Spice mixes

 

Kerala Spicy chicken Curry

 

Ingredients

• Chicken – 1 kg
• Onion – 3 nos
• Ginger – 1 nos
• Garlic – 9 or 10 nos
• Tomatoes – 2 nos
• Curry leaves – 4 or 5 sprigs
• Turmeric powder – 1/2 tbsp
• Coriander powder – 1 tbsp
• Red chilli powder – 1 1/2 tbsp
• Pepper powder – 1 tbsp
• Garam masala – 1 tbsp
• Cardamom – 3 or 4 nos
• salt – 1 or 2 tbsp
• Oil – 4 or 5 tbsp

Method

1. Cut and clean the chicken. Then rinse, drain, and set aside.
2. Heat oil in a pan add mustard seed ,let them splutter for a few seconds.
3. Add curry leaves and green chilli,saute them well.
4. Then add crush ginger and garlic paste ,sauté them well
5. Then add chopped onion and saute them well.
6. Then add some spices like turmeric powder and coriander powder
7. Add red chilli powder,pepper powder,garam masala and salt
8. saute until the raw smell of the spices completely disappears.
9. Then add chopped tomatoes and crush cardamom powder ,saute them well, till they become soften.
10. Add cleaned chicken pieces and combine them well.
11. Add sufficent amount of water and cook them well.
12. Remove from fire and serve.

Source: Village Cooking Kerala

Kerala Chicken potato Curry

 

Ingredients

• Chicken – 1 kg
• Potatoes – 3 nos
• Onion – 2 nos
• Green chilli – 3 to 4 nos
• Curry leaves – 3 to 4 sprigs
• Ginger – 1 nos
• Garlic – 9 to 10 nos
• Red chilli powder – 1 1/2 tbsp
• Coriander powder – 2 tbsp
• Turmeric powder – 1/2 tbsp
• Pepper powder – 1/2 tbsp
• Garam masala – 1 tbsp
• Mustard seed – 1 tsp
• Salt – 1 to 2 tsp
• Oil – 3 to 4 tbsp

Method

1. Heat oil in a pan,add mustard seed and let them sputter.
2. Then add the crushed ginger and garlic paste and saute them well.
3. Add chopped onion, green chilli and curry leaves.
4. Saute them well until the onions become transluscent.
5. Sprinkle some salt and saute them well.
6. Add red chilli powder, turmeric powder, coriander powder, pepper powder and garam masala.
7. Add the cleaned chicken pieces and combine them well.
8. Now add the chopped potato pieces and mix them well.
9. Then add a sufficient amount of water and mix them well.
10. Cover and cook them well till the chicken becomes soft.
11. Remove the lid and check whether the chicken is well cooked or not.
12. Once the chicken curry is ready, remove it from the fire and serve

Source: Village Cooking Kerala

Kerala Naadan Chicken Curry

 

Ingredients

• Onion – 3 to 4 nos
• Shallots – 8 to 9 nos
• Tomatoes – 2 nos
• Green chilli – 3 to 4 nos
• Ginger- 1 nos
• Garlic – 6 to 7 nos
• Curry leaves – 3 to 4 sprigs
• Cashewnut – 17 to 18 nos
• Red chilli powder – 1 1/2 tbsp
• Coriander powder – 2 tbsp
• Turmeric powder – 1/2 tbsp
• Coconut pieces – 1 cup
• Fennel seed – 1 tsp
• Mustard seed – 1 tsp
• Salt – 4 to 5 tbsp
• Oil – 6 to 7 tbsp

Method

1. Grind the fennel seed into a fine paste and set it aside.
2. Then crush the ginger and garlic into a fine paste and set aside.
3. Again, grind the soaked cashewnut and set it aside.
4. Heat oil in a pan and add red chilli powder and coriander powder.
5. Saute and fry them well.
6. Heat oil in a pan and add coconut pieces.
7. Fry them well, drain, and keep them aside.
8. Heat oil in a pan, add mustard seeds, and allow them to splutter.
9. Then add the onions and sauté them well.
10. Add shallots and green chilli.
11. Saute them well for a few minutes.
12. Then add crushed ginger and garlic paste.
13. Sauté them well for a few minutes.
14. Then add curry leaves and turmeric powder.
15. Saute them well.
16. Then add the tomato pieces and sauté them well.
17. Again, add the fried coconut pieces and sauté them well.
18. Add the cleaned chicken pieces and mix them well.
19. Add water to the roasted masala mix and stir it well.
20. Then pour the roasted masala mix and water into the chicken curry pan and combine them well.
21. Cover and cook till the chicken is well cooked.
22. Remove the lid and check whether the chicken is well cooked or not.
23. Once the chicken curry is ready, remove it from the fire and serve.

