Salt and Spice

My Mom used to make this simple yet yummy ‘Tomato Curry’ as a side dish for rice.  Since we all like it so much, I make it very often.  It can be served as a ‘charu’ or ‘kulambu’ with other dry items for a satisfying meal! Ingredients Tomatoes – 5 sliced Onion – 1 sliced [...]

Ingredients Black Channa – 1 cup Water – 2 cups Onion – 1 medium sliced Garlic- 4 small crushed Ginger – 1 tsp chopped Green chillies – 2 slit Curry leaves – 2 sprigs Red chilly flakes – 1 tsp Turmeric powder – 1/2 tsp Salt – to taste Mustard seeds – 1/2 tsp Oil [...]

Ingredients Ridge gourd/ Peechinga – 2 big Onion – 1 medium chopped Garlic – 2 small crushed Green chillies – 2 slit Curry leaves – 2 sprigs Red chilly flakes – 1 tsp Turmeric powder – 1 tsp Thick coconut milk – 1/2 cup Salt – to taste Oil – 1 tbsp Method Remove the [...]

Ingredients Chicken – 1 kg cut into pieces Onions – 2 big chopped Ginger garlic paste – 1 tbsp Green chillies – 3 slit Curry leaves – 3 sprigs Tomato paste – 4 tbsp Maggi coconut milk powder – 3/4 cup Chicken masala – 2 tsp Coriander powder – 2 tsp Pepper powder – 1/2 [...]

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 [...]

Today I am celebrating the Third Blog Anniversary of ‘Salt and Spice’.  I thank all my blog friends and readers for your love and support all through these years!  My special thanks to all those young ladies who try my recipes, get back to me and thank me!  This is also my 125th post! ‘Christmas [...]

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 [...]

Ingredients Beef cubes – 1 kg Onion – 1 sliced Tomatoes – 3 chopped Ginger garlic paste – 2 tbsp Green chillies – 2 slit Curry leaves – 2 sprigs Cinnamon – 2″ piece Cardamom – 2 Cloves – 4 Coriander powder – 4 tsp Chilly powder – 2 tsp Turmeric powder – 1/2 tsp [...]