Kerala preparations

Dear Ladies,

You would all have heard of Theeyal recipe from kerala. For a change, try this recipe which my grand mother used to do.

Ingredients:

1/2 kilo Chemmeen , cleaned, washed and deveined,
1 drumtick, cut into small pieces,
3 green chillies slit ,
1/4 cup small onions,
1 lime sized ball of tamarind made into a pulp with a little water.
1/2 tsp turmeric powder
salt to taste

Fry and grind to a paste

1&1/2 cups of grated coconut,
1/4 tsp fenugreek seeds ( uluva )
1 tsp red chilli powder
2 tsps coriander powder
curry leaves
Roast all these ingredients in 2 tsps of coconut oil till they are brown but not burnt.
Method:
Take a mann chatti or a pan. Add drumstick pieces, turmeric powder, slit green chillies, small onions (cut in to two) and salt to taste.
When the drumstick pieces are half cooked add tamarind pulp, ground coconut paste.
When it boils add the prawns and cook till the prawns and the drumstick pieces are fully cooked.
Temper the curry with mustard, red chilli bits and curry leaves and pour over theeyal. Serve .

This is some thing different , Eljaype,
thanks for sharing this recipe. will try it later.
Pls if u don't mind let us know your good name..

Ingredients:

Chemmeen - 2 cups,

coconut oil - 1/4 cup,

chopped onions - 1/2 cup,

green chillies - 6 , chopped

ginger - 1 tsp ,

chilli powder - 1/2 tsp ,

egg - 1 ,

salt to taste ,

bread crumbs - as required .


method

Add a little salt and vinegar to the prawns and cook tender. Mince them but do not make it a paste.
Heat oil, put in onions, green chillies and ginger and sauté. Add chilli powder and mix well.
Then add the crushed prawns into it and mix well. Cool.

Add a beaten egg into it and chopped coriander leaves. Make small balls out of the mix, roll in the breadcrumbs and fry till golden.
Drain and place them on tissues and serve with sliced lemon wedges.

Try this out. With love
Latha

Dear Shahana,

I am Latha Jayaprakash , a keralite but born and brought up in Chennai. I have seen your recipes . Haven't had time to try them out since I am new here. I have seen many of Chitra's recipes also and would like to try some out.
Thanking you for taking time to reply me.
Latha

thanks for sharing

Ingredients
King Fish -1/2 kg, or prawns or other fishes,
Onion - medium size 6 -chopped finely,
Tomato - medium size 4- chopped finely,
Garlic paste - 2-table spoon,
Ginger paste - 2 table spoon,
Green chilly paste- 1 tablespoon,
Garam masala - 1 table spoon,
Yogurt - 4 table spoon,
Coriander leaves- 1 cup,
Mint leaves -3/4 cup,
Ghee - 1/2 cup,
Limejuice - 4-tea spoon,
Basmati rice- 2 1/2 cup.

Method

1. Marinate fish fillets using turmeric powder-1 teaspoon, red chilly powder-2 teaspoon, Garlic-ginger paste-2 teaspoon, fennel seed powder- 1/2 teaspoon. Keep one hour in refrigerator.
2. Fry fish fillets in ghee. After removing fish, fry onion in the same ghee. When it turns golden brown put garlic - ginger - green chilly paste. Fry these 2 minutes and then add tomato, garam masala, salt, coriander leaves and mint leaves. Cook for a few minutes and add yoghurt. Put fried fish fillets in this masala.
3. Boil water. Add enough salt, a pinch of turmeric powder, 2 cardomom, 3 small pieces of clove, 2 cinnamons, and 1 spoon ghee in this. Cook rice until it is done and drain. Take care the rice not to be sticky.
4. Heat the pan. Pour a little of ghee. Put a little of cooked rice and spread 1 teaspoon limejuice over it. Put one layer of the fish masala above that and repeat the process till the rice and masala are over. Take care the fish fillets should not be broken. Close the lid tightly and heat on a low flame for about 10 minutes. Mix before serve. Serve with yogurt and chutney or pickle.

Ingredients
Palak or Cheera or drumstick leaves - chopped 4 cups
Dal(sambar parippu or tuar dal) - 1/2 cup
coconut shredded - 1/2 cup
small onions - 3 or 4
cumin seeds - 2 pinch
turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp
chilli pwdr - 1/2 tsp
salt ,
coconut oil, mustard seeds, red chilliles for seasoning.
Method
Cook Dal with turmeric pwdr, chilli powder and salt.Add chopped palak or cheera.Cook for one or two minutes. Blend coconut , cumin seeds and small onions together by adding little water until get a thick solution.Pour this into the Palak and Dal mixture. Remove from fire when it starts boiling. Don't boil toomuch.
Heat 1 table spoon coconut oil , let mustard seeds splutter , add red chillies.

Dear Shahana,

Have you tried this recipe with drumstick leaves?? My Mother used to make like that. I like i very much but it doesn't agree with my stomach. So I don't make it.
I'll try with palak.
Latha

oh, Latha, I really forgot it!
thanks for reminding me, will add it soon!

thanks to my muslim friends I tried some vegitarian recipies.Safa knows well.

Rava 3 table spoon or 1/4 cup
sugar 4 table spoon 1/3 cup
coconut milk from 1 take two milk
cardmum powder 1/2 spoon
cashew nut
kismiss
ghee 2 tsp

Roast the rave in a pan.Mix the rava in the IInd coconut milk and bring it to boil and cook well.add cardamum powder,sugar mix well boil it until the sugar mixed with rava well cooked. and add Ist milk.Take care when it just to boil remove from fire.Fry chewnuts and kissmiss in ghee and add it with thari.
Variation:1 cup rava and 1 cup sugar.Prepare it in Ravakerasari form.It tasts good.We can use more ghee also to add taste.