Posted on 10 August 2009 by Sarmila
Ingredients:
- 1/2 kg of tuna, including bones and head well cleaned and prepared
- 1 cup grated coconut
- 2 hot chillies, or depending how spicy you like your dish
- 10 pieces of baby shallots, keep a few shallots aside for frying
- 1 inch fresh ginger
- 3 cloves garlic
- 1/2 teaspoon turmeric powder
- 1 green mango cut into chunks
- 2 drumsticks cleaned and cut into 1 inch pieces
- a few curry leaves
- 1/2 a teaspoon of mustard seeds
- salt, as needed
Method:
- Put the grated coconut, chillies, shallots, ginger, garlic and the tumeric powder along with 1/2 a cup of water and blend once.
- Put this mixture in a heavy bottomed pan along with the mango and drumsticks, add a cup more of water and cook until the vegetables are cooked through.
- Add the fish and season with salt cover and cook till the fish is cooked,.
- Heat in a pan some oil put the mustard seeds and the curry leaves and shallots and fry until slightly brown and add to the avial.
- heck the seasonings and add more salt according to your taste
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.
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.
Posted on 06 August 2009 by Sarmila
Ingredients:
- 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.
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.
Posted on 27 July 2009 by Sarmila
Ingredients:
- Fish pieces – 6,
- Grated coconut – 1/4 cup,
- Fennel seeds – 1 tsp,
- Pearl onions – 2,
- Turmeric powder – 1 tsp,
- Red chilly powder – 3 tsp,
- Salt – as per taste,
- Curry leaves – 1 string,
- Oil – for frying.
Method:
- Clean the fish pieces well and keep aside.
- Crush the 1 tsp fennel seeds and keep aside.
- Grind the coconut, pearl onions in to a fine paste and keep aside.
- Put the fish pieces in a bowl, add the coconut paste, crushed fennel seeds, turmeric powder, red chilly powder, salt, curry leaves and mix well.
- Marinate this for 1/2 an hour in refrigerator.
- Heat 2 tsp oil in a kadai, put the fish pieces 2 at a time and keep in medium flame. Add oil on sides and Cover cook for 3-5mins.
- Uncover and turn the fish to the other side, add oil on the sides and cover cook for 3mins.
- Remove the lid and roast till golden brown and garnish with cilantro/Coriander leaves.