Baked Beef Cutlet

Ingredients

1.  Beef -1/2 kg(boneless)
2. Ginger - 1 big piece chopped
3. Green chilly - 5-7 nos
4. Bread crumbs -as reqd 
5. GaramMasala - 4 tbsp
6. Egg -3 nos
7. Potato - 3
8. Coriander leaves -as reqd
9. Chilly powder - 2 tbsp
10. Pepper powder - 2tbsp
11. Coriander leaves -as reqd
12. Onion -2
13. Curry leaves -2 sprig
14. Salt -as reqd
15. Oil -as reqd

How to prepare ?

Cook the potato's in cooker and mash it with hand and. Next cook the beef pieces with turmeric, salt and pepper powder  (drain water) & once cooled, chop it in grinder (not too fine)  . Heat oil in a pan and put curry leaves, ginger, onion, green chilly & saute well till it turns soft .Then add chilly powder, pepper powder, saute well till it's raw smell goes and add garam masala, coriander leaves & turn off flame . Mix all the mashed potato's, chopped beef & the dry gravy with salt as required . Mold the mixture to the desired shape you need. Next dip it in beatened egg & coat it with bread crumbs.
Pre-Heat the oven to 350 F and bake it till both sides get brown in color and serve it with tomato ketchup.

Kerala style Fish Fry (Mathi varuthathu)

Ingredients

1. Fish - 500 gms
2. Pepper powder- 1tbsp
3. Chilly Powder- 1/2 tbsp
4. Turmeric Powder -1/2 tbsp
5. Fenugreek Powder- 1/2 tsp
6. Vinegar-2 tsp
7. Curry Leaves -2 sprig
8. Salt - as req
9. Oil -as req
10. Onion - 1/2 chopped

How to Prepare?

Clean the fish and slice the fish depend up on your shape. Prepare a paste out of pepper powder, chilly powder, turmeric powder, fenugreek powder, vinegar and salt. Marinate the sliced fish with this paste for 15 minutes. Heat oil in a frying pan add one sprig of curry leaves and fry the fish in medium flame. Once done sauté one sprig of curry leaves and onions for one or two minutes  and add on the top of the fish.   

Beef Thoran

Ingredients

1. Beef-1/2 kg
2. Onion-1 (chopped)
3. Tomato-2(chopped)
4. Greenchilli-3(chopped)
5. Ginger-1(big piece)
6. Garlic-6 pods
7. Curry leaves-2 spring
8. Chilly powder-1 tbsp
9. Coriander powder-1 tbsp
10. Turmeric powder-1/4tsp
11. Pepper powder-11/2 tbsp
12. Garam masala-11/2 tbsp
13. Grated coconut-1/2 cup
14. Oil-as reqd
15. Salt- as reqd
16. Coriander Leaves- as reqd

How to prepare ?

Cook the beef with salt in a cooker & drain the water . Chop the cooked beef in grinder & keep it aside.Heat oil in a pan . Add curry leaves,ginger garlic,onion & saute well till it turns light brown . To this add all the powdered ingredients (garam masala-1/2tbsp) & saute it well till it turns dark brown . Next add tomato and grated coconut , allow it to cook for few minutes in low flame . Then add the chopped beef and saute till it becomes dry . Finally add the remaining garam masala,coriander leaves and turn off the flame after 15 minutes . This can be served as appetizer or with chappathis .

Note: Chilli powder or pepper powder can be added according to wish.Chopped coriander leaves can be added just after the flame off as this makes more tastier.

Chicken Fry/ Barbecue

Ingredients

1. Chicken drum stick- 5 nos
2. Chilly powder-1tbsp
3. Coriander powder-1/2 tsp
4. Chicken masala-1tbsp
5. Garlic paste-1tbsp
6. Ginger paste-1tbsp
7. Black pepper-1tbsp
8. Salt -as reqd
9. Oil-as reqd
10. Barbecue sauce( for barbecue)-2 tbsp
11. Tomato sauce(for fry)-2 tbsp
12. Lime juice-as reqd

How to prepare chicken Fry/Barbecue?

• Clean the chicken and keep aside.Mix all the ingredients from 2 to 8 with oil and make it in paste form. In case of fry add tomato sauce along with the paste & marinate the chicken for 1hr. Then fry in oil till it turns brown colour.Last sprinkle it with lime juice .

• In case of barbecue keep it in 450 degree for 1hr. BBQ Sauce should be added when 3/4th of its one side is cooked then repeat it for the other side same procedure. Then sprinkle it with lime juice. Here is your chicken decorated with curry leaves, onions, grapes and orange.