste use  north indian tandoori masala brands like Everest,MDH etc 

Paalpayasam using pressure cooker

Ingredients

Basmati Rice : 1/4 cup
Milk : 1 litre
Sugar : 1 cup
Cardamom : 2 nos( powdered)
Water : 1 cup
Cashew & Raisins as required
Ghee : 1 tablespoon

Method

Take a pressure cooker ,add water,milk & sugar.Stir well to make sure that the sugar is fully  dissolved.Add the cleaned  rice to it.Close the cooker and cook  for 20 mins under low flame.Allow the cooker  to cool and then open it. Keep the cooker on flame again  and stir it continuously until it reaches your desired consistency.Add cardamom powder.Heat ghee and fry the cashew and raisins in the ghee.Add this to the prepared payasam.

Tip :If you cook in cooker it will always give a pink colour to the payasam.

Jileby

Ingredients

Urad Dal(Uzhunnu) : 250 grams

Sugar : 1 kg 

Water : 2 glass

Milk : 1 teaspoon

Red color :1/4 teaspoon

Lemon Yellow Color : 1/4 teaspoon(for shining)

Rose White Essence :1/2 teaspoon

Ghee/Refined Oil : 700 grams

Method

Soak Urad dal in Water for 1/2 an hour n allow the water to drain out.Grind it without adding water.

Take the  sugar in a pan and add water to it.Add  1 teaspoon milk,meanwhile  the impurities from sugar will come on top.Remove it using a spatula.Before the sugar syrup turns to one thread consistency remove from fire.Add both the colours and essence  to the sugar syrup.Heat Ghee/Oil(or use half of ghee & Oil) in a pan.Take a cloth bit and put a hole at the center  and transfer the ground black gram  in to it.Squeeze the paste out through the hole in to the pan . While squeezing , move your hand in such a way so that the paste is poured in to the pan in the shape of a jileby . Fry it.Transfer it to the sugar syrup.Soak for 15 minutes and transfer to a plate.

Tip: Instead of cloth bit,ziplock cover with a hole at the corner can also be used.

Mambazha Pulissery

Ingredients

Ripe mango : 1 peeled & cut into slices

Greenchilly : 2  slitted

Ginger : 1 small piece(chopped)

Turmeric : 1/4 teaspoon

Chilly powder : 1/4 teaspoon

Salt : as needed

Water : little

Grinding

Grated coconut  1/2 cup 

GreenChilly : 2 nos

Garlic(small) : 1 no 

Cumin : 1/4 teaspoon

Turmeric : 1/4 teaspoon

Curryleaf : as required

Other ingredients

Mustard: 1/2 teaspoon

Dry Red Chilly : 2 nos

Uluva/Fenugreek : 1/4 teaspoon

Curry Leaf : as needed

Curd : 1 cup

Sugar : 1 teaspoon

Method

Cook Mango with Greenchilly,Ginger,Turmeric,Chilly powder,Water & Salt.Grind the ingredients for grinding into a smooth paste.Once the mango is cooked add the ground mixture to it.Cook for some time .Remove from fire add curd to it.Keep on flame stirring continuously ,do not boil.Switch off flame.Add sugar and mix well.Heat oil in a pan add mustard seeds,when it splutters add dry red chilly,fenugreek & curry leaf.Add this to the above mixture.Delicious mambazha pulisseri is ready.....

Tip :If ripe mango is not readily available ,use canned mangoes in sugar syrup available in supermarkets.

Fish Fry

Ingredients

Karimeen/Neymeen- 5 pieces 
Ginger- Garlic paste - 1/2 tsp
Red chilli powder - 1 tsp
Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp
Salt to taste
Oil for frying (preferably coconut oil)
Curry Leaves -2or 3 sprigs


Method


Mix ginger-garlic paste,red chilly powder with  salt by  adding  little water so as to make a smooth paste of it.
Apply the paste to the fish pieces and keep it in refrigerator for half an hour.
Heat oil in a frying pan.Put curry leaves into the oil .Put the marinated fish pieces one by one into the hot oil and fry it under low flame.Keep the fried fish pieces on kitchen tissue paper to drain off the excess oil.