Saturday, January 15, 2011

Chemmeen ularthu (Prawns Ularthu)



Ingredients:

  1. Prawns - 500 gms
  2. cocunut cuts (thengakothu) - 2 tbs
  3. ginger - 2 tbs
  4. garlic - 2 1/2 tbs
  5. kukum star(kudampuli) - 2 nos
  6. curry leaves - 1 sprig
  7. kashmiri chilli - 1 1/2 tsp
  8. turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp
  9. garam masala - a pinch
  10. salt to taste
  11. oil - 3 tbs
  12. shallots (kunjulli thinly sliced) - 3 tbs
  13. curry leaves - 3 sprigs
  14. mustard seeds - 1 tsp
  15. pepper powder - 1 1/2 tsp
  16. dried chilli - 3 nos
  17. water

Preparation:

** Its better to use kerala manchatti (meenchatti) to prepare prawns and any kind of fish varities.
Add the ingredients according to your taste. Its just an


  1. Add the ingredients from 1 to 10 to the meenchatti and add enough water to cook the prawns. Cook on a low flame. Remember to remain little gravy in the pot to retain the moisture. (ie. Donot evaporate the water completely).
  2. Pour oil in a pan and splutter the mustard seeds. Add the shallots, curry leaves and dried chilli until the shallots are brown. Sprinkle the pepper powder and saute for a second and add the cooked prawns. Cook on a low flame untill everything mix up well with the prawns.




Thursday, August 26, 2010

Lemon rice

Ingredients:

  1. Oil - 2 ts
  2. Pea Nuts- 1/2 cups
  3. Mustard - 1/2 tsp
  4. Split black gram - 1 tbsp
  5. Ginger - 1 tbs chopped
  6. Dried red chilly - 3 Nos.
  7. Asafoetida - 1 pinch
  8. Curry Leaves
  9. Turmeric powder - 1/2 teaspoon
  10. Coriander Leaves
  11. Salt - To taste
  12. Lemon Juice - 3 Tbs
  13. Basmati rice - 1 cup
  14. Water - 2 cups

Preparation:

  1. Cook rice and allow it to cool.
  2. Heat oil in pan. Add Peanuts and stir for few seconds. Then add ingredients from 3 to 8 and stir it.
  3. Then off the heat and put turmeric and coriander leaves. Leave it to cool.
  4. Then add lemon juice (add according to your taste), salt and the boiled rice.

** Serve this rice with chips or pappads of your choice.

Tuesday, August 3, 2010

Capsiccum Prawns

Ingredients:-

Onion - 3
Capsiccum (big) - 1
Prawns - 150gm

Chilli sauce -1/2 table spoon
Light soy sauce - 1/4 table spoon

Chilli flakes - 1/2 a tablespoon
Pepper
Olive oil - 1 Table spoon


Preparation:-

  • Heat oil in pan.
  • Put onion (cubed big size) and fry for 3- 4 minutes.
  • Put capsicum in that and fry for 3-4 min.
  • Add 4 - 6 ingredients and stir it for few more min and garnish it with pepper nd chilli flakes.

Friday, December 18, 2009

Green Chilly Chutney


This chutney is tasty and very easy to prepare. Its a very demanding and common side dish in Kerala with boiled tappiocca.

Ingredients:


1. Green chilly - 3

2. Small Onion - 2

3. Coconut oil - 1/2 tea spoon

4. Salt - as needed

5. Water - 1/2 tea spoon



Preparation:


  • Crush Green Chilli and small onion.
  • Mix well the remaining ingredients with the above mix and its ready to use.