Salt and Spice

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 Beef – 1 kg cut into cubes Onion – 1 sliced Ginger – 2″ piece minced Garlic – 10 small minced Coriander powder – 4 tsp Chilly powder – 2 tsp Turmeric powder – 1 tsp Pepper powder – 1/2 tsp Garam masala – 1 1/4 tsp Vinegar – 3 tsp Salt – to [...]

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 Chicken – 1/2 kg cut into pieces Mushrooms – 1 cup quartered Onion – 1 chopped Ginger – 1 tbsp chopped Garlic – 1 tbsp chopped Bird’s eye chillies – 3 slit Curry leaves – 2 sprigs Tomatoes – 2 medium chopped Chicken masala – 3 tsp Pepper powder – 1 tsp Turmeric powder [...]

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 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 [...]

My daughter came home today after three years of study in Singapore.  It was really a joyous occasion for the whole family!  To celebrate the day, I made this delicious Kerala style ‘Chicken Biriyani’.  I made the Biriyani in the simplest way possible since I had very little time after coming back from the airport.  [...]

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 [...]

Wish You All A Very Happy Easter! Ingredients Chicken Breast – 850 gm cut into small pieces Onions – 2 diced Green Capsicum – 1 diced Ginger – 2 tbsp finely chopped Garlic – 2 tbsp finely chopped Green chillies – 5 cut slantwise Celery – 2 tbsp chopped Water – 1 cup Corn flour [...]