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Friday 10 May 2024
Monday 29 April 2024
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
- Cut and clean the chicken. Then rinse, drain, and set aside.
- Heat oil in a pan add mustard seed ,let them splutter for a few seconds.
- Add curry leaves and green chilli,saute them well.
- Then add crush ginger and garlic paste ,sauté them well
- Then add chopped onion and saute them well.
- Then add some spices like turmeric powder and coriander powder
- Add red chilli powder,pepper powder,garam masala and salt
- saute until the raw smell of the spices completely disappears.
- Then add chopped tomatoes and crush cardamom powder ,saute them well, till they become soften.
- Add cleaned chicken pieces and combine them well.
- Add sufficent amount of water and cook them well.
- 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
- Heat oil in a pan,add mustard seed and let them sputter.
- Then add the crushed ginger and garlic paste and saute them well.
- Add chopped onion, green chilli and curry leaves.
- Saute them well until the onions become transluscent.
- Sprinkle some salt and saute them well.
- Add red chilli powder, turmeric powder, coriander powder, pepper powder and garam masala.
- Add the cleaned chicken pieces and combine them well.
- Now add the chopped potato pieces and mix them well.
- Then add a sufficient amount of water and mix them well.
- Cover and cook them well till the chicken becomes soft.
- Remove the lid and check whether the chicken is well cooked or not.
- 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
- Grind the fennel seed into a fine paste and set it aside.
- Then crush the ginger and garlic into a fine paste and set aside.
- Again, grind the soaked cashewnut and set it aside.
- Heat oil in a pan and add red chilli powder and coriander powder.
- Saute and fry them well.
- Heat oil in a pan and add coconut pieces.
- Fry them well, drain, and keep them aside.
- Heat oil in a pan, add mustard seeds, and allow them to splutter.
- Then add the onions and sauté them well.
- Add shallots and green chilli.
- Saute them well for a few minutes.
- Then add crushed ginger and garlic paste.
- Sauté them well for a few minutes.
- Then add curry leaves and turmeric powder.
- Saute them well.
- Then add the tomato pieces and sauté them well.
- Again, add the fried coconut pieces and sauté them well.
- Add the cleaned chicken pieces and mix them well.
- Add water to the roasted masala mix and stir it well.
- Then pour the roasted masala mix and water into the chicken curry pan and combine them well.
- Cover and cook till the chicken is well cooked.
- Remove the lid and check whether the chicken is well cooked or not.
- 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
- Cut and wash the chicken .
- Take a pan, add cleaned chicken pieces and turmeric powder.
- Then cover and marinated for half an hour
- Crush ginger and garlic into smooth paste
- Heat oil in pan add mustard seed ,let them spluttered .
- Add curry leaves, chillies, shallots and onion, saute for few minutes
- Add chopped coconut pieces and saute them well.
- Then sprinkle some salt and turmeric powder, saute them well.
- Add crushed ginger garlic paste and saute them well.
- Then add red chilli powder ,coriander powder, pepper powder and chicken masala, saute them well.
- Add chopped tomatoes and saute till they become soften.
- Cover and boil them well.
- Remove the lid and saute them well.
- Then add marinated chicken pieces and combine them well.
- cover and cook till the chicken become well cooked
- Remove the lid and pour some water ,saute them well.
- Again cover and cook for 5 to 6 minutes.
- When the curry reaches the desired consistency,
- Remove it from the heat and serve
Source: Village Cooking Kerala
Thursday 25 April 2024
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
- Take a large bowl add maida,hot oil and water,mix well
- Add the oil and then start mixing with your fingers.mix the dough very well and keep aside
- Take a pan and put the chapati on the pan and cook from both sides.
- Now cut it horizontally, diving into 2 equal portions using a knife.
- Then we make a sealing mixture, take a small bowl add two tsp of maida and water, mix it well
- Take a bowl add onion, coriander leaf, chilli powder ,cumin powder, ginger, coriander leaf and salt mix it well
- Then we take a chapati sheet, grease with maida and make cone.
- Stuff onion mix into the cone, grace with maida mix on the edge.
- Heat oil in a pan and add samosa, stir occasionally, frying the samosa on low flame
- for atleast 12 to 15 minutes.
- 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
- Heat coconut oil in a pan add mustard seed ,let splutter
- Again we add toor dal and urud dal in to the pan.
- Then we add dry red chilli and cumin seed saute well
- Now we add crushed garlic, onion and green chilli, saute for few minutes .
- Add salt and curry leaves mix well .
- Again we add chopped tomato pieces, mix well cover and cook till the tomatoes are mashed.
- Then we add curry powders like red chilli powder and turmeric powder combine well.
- Now we add little amount of water and cook for 5 to 10 minutes.
- Finally we add cleaned and chopped coriander leaves mix well .
- Turn off the flame and serve
Source: Village Cooking Kerala
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