Showing posts with label Kerala delicacy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Kerala delicacy. Show all posts

Wednesday, November 19, 2014

Lemon Fish steamed - Recipe

(It is easy to cook, delicious starter)
Ingredients

-Finely chopped big onion-1
-Finely chopped ginger-2 tbsp
-Finely chopped garlic-1tbsp
-Cumin powder-2tbsp
-Cinnamon-1stick
-Chopped de-seeded green chilies,
-Chopped coriander,
-Lemon juice-2 cup
-Fish (of choice) – 4-5 pieces
-Salt to taste
Preparation:
-Clean fish, squeeze the lemon juice over it, sprinkle salt and marinate for one hour.
-Pour one tbsp of olive oil in a non-stick pan. After the oil is hot, add the chopped onion and chilies, fry them well.
-Add ginger and garlic pieces
-Put the fish, cover and let it cook in the steam.
-After 10 minutes, add cumin powder
-Saute them and cove the lid of the pan
-After some time fish will release some water, cook the fish in that.
-Once the fish looks half cooked, add half cup water with salt.
-Grate very little amount of the lemon skin and add to the gravy with the stick of cinnamon. Do not add to much lemon skin, will make the gravy sour.  Close the lid of the pan and let the fish cook properly.
-After 10 minutes, add chopped coriander, let the gravy come to boil and turn off the flame.
-Serve hot with rice or chapattis.

 pic courtesy:http://munchministry.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Steamed-Fish-in-Lemon-Fish-Sauce.jpg

Monday, October 27, 2014

Crab Curry- Recipe

(It’s really mouth-watering)
Ingredients:
3-4 -Raw crabs
4-Potatoes
2-Onions (finely chopped)
2tbsp-turmeric paste
2tbsp-chili paste
1 tbsp- ginger paste
1 tbsp-garlic paste
Bay leaves,
½ tbsp Garam masala,
Oil
2tbsp- ghee
Salt to taste
Preparation:
Clean the Crabs well and remove the hard shell.  Mix turmeric, salt and fry, before keeping aside.
In the same pan, fry the potatoes and keep aside.
In pan heat ghee, add bay leaves and garam masala.  Stir and fry for a few seconds, add onions and stir.
Add all the pastes, salt and cook until the colour changes.  Mix a little water fry and add two cups of water.  Cover on simmer until potatoes get cooked. Garnish with chopped coriander leaves and serve hot.
pic courtesy:https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOGoDUOFbgR5PstOQT0_RNCMPJbE7-Z_yJ53P8S7EFvPJSl17hYS7S68WKDxxuzvAKxYZjzrhnFtvoRTvfDW6iNNxUiNv3y6jr0IH6zQFkU5BhE1SRd4Ronym6ZgWhA8d3AbDtjqrVxnU-/s1600/crab+Panang+by+Elra%2527s+Cooking.jpg