Section | Non-Veg

Fish Vada

Posted on 09 August 2009 by Sarmila

Ingredients:

  • Fish – 1/2 lb
  • All purpose flour( Maida ) – 2 tsp
  • Grated red onion – 4 tsp
  • Grated garlic – 2 tsp
  • Ginger – 1 tsp
  • Salt – 1/2 tsp
  • Red chilly powder – 2 pinches
  • Pepper – 1/2 tsp
  • Oil to fry

Method:

  • Clean fish and boil with some water.
  • When the fish is half cooked, drain the water.
  • Remove bones & mix well with all the ingredients.
  • Make small balls like cutlets.
  • Fry them.

Mutton Manchurian

Posted on 09 August 2009 by Sarmila

Ingredients :

  • 1 1/2 lb boneless Mutton
  • 2 spring onions
  • 1 green bell pepper
  • 1 tbsp garlic,finely chopped
  • Chili sauce
  • Soya sauce
  • 1 tbsp cornflour
  • Pinch of ajinomoto
  • Oil for frying

Method :

  • Make cubes of the boneless mutton.
  • Take corn flour and soy sauce and mix it a bowl with the mutton cubes.
  • Fry it in hot oil. Remove the mutton from the pan and sprinkle some corn flour over it and fry them again.
  • Take a separate pan with some oil and heat it.
  • Add chopped spring onions and capsicum and fry. Add the fried mutton cubes to it and mix well.
  • Add chili sauce, soya sauce and a pinch of ajinomoto and mix well. Serve hot .

Malabar Fish Curry

Posted on 08 August 2009 by Sarmila

Ingredients:

  • Fish(Karimeen/Promphret/Chanad) 1/2 Kg
  • Green chillies – 5 nos
  • Onion – 1 no
  • Tomato – 1 no
  • Ginger paste – 1/2 tsp
  • Garlic paste – 1/2 tsp
  • Curry leaves – A few
  • Tamarind(Puli) paste – 2 tsp
  • Chilly powder – 1 1/2 tsp
  • Coriander powder – 2 tsp
  • Turmeric powder – 1 tsp
  • Pepper powder – 2 tsp
  • Salt – As reqd
  • Coconut oil – 3 tsp

Method:

  • Heat oil in a pan or a kadai.
  • Add green chilly paste followed by grated onion, tomato, ginger paste, garlic paste, curry leaves, tamarind paste, chilly powder, coriander powder, turmeric powder and pepper powder.
  • Saute well till onion and tomato blends well.
  • Add salt and mix well.
  • Add 1 1/2 cups of boiled water and allow it to boil.
  • Allow it to boil for 2 – 3 mins.
  • Add fish and cook for 5 mins.
  • Top it with 1 tsp of coconut oil.
  • Serve Hot with Rice.

Kerala Crab Thoran

Posted on 07 August 2009 by Sarmila

Ingredients:

  • Crab – 1 kg
  • Ginger – 1 big piece Chopped
  • Green chillies – 4 nos
  • Curry leaves – A few
  • Grated coconut – 2 cups
  • Turmeric powder – 1/2 tsp
  • Chilli powder – 2 tsp
  • Coriander powder – 1 tsp
  • Pepper powder – 1 tsp
  • Garam masala – 1 tsp
  • Coconut oil – 2 tbsp
  • Mustard seeds – 1 tsp
  • Curry leaves – A few
  • Dry red chillies – 3 nos
  • Salt – As reqd

Method:

  • Clean the crab by removing the legs and outer shell and remove all the other dirts and wash it well.
  • Cut it into two pieces (2 halves).
  • Roast turmeric powder, chilli powder, coriander powder and pepper powder together in a pan without oil.
  • Mix the roasted masala with grated coconut.
  • Mix it well with hand for a better results.
  • Add ginger, chopped green chillies and curry leaves to this
  • coconut mixture and again mix it
  • with hand.
  • Cook the crab pieces in a pan ( chatti is best) with little water, salt and little turmeric powder.
  • When the crab is cooked, add the coconut mixture along with garam masala and mix it well.
  • Cover it with a lid and cook until the dish is dry.
  • Because it is a `thoran` it should be dry.
  • Heat the oil in a pan.
  • Splutter mustard seeds and saute curry leaves and red chillies and pour it over the dish.
  • Serve hot.

Finger Fish

Posted on 06 August 2009 by Sarmila

Ingredients:

    fingerfish

  • 2 lbs of fish (any large variety you like)
  • 1 tbsp of ginger paste
  • 1 tbsp of garlic paste
  • Salt/pepper to taste
  • 2 tbsp of lemon juice
  • 2 tbsp of red chilli powder
  • ½ cup of all purpose flour
  • 2 tbsp soya sauce
  • Oil to deep fry

Method:

  • Clean the fish and cut into fingers.
  • Marinate the fish fingers in a mixture of ginger-garlic paste, salt,pepper and lemon juice for half an hour.
  • Mix red chilli powder,soyasauce ,pepper, salt and all purpose flour.
  • Remove the fish fingers from the first marinate and roll them in seasoned red chilli and flour mixture.
  • Heat oil in a kadai and deep fry in hot oil till crisp and done.
  • Remove onto an absorbent paper to remove excess oil and Serve hot with your favorite chutney.

Anchovies( Nethili) Curry

Posted on 31 July 2009 by Sarmila

Ingredients:

  • Red onion – 1/2 of one or Shallots
  • Dried anchovies( Nethili) – 1 cup
  • Garlic pod – 1 no
  • Shallots – 4 nos
  • Dried chillies – 10 nos
  • Garam Masala 2 tbsp
  • Salt – 1/4 tsp
  • Sugar – 1 tbsp

Method:

  • Rinse the dried anchovies and drain the water.
  • Fry the anchovies until they turn light brown and put aside.
  • Pound the garam masala together with shallots, garlic, and deseeded dried chilies with a mortar and pestle.
  • Slice the red onion into rings.
  • Soak the tamarind pulp in water for 15 minutes.
  • Squeeze the tamarind constantly to extract the flavor into the water.
  • Drain the pulp and save the tamarind juice.
  • Heat some oil in a pan and fry the spice paste until fragrant.
  • Add in the onion rings.
  • Add in the fish and stir well.
  • Add tamarind juice, salt, and sugar.
  • Simmer on low heat until the gravy thickens.
  • Serve hot with rice.