Salt and Spice

Ingredients Kakka irachi/ Clams – 500 gm Onion – 1 big sliced Ginger – 1 tbsp chopped Garlic – 1 tbsp chopped Coriander powder – 2 tsp Turmeric powder- 1 tsp Chilly powder – 1/4 tsp Salt – to taste For Frying Oil – 1 1/2 tbsp Green chillies – 2 slit Curry leaves – [...]

Wish You All A Very Happy Easter! ‘Meen Palu Curry’ is a delicacy among the Christians of Kochi in Kerala.  It is a mild yet very tasty fish curry which can be served with rice, appam, puttu, idiyappam, chapathi or bread.  Pomfret, King Fish, Mullet and Pearl Spot are the best for preparing ‘Meen Palu [...]

Ingredients Prawns – 1/2 kg Turmeric powder – 1 tsp Water – 1/4 cup Salt – to taste Onion – 2 sliced Ginger-garlic paste – 1 tsp Green chillies – 2 slit Curry leaves – 2 sprigs Tomatoes – 2 chopped Coriander powder – 1/2 tsp Kashmiri chilly powder – 4 tsp Pepper powder – [...]

Ingredients Crab – 1 kg Garlic – 6 crushed Ginger – 2″ piece crushed Onions – 2 big sliced Green chillies – 2 slit Curry leaves – 2 sprigs Coriander powder – 3 tsp Chilly powder – 1 tsp Turmeric powder – 1 tsp Pepper powder – 1/2 tsp Garam masala – 1 tsp Tomato [...]

Ingredients Dried prawns – 1 cup Small onions – 10 sliced Curry leaves – 1 sprig Chilly powder – 1/2 tsp Salt – to taste Coconut oil – 3 tsp Method Heat oil in a non-stick pan and add the dried prawns.  Fry on a low flame.  Stir continuously while frying so that the prawns [...]

Ingredients Mackerel – 1 kg  cut into pieces Onion – 1 big chopped Ginger – 1 tbsp chopped Garlic – 1 tsp chopped Green chillies – 6 slit Curry leaves – 2 sprigs Tomatoes – 2 chopped Coriander powder – 2 tsp Fish masala – 2 tsp (optional) Chilly powder -3 tsp Turmeric powder -2 [...]

Ingredients Karimeen / Pearl Spot – 1 kg Chilly powder – 4 tsp Turmeric powder – 1 tsp Pepper powder – 1/2 tsp Vinegar – 2 tsp Salt – to taste Oil – for frying Method Clean the fish and wash it with salt and vinegar.  Make slits on the fish with a knife.  Make [...]

Ingredients Shark or Ray – 1 kg cut into pieces Onion – 1 sliced Ginger – 1 tbsp chopped Green chillies – 3 slit Curry leaves – 3 sprigs Kudampuli/ Gambooge – 4 pieces Water – 2 cups Salt – to taste Oil – 2 tbsp For Grinding Grated coconut – 3/4 cup Garlic – [...]

Ingredients Small variety Fish – 1/2 kg cut into pieces Shallots – 12 sliced Ginger – 1/2″ piece chopped Curry leaves – 2 sprigs Kudampuli/Gambooge – 2 pieces Water – 1/4 cup Salt – to taste Mustard seeds – 1/2 tsp Coconut oil – 1 1/2 tbsp For Grinding Grated coconut – 1 cup Green [...]

Remember the ‘Red-hot Kerala Fish Curry’ Arundhati Roy had described in her Booker Prize winning novel “The God of Small Things”…?  ‘Meen Vattichathu’ is something Kerala Christians, especially those from Central Kerala love to have everyday with hot rice!  This mouth-watering fish curry is usually prepared in an earthen pot or ‘manchatti’ which makes it [...]