Source: Village Cooking Kerala

Kerala chicken curry

 Ingredients

• Chicken – 1 kg
• Shallots – 9 to 10 nos
• Onion – 2 or 3 nos
• Garlic – 7 to 8 nos
• Ginger – 1 nos
• Tomatoes – 2 nos
• 4-6 green chillies
• Coconut pieces – 1/2 cups
• Turmeric powder – 1 tbsp
• Red chilli powder – 1 1/2 tbsp
• Coriander powder – 1 tbsp
• Pepper powder – 1 tbsp
• Chicken masala – 1 tbsp
• Salt – 1 or 2 tbsp
• Black mustard seeds - 1 tbsp
• curry leaves - handfull

Method

1. Cut and wash the chicken .
2. Take a pan, add cleaned chicken pieces and turmeric powder.
3. Then cover and marinated for half an hour
4. Crush ginger and garlic into smooth paste
5. Heat oil in pan add mustard seed ,let them spluttered .
6. Add curry leaves, chillies, shallots and onion, saute for few minutes
7. Add chopped coconut pieces and saute them well.
8. Then sprinkle some salt and turmeric powder, saute them well.
9. Add crushed ginger garlic paste and saute them well.
10. Then add red chilli powder ,coriander powder, pepper powder and chicken masala, saute them well.
11. Add chopped tomatoes and saute till they become soften.
12. Cover and boil them well.
13. Remove the lid and saute them well.
14. Then add marinated chicken pieces and combine them well.
15. cover and cook till the chicken become well cooked
16. Remove the lid and pour some water ,saute them well.
17. Again cover and cook for 5 to 6 minutes.
18. When the curry reaches the desired consistency,
19. Remove it from the heat and serve

Source: Village Cooking Kerala

Kerala Crispy Onion Samosa

 

Ingredients

• Maida flour
• Onion-2
• Coriander leaf- small amount
• Chillipowder-2 tsp
• Cumin powder-1 tsp
• Garammasala-1 tsp
• Ginger-1 medium
• Salt-to taste
• Oil-for frying
• Water-for mixing

Method

1. Take a large bowl add maida,hot oil and water,mix well
2. Add the oil and then start mixing with your fingers.mix the dough very well and keep aside
3. Take a pan and put the chapati on the pan and cook from both sides.
4. Now cut it horizontally, diving into 2 equal portions using a knife.
5. Then we make a sealing mixture, take a small bowl add two tsp of maida and water, mix it well
6. Take a bowl add onion, coriander leaf, chilli powder ,cumin powder, ginger, coriander leaf and salt mix it well
7. Then we take a chapati sheet, grease with maida and make cone.
8. Stuff onion mix into the cone, grace with maida mix on the edge.
9. Heat oil in a pan and add samosa, stir occasionally, frying the samosa on low flame
10. for atleast 12 to 15 minutes.
11. once the samosa turns golden and crisp, drain off over tissue paper.

Source: Village Cooking Kerala

Kerala (tomato) Thakkali curry

 

Ingredients

• Tomato-3 nos
• Onion-2 medium
• Green chilli-3 nos
• Dry red chilli- 3 or 4 nos
• Garlic – 5 or 6 cloves
• Curry leaves – 2 sprig
• Coriander leaves-small amount
• Toor dal (or yellow split peas) -1 tsp
• Urud dal (or black lentil)-1 tsp
• Cumin seed-1 tsp
• Mustard seed – 1 tsp
• Red chilli powder- 1 tbsp
• Turmeric powder-1/2 tbsp
• Oil- 2 or 3 tbsp
• Salt to taste
• Water for cooking

Method

1.  Heat coconut oil in a pan add mustard seed ,let splutter
2.  Again we add toor dal and urud dal in to the pan.
3.  Then we add dry red chilli and cumin seed saute well
4.  Now we add crushed garlic, onion and green chilli, saute for few minutes .
5.  Add salt and curry leaves mix well .
6.  Again we add chopped tomato pieces, mix well cover and cook till the tomatoes are mashed.
7.  Then we add curry powders like red chilli powder and turmeric powder combine well.
8.  Now we add little amount of water and cook for 5 to 10 minutes.
9.  Finally we add cleaned and chopped coriander leaves mix well .
10.  Turn off the flame and serve

Source: Village Cooking Kerala