Mappazha Pullisherry

Ingredients

Mango Ripened - 1
Mustard Seed -1/2 tsp
Dry Chilly - 3
Green chilly-3
Turmeric Powder-1/2 tsp
Garlic- 2
Shallots- 4
Curry Leaves-1 sprig
Fenugreek Seeds-1/2 tsp
Cumin Seed -1/2 tsp
Coconut Milk -1/2 cup
Curd - 1 cup
Salt -as required
Oil - As required

Preparation

Peel the skin of ripened mango and cut it to cubes. Blend together the curd, coconut Milk and Turmeric Powder and keep it aside.
Heat oil in a pan and add mustard seed and let it splutter. To this add dry chilly, curry leaves, fenugreek, cumin and let it splutter. Next add garlic, shallots, green chilly and sauté till it becomes translucent. Add cubed mangoes to this and allow it to cook. Once it's cooked turn the flame to medium and add Blended curd, coconut Milk and turmeric.Mix well and keep stiring till it becomes warm.

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.

Kadala parippu Mezhukkuperatti (chana Dal)

Ingredients

Kadala Parippu/Chana dal - 1/2 cup
Onion - 1 chopped
Ginger - 2 tsp.
Curry leaves -1 sprig
Chilly Powder
Perum jeerakam (fennel seeds) -1/4 tsp
Salt -as reqd
Oil -as reqd

How to prepare?

Pressure cook the dal for one whistle in medium flame(make sure the dal didn't mash it out). Heat oil in frying pan add curry leaves and fennel seed and let it splutter. Add onion and salt to it and sauté it, till it gets golden brown color. Next add chilly powder and sauté till it's raw smell goes off. Last add cooked kadala parippu and mix well and cook it for 15 minutes. Ready to serve with rice and chappathi.
 

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.   

Meen Vazhayillayil Pollichathu

Ingredients

a)Fish Fry

1. Fish - 1big size
2. Lemon Juice- 4tbsp
3. Salt- as required
4. Pepper Powder- 1/2 tsp
5. Turmeric Powder-1/2 tsp
6. Chilly Powder- 1tbsp

b)For Gravy

1. Green chilly- 1tsp
2. Ginger - 2 Tbsp(chopped)
3. Garlic - 3 Tbsp (chopped)
4. Shallots - 8-10 (chopped)
5. Curry Leaves - 2 spring
6. Chilly Powder-2 tbsp
7. Coriander Powder-1/4 tsp
8. Fenugreek Powder-1/2 tsp
9. Garam masala Powder-1/4 tsp
10. Turmeric Powder -1/4 tsp
11. Coconut Milk (thick)-1/2 cup
12. Tomato -1
13. Coconut Oil -As required
14. Large Banana Leaf - as required
15. Salt- as required

How to Prepare?

Here we have three parts, first shallow fry the fish, preparing gravy and second cook the rest part of the fish in banana leaf. Clean the Fish and marinate it with lemon juice and salt for 5 minutes. Heat oil in a frying pan and marinate fish with pepper powder, turmeric powder, salt, chilly powder and fenugreek powder. Keep it 5- 10 minutes. Shallow fry the fish in oil.

Pour oil in a wide pan or chatti and add curry leaves, garlic, ginger, green chilly and sauté it for 10 minutes then add shallots until it turns golden brown. Once shallots turn golden brown add thick paste of chilly powder, coriander powder, turmeric powder sauté it until it's raw smell goes. Next add tomato and let it cook till it get translucent. In a low flame add Coconut milk and cook it till the gravy thickens. Finally add garam masala and roasted fenugreek powder and mix well with the gravy and switch off the flame.

Next take washed banana leaf and make it soft by placing in low flame or dipping in hot water for 20-30 seconds. Place the banana leaf in an even surface and make sure that both side of fish is marinated with thick gravy. Wrap, fold and tie the leaves to ensure that there is no gaps or leaks. Place the package in a low heat pan and cook each side for 15 -30 minutes. Sprinkle water occasionally in pan so that leaf won't get burned. Let it cool and it's ready to serve with Rice, chappathi, Appam.

Pepper Fish Mappas

Ingredients

• Fish-5 big pieces
• Oil- as reqd
• Shallots-7 nos
• Greenchillies-6 nos
• Ginger-1 big pieces
• Garlic-8 nos
• Coconut milk-1st & 2nd
• Coriander powder-1tbsp
• Curry leaves-1 sprig
• Tomato-3
• Turmeric powder-1/2 tsp
• Coriander leaves-as reqd
• Cardamom powder-1/2 tsp
• Vineger-1 tbsp
• Chilli powder-1/4 tsp
• Pepper powder-1 tbsp
• Salt- as reqd
• Garam masala-1/4tsp

How to prepare?

 

Clean the fish & cut it into pieces according to ones wish. Prepare a mix for shallow fish fry with a pinch of turmeric powder,1/4th tbsp of chilly powder & keep it for 1/2hr, then shallow fry it in oil.

Next heat oil in a pan or chatti & saute the shallots,green chillies,ginger,garlic,curry leaves,till it becomes soft add tomato. When tomato turns pulpy add coriander powder,pepper powder,turmeric powder,saute till its raw smell vanish. To this add coconut milk(2nd),vinegar,cardamom,garam masala & salt let the gravy boil for 15mins. Next put the shallow fried fish to this gravy & cook the fish in low flame. Lastly add the coconut milk(1st) just before the flame off. Now garnish with coriander leaves & tomato .