Vazhayilayil Pollicha Karimeen | Pearl Spot Fish Fry in Banana Leaves

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
• Serve it hot and enjoy!!!

Cheers!!!

Minu

Kappalandi Mittai | Kadala Mittai | Peanut Candy

Kappalandi Mittai | Kadala Mittai | Peanut Candy

Ingredients:-

• Groundnut – 1 Cup
• Crushed Jaggery – ¾ Cup
• Water – ¼ Cup
• Ghee to grease the vessel

Preparation:-

• Take a pan and fry the groundnut until it become brown in colour
• Peel of the roasted groundnut
• Take a vessel and melt the jiggery
• Slightly crush the groundnut
• Take a pan and pour the melted jaggery into it, stir well until it become thick
• To test the consistency pour the melted jaggery into a glass of water and see if you are able to make a ball shape
• Once the stove is switched off, add groundnut into the jaggery and mix well
• Grease the vessel/flattened surface with ghee and pour the mixture. Flatten the mixture in to burfi shape depends on your choice
• Add cut mark on to the burfi before it is getting dried
• Once the mixture comes to normal temperature cut it into small pieces
• Enjoy the Burfi

 

Cheers!!!

Minu

Carrot Thoran | Carrot Upperi

Carrot Thoran | Carrot Upperi

Ingredients:-

• Grated Carrot – 1 Big Size
• Shallot/Small Onion – 3
• Green Chilli – 2
• Turmeric – ¼  Tsp
• Grated Coconut – 2 Tbsp
• Mustard seeds as required
• Curry leaves as needed
• Oil as needed
• Salt as required

Preparation:-

• Take grated carrot into a vessel and add salt, sliced green chilli and mix well
• Add curry leaves into it
• Take a pan and heat the oil. Splutter mustard seeds and add shallot/Small onion and sauté well
• Add grated carrot in to it and sauté well for some time, close the lid and cook. Make sure to open the lid and stir the carrot in between.
• Add grated coconut and curry leaves into the carrot and mix well
• Serve it hot

Cheers!!!

Minu

Kappa Vada | Tapioca Vada

Kappa Vada | Tapioca Vada

 

Ingredients:-

• Grated Tapioca/Kappa – 2 Cups
• Chilli Powder – ¾ Tsp
• Turmeric – ½ Tsp
• Salt as required
• Green Chilli – 2
• Ginger – ¼ Tsp
• Asafoetida– 1 Pinch
• Cumin Seeds – ¼ Tsp
• Rice flour – 4 Tbsp
• Curry leaves as required
• Oil as required

Preparation:-

• 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
• Add oil into a kadai and heat it
• Put vada into the hot oil and fry both sides
• Serve it hot

Cheers!!!

Minu

Malabar Special Pazham Nirachathu / Coconut and Sugar Stuffed Banana

Malabar Special Pazham Nirachathu / Coconut and Sugar Stuffed Banana

Ingredients:-

• Banana – 3
• Grated Coconut – 6 Tbsp
• Sugar – 2 Tbsp
• Cardamom powder – 3 Pinch
• All Purpose Floor (Maida) - 2 Tbsp
• Salt as required
• Oil as required
• Ghee – 1 Tbsp
• Cashew nuts as required
• Raisins as required

Preparation:-

• Peel off the banana and remove the black portion from the middle
• Take a pan and add ghee, once it is melted add coconut and sauté well  
• Add sugar, cardamom powder into it and stir well, add cashew nuts and raisins into the mixture and sauté well until the coconut become brown
• Take a bowl and add All-purpose flour/Maida into it, add salt and required water into the maida and mix well to make a think batter
• Fill the coconut sugar mixture into the partially slit banana
• Seal the slit banana portion using the Maida mix
• Take a pan and add oil to fry the banana
• Fry the banana on both sides until it become brown in colour
• Serve it hot

Cheers!!!

Minu

Onion Wheat Ottada | Gothambu Ottada

Onion Wheat Ottada | Gothambu Ottada

Ingredients:-

• Wheat flour – 2 Cup (140 ml)
• Grated Coconut – ½ Cup
• Onion –½ Cup
• Coriander Leaves – ½ Cup
• Fennel seeds – ½ Tsp
• Salt as required
• Water – 1 ¼ Cup
• Oil as required

Preparation:-

• 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

Cheers!!!

Minu