How to prepare Karimeen Varuthathu/Karimeen Porichathu?
Karimeen Varuthathu | Karimeen Porichathu | Pearl Spot Fry
Ingredients:-
Karimeen/Pearl Spot – 1
Small Onion/Shallot – 3
Ginger – ½ Inch
Garlic – 4 pods
Green Chilli – 1
Curry Leave as required
Turmeric Powder – ½ Tsp
Chilli Powder – ¾ Tsp
Coriander Powder – 1 Tsp
Salt as required
Vinegar/Lemon Juice – 1 Tsp
Rice flour – ½ Tsp
Oil as required
Preparation:-
Make few deep cut mark over the fish
Take a mixer jar and add Small Onion/Shallot, Garlic, Green Chilli,
ginger, Curry Leaves, Salt, Turmeric Powder, Chilli Powder, Coriander Powder
and Vinegar and grind it will to make a thick paste
Transfer the masala paste into a bowl and check the taste,
add salt or chilli if it is less
Add rice flour into the masala and mix it well
Apply masala little by little on both sides of the fish
Keep it aside for 10 min
To fry the fish, heat a pan and add oil
Add curry leaves into the oil
Add fish into the oil and fry both sides until it cook
How to prepare Kerala Style Egg Curry/Naadan Mutta Curry?
Kerala Style Egg Curry | Naadan Mutta Curry
Ingredients:-
Egg – 2
Onion – 1 Medium
Potato – 1 Medium
Tomato – 1 Medium
Small Onion/Shallot – 4
Ginger – ¾ Inch
Garlic – 4 pods
Green Chilli – 2
Grated Coconut – ½ Cup
Turmeric Powder – ¼ Tsp
Chilli Powder – ¾ Tsp
Coriander Powder – 2 ½ Tsp
Pepper Powder – ¼ Tsp
Garam masala – ¼ Tsp
Curry Leave as required
Salt as required
Oil as required
Water as required
Preparation:-
Boil the eggs first and keep it aside. While boiling the
water make sure to add a little salt into it to avoid breaking the egg shell
Take a cooker and add sliced onion, Potato, Tomato, sliced
Green Chilli, Ginger, Garlic, Curry leaves, Turmeric Powder ¼ Tsp, Chilli
Powder ¾ Tsp, Coriander Powder 2 ½ Tsp, salt and a little water to cook and
boil for two whistle
Take a mixer jar and grind the coconut by adding a little
water to make a smooth paste
Switch on the stove and then smash few potatoes and then
Add boiled eggs into it and allow it to boil
Pour the ground coconut paste into the cooker and mix well
and boil again
Add ¼ Tsp pepper powder into the curry
And lastly add ¼ Tsp garam masala into to the curry and mix
well. Switch off the stove
Heat a pan and add oil into it, splutter the mustard.
Add sliced shallot and curry leaves into it and sauté well
Take measured water into a vessel and switch on the stove.
Add salt into it.
Add ½ to 1 Tsp coconut oil or ghee into the water
Once the water start boiling, keep the flame low and start
adding the rice flour little by little and mix well.
Keep the mixture aside for 5 min to get it cool
Take another big vessel and transfer the mixture into it and
kneed it well
Make medium size balls to make the Pathiri. Don’t press too
hard while making the balls
Now take one of the balls and place it on a flat surface
dusted with rice flour. Using a rolling
pin, roll the ball to a circular shape. Cut it using a sharp rounded vessel to
get the exact circle shape
Second Method: Using
the presser, press the rice ball and make the circular shape then using a
rolling pin, roll the ball to make it thin. Cut it using a sharp rounded vessel
to get the exact circle shape
Heat a dosa Tawa and keep one Pathiri at a time and cook
both sides.
Vazhayilayil Pollicha Karimeen | Pearl Spot Fish Fry in Banana Leaves
Ingredients for
fish fry:-
Karimeen/Pearl spot–
2
Turmeric Powder – ¾ Tsp
Chilli Powder – 1 ½ Tsp
Coriander Powder – 1 Tsp
Black pepper Powder - ¾ Tsp
Garlic Paste – ¾ Tsp
Ginger Paste - ¾ Tsp
Salt as needed
Lemon Juice or Vinegar– 5 ½ Tsp
Ingredients for
Masala:-
Garlic Paste – 2 Tsp
Ginger Paste – 2 Tsp
Green Chilli sliced – 3
Onion sliced – 1 Medium size
Shallot/ Small Onion – 1 Cup
Curry leaves as required
Tomato – 1 Medium
Turmeric Powder – ½ Tsp
Chilli Powder – 1 Tsp
Coriander Powder – 1 ½ Tsp
Black Pepper Powder – ¾ Tsp
Sugar – A pinch
Coconut Milk – ¼ Cup
Oil as required
Preparation:-
Take a bowl and add Turmeric Powder, Chilli Powder, Coriander
Powder, Black pepper Powder, Garlic Paste, Ginger Paste, salt, Lemon Juice. Mix
well and make a thick paste.
Apply the thick paste on top of the Karimmen/Pearl Spot
To fry the Karimmen/Pearl Spot take a pan and add little
oil. Flip the fish when one side is cooked.
Take another pan to make the masala. Add little oil into it
and heat the pan
Add garlic paste, Ginger paste, green chilli and sauté well
Flip the fish and fry other side too
Add Curry leaves and tomato in to the mixture and sauté
Add cut onion and sauté well
Add Shallot/Small Onion in to the pan and sauté well
Now it’s the time to add all the masala in to the mixture
Add turmeric Powder, Chilli Powder, Coriander Powder, Black
Pepper Powder and sauté well
Add a pinch of sugar and then add the coconut milk and stir
well. Switch off the stove once it became a thick mixture
Take a banana leaf and burnt it using low flame
Keep one small banana leaf on top of the burnt banana and
spread the masala first on top of the leaf
Now keep the fried Karimmen/Pearl Spot over the masala and
again fill the masala on top of the fish
Fold the banana leaf including fish fry and tie it using a
thread
Take a pan and add little oil into it, add curry leaves and
then fry the banana leaf folded Karimmen/Pearl Spot for 3 to 4 min. Flip the
folded fish and fry for another 3 to 4 min
Soak the grated tapioca into the water for some time and
drain the water completely. Rinse the tapioca multiple times in a stream of
water at least 2 to 3 times
Take the grated Tapioca into a bowl and add salt, Chilli Powder,
turmeric Powder, Ginger, Green chilli, Cumin seeds, Curry leaves and asafoetida
and mix well
Add rice flour little by little and mix well till you are
able to make shape out of it
Apply little oil in your palm and flatten it into vada shape
by pressing the mixed tapioca
Take wheat powder in a bowl and then add salt and mix well
Add grated coconut, onion, Coriander leaves, and fennel
seeds and mix well again
Add ½ cup water first and then mix well, later add remaining
water and mix properly to make thick batter
Take a Dosa tawa and spread some oil across
Add some water on your palm and take palm full of batter.
Put the batter into the tawa and flatten it with fingers
Flip the ottada and cook well
Another Method:
Take a banana leaves and flatten the batter over the leaf
and then put it on to the dosa tawa. Remove the banana leaf after some time and
flip the ottada
