Salt and Spice

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 – 1 tbsp chopped
Coriander seeds – 2 tbsp
Dry red chillies – 5
Peppercorns – [...]

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 chillies – 3
Garlic – 1 chopped
Cumin seeds – 1/2 tsp
Turmeric powder – [...]

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
Pepper powder – 1/2 tsp
Fennel powder – 1/2 tsp
Water – 1/2 cup
Salt – [...]

‘Green Peas Curry’ is a very simple and delicious curry, much loved by Keralites.  It is usually served as a side dish for appam, idiyappam,  porotta  and chappathi.  I have used channa masala in my version.  The original recipe calls for coriander powder and garam masala.
I am sending ‘Green Peas Curry’ to Sudheshna for the [...]

In Kerala, Homemade Grape Wine is a must in every Christian family during Christmas season.  It is usually served with Christmas Fruit Cake.  Here I am posting the recipe for a very simple and delicious Grape Wine made with store bought Grape juice.  The wine will taste better and better as it matures.  So dear [...]

Ingredients
Minced Beef – 1 kg
Potatoes – 4
Onions – 3 big chopped
Ginger – 2′” piece minced
Green chillies – 4 minced
Pepper powder – 3/4 tsp
Garam masala – 2 tsp
Salt – to taste
Oil – 1 tbsp
Eggs – 2 beaten
Bread crumbs – as required
Oil – for frying

Method
Boil the potatoes and mash them well.  Cook the minced beef with enough [...]

‘Unakka Chemmeen Chammanthi’ is a very tasty chutney which is usually served with ‘kanji’ or ‘rice porridge’.  It is so easy to prepare and is a great side dish for rice too!
Ingredients
Dried Prawns – 1 cup
Grated coconut – 2 cups
Dry red chillies – 7
Ginger – 1″ piece
Shallots – 6
Salt – to taste
Tamarind – 3 small [...]

I love ‘Breadfruit’ and it brings back nostalgic memories of me growing up in Kerala.  My grandmother used to prepare different dishes using ‘Breadfruit’.  ‘Breadfruit and Beef Curry’ is one among them.  You can serve this delicious curry with rice, appam, puttu, idiyappam, porotta or chappathi.

Ingredients
Beef – 1 kg
Breadfruit – 1
Ginger – 2″ piece chopped
Green [...]

‘Karimeen Roast’ is my MIL’s special fish recipe.  She preferred making this delectable roast whenever we bought Karimeen at home!  I have never seen anyone making this type of  ‘Fish Roast’.  So, I want to share with you all this very tasty dish which goes well with rice, appam, idiyappam and chappathis!
This special ‘Karimeen Roast’ [...]