Chemmeen Curry

Chemmeen – ½ kg
Chilly Powder -4 tbsp
Turmeric Powder -1/2 tsp
Coriander Powder -3 tbsp
Fenugreek Powder -1/2 tsp
Ginger -1 small piece
Garlic -5 or 6 pods
Shallots -5 or 6
Salt  -as reqd
Green Chilly -2 slitted
Gamboge (kudampuli) -3
Curry leaves -1 sprig
Oil –1 tbsp

Mix all the powders with water and make into into a fine paste .Soak Gamboge in a cup of water .Heat oil in a earthenware pot (meen chatty) splutter mustard seeds add fenugreek powder and sauté ,shallots ,ginger ,garlic ,green chilles ,then add curry leaves.Add the masala paste of powders into it and  .then add  the washed chemmeen and gamboges ,salt . Add required  of water & cook till the chemmeen is done & gravy becomes thick, it will take around 20 -25 minutes on low flame.

Shrimp Fry

Shrimps (chemmeen) -1/4 kg
Shallots -7 to 10
Ginger -1 tsp finely chopped
Garlic-1 tsp finely chopped
Curry leaves -1 sprig
Kashmiri chilly powder -1 tbsp
Turmeric powder -1 tsp
Coriander powder -11/2 tsp
Pepper powder -1 tsp
Salt -as req.
Oil -as req.
Water -1/4 cup

        Cook shrimps with water along with Chilly powder ,turmeric powder and salt on a medium flame till the water dries .Heat oil in a wok  and saute shallots ,ginger ,garlic and curry leaves.Add pepper powder and coriander powder and cook on a low flame .Add the cooked shrimps and cook for 5 mins .The delicious shrimp fry is ready . 

Beef Varattiyathu

Beef -1/2 kg
Shallots -7 to 10
Ginger -1 tsp finely chopped
Garlic -1 tsp finely chopped
Turmeric powder -1 tsp
Kashmiri chilly powder -11/2 tbsp
Pepper powder -1 tsp
Meat Masala-3 tbsp
Fennel Seeds(perumjeerakam) -1/2 tsp
Fenu greek seeds -1/2 tsp
Salt -to taste
Curry leaves -1 sprig
Water -1/4 cup

For Seasoning

Coconut pieces-1 cup
Shallots-2 or 3 sliced
Curry leave -1 sprig
Oil-as req.


Cook the beef with water and all the other ingredients except meat masala  in a pressure cooker in medium heat .When beef is well cooked  heat oil in a wok and saute the coconut till it becomes light brown ,then add shallots and curry leaves and saute it .Add meat masala to this along with cooked beef .And Saute it stirring continuously till the gravy dries up and the beef is coated.

Mango Milk Shake

Its Summer time ,Lets have something cool 


Ripe mango -2

Chilled Milk-1/2 ltr

Sugar -2 tbsp

  Peel the mangoes and add the pulp to a blender along with milk .Blend it till froth appears .Add sugar and blend it nicely. Delicious mango milk shake is ready. You can add a scoop of mango flavored ice cream  on top it .

Egg Roast

Boiled Egg-2(sliced into halfes)

Onion -3

Chilly powder -1tbsp

Pepper powder -1tsp

Coriander powder -1tsp

Turmeric powder -1/2 tsp

Salt –As reqd

Vinegar -1tsp

Oil – 2tbsp

Heat   oil in a pan  and saute onion,then add the curry powders and mix well .Cook it for a minute on a low flame  .Then add vinegar and salt and saute it well .Add the egg and marinate the mixture well on it .You can serve it hot with chappathi ,appam  or poori .

Cheera Thoran

Cheera – 2cup

Grated Coconut -1 Cup

Shallots -3

Garlic -3

Dry chilly-3

Onion finely chopped -1/2

Curry leaves –few

Salt –as reqd

Oil 2 tbsp

Grind  coconut ,garlic ,dry chilly and shallots.Add salt to the chopped cheera  and mix well .Cook it on a low flame for few mins .Add the grinded mixture  to it and cook well .Heat oil in a pan  and saute onion and curry leaves .Mix it to the cooked cheera .and cook for 2 mins .

Maanga Chammandhi

 Raw Mango -1 cup
  
 Ginger -1 small piece

 Shallots -5 or 6  

 Grated Coconut -1 cup 
  
 Chilly powder -1tbsp 

Salt -as reqd                           


             Grind all the ingredients in to a fine paste in a mixer grinder ..Delicious Chammandhi is ready