Prawns Masala Recipe

Ingredients:



Prawns   - 500 gm
Onion   - 1
Ginger   - 1 piece
Garlic   - 5
Tomato   - 2
Red Chili Powder - 2 tsp
Turmeric Powder - ½ tsp
Oil, Curry Leaves - As required
Salt   - As required



Method:

Clean the prawns and keep aside.

In a pan heat oil, add sliced onion, ginger garlic paste and sauté well. Add red chili powder, turmeric powder, sliced tomato and sauté.  To this add prawns with required salt and water.  Close the pan and allow it to cook.  When cooked add curry leaves and remove from fire.

Kerala Duck Curry

Ingredients:

Duck - 1 kg
Tomato - 1
Onion - 3
Chilly powder - 2 tbsp
Coriander powder - 2 tbsp
Ginger - 1 piece 
Green chilly - 5
Garlic - 3 cloves
Turmeric powder - ½ tsp
Garam masala - 1 tbsp
Coconut oil - 1 desertspoon
Mustard - ½ tsp
Curry leaves - 2 stem
Salt - As required
Coriander leaves for garnishing


Method:

Clean Duck and cut into pieces.

Slice Onion, Ginger, Green chilly and Garlic.

Make a paste of Chilly powder, Coriander powder and Tomato. 
Heat oil in a kadai, splutter mustard and the sliced items, sauté well.

Add Curry leaves, tomato paste and stir.

Add duck pieces, salt and water.

When the Duck starts cooking add Garam masala.

Keep in low flame till the Gravy becomes thick.
 
Garnish with Coriander leaves.

Fish Molee, Fish Moly

 Fish Molee is a famous kerala fish curry made with fried fish cooked in coconut milk. The word molee itself literally means "stew". It is a mild stew suitable for those who like mildly spiced food. Those who like more spice can increase the number of green chillies. The fish curry can be had with white rice, puttu,  vellaiappam   

                               

Ingredients 

For Marinade

Fish Fillets - 4

Salt - 1 tsp

Chilly powder - 1 tsp

Turmeric Powder - 1 tsp

For Gravy (Stew)

Green Chillies - 2
Onion (medium sized) - 1 (sliced diagonally)
Ginger - 1 " (sliced)
Garlic - 2-3 pods (sliced)

Pepper powder - 1 tsp
Coconut Milk - 2 cups (Tastes best with fresh coconut milk)
Curry Leaves - 1 string
Oil - 3 tblsp
Lemon Juice (or vineger) - 1 tblsp
Salt - to taste

Method 

1. Wash the fish fillets thoroughly and then marinate with turmeric powder, chilly powder and salt. Keep it aside.
2. Heat oil in a frying pan and fry the fish fillets.
3. After a few minutes, or when fillets turn light golden brown in color, remove the pieces.
4. In the same oil, fry onions, curry leaves, garlic and ginger till they get cooked.
5. Add sliced green chilies and fry for a minute.
6. Add water, lemon juice, pepper powder and salt to the above.
7. Boil the mixture and then lower the flame.
8. Add coconut milk and simmer the gravy for 3 to 4 minutes until it becomes thick. Do not let it come to a full boil. Just let it simmer.
9. Now add the fried fish fillets to the above and cook for another 2-3 minutes.
10. Fish Molee is ready. Serve it with white rice, puttu, vellaiappam, appam, idiyappam etc.