Posts Tagged Kerala Christian Recipes

Chicken Stew

Chicken Stew

Ingredients Chicken – 1 kg cut into pieces Potatoes – 4 cut into pieces Carrots – 4 cut into pieces Peppercorns – 1 tsp Bay leaves – 2 small Cardamom – 5 Cinnamon – 3 (2″ pieces) Cloves – 6 Onions – 2 big sliced Ginger –

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Kerala Beef Fry

Kerala Beef Fry

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

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Kallappam

Kallappam

Ingredients Fine rice flour/ Appam podi – 2 cups Coconut milk powder – 1/4 cup Rice flakes/ Aval – 1 cup Small onions – 4 small Garlic – 2 small Cumin seeds – 1/2 tsp Dry yeast – 1/2 tsp Warm water – 1/2 cup Sugar –

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Ridge Gourd Curry with Coconut Milk

Ridge Gourd Curry with Coconut Milk

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

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Varutharacha Meen Curry/ Fish in Roasted Coconut Gravy

Varutharacha Meen Curry/ Fish in Roasted Coconut Gravy

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

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Meen Vattichathu/ Kottayam Fish Curry

Meen Vattichathu/ Kottayam Fish Curry

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

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Homemade Grape Wine

Homemade Grape Wine

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

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Beef Cutlet

Beef Cutlet

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

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Unakka Chemmeen Chammanthi/ Dry Prawns Chutney

Unakka Chemmeen Chammanthi/ Dry Prawns Chutney

‘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 –

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Kadachakka and Beef Curry/ Breadfruit and Beef Curry

Kadachakka and Beef Curry/ Breadfruit and Beef Curry

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

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