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Surmai Fry

I got these beautiful large but thinly sliced steaks of Seer Fish. Each was the size of my palm. Prepared a paste with chilly powder, turmeric, sesame oil, apple cider, sesame seeds, cumin seeds and salt. Liberally coated the fish with this paste and let it marinate for about 20 minutes. Pan fried. Unless youContinue reading “Surmai Fry”

Beetroot and Bottle gourd with Lentils

This is one of my goto vegetable dishes. It needs a lentil, I used yellow Mung beans. a gourd, I used bottle gourd. a sturdy vegetable, I used beetroot. aromatics, I used onions, garlic, chilly and so on. a healthy fat, everyone must use ghee. some spices like cumin, fennel etc. Soak the lentils inContinue reading “Beetroot and Bottle gourd with Lentils”

Ragi-Jowar Roti

A simple and easy, nutritious roti. The key ingredients are equal parts of ragi (Finger Millet) and jowar (sorghum). To these flours add in chopped onion, chopped green chilies, chopped fresh coriander, cumin seeds, turmeric powder and salt. Blend in hot water using a spatula till a soft dough is formed. Let it rest forContinue reading “Ragi-Jowar Roti”

Sesame Prawns

Life is suddenly a little more pre-occupied and it shows in my increasingly longer gaps between the posts. I got these beautiful prawns. Rubbed paprika, turmeric, salt and sesame oil on them. Let them marinate for about 10-15 minutes. Heated a little sesame oil in a pan. Added the prawns and once they were halfContinue reading “Sesame Prawns”

Chicken with Kaffir Lime

Kaffir Lime has a strong and very distinct flavor. The leaves are also a little thick. You can either cook with them whole and remove before serving or cut them very thin and add into the marinade. I used the latter approach. Prepared a marinade with thinly sliced kaffir lime leaves, thin strips of ginger,Continue reading “Chicken with Kaffir Lime”

Steamed Fish

There are many ways to steam fish. I do it with banana leaves, idiyappam trays and a pressure cooker. A fillet of Seer fish. To fit it, I cut into two halves. Made a paste of cumin, coriander, garlic, green chilies and salt. Rubbed it on the fish and wrapped it in the banana leaf.Continue reading “Steamed Fish”

Easiest Chicken Ever

This is beyond easy. It takes more skill to clean the chicken than making this simple dish. If you are buying chicken from an online store, then get chicken with skin, cut into biryani size pieces. Take a bowl and combine together salt, paprika powder, garlic powder. If you are comfortable with the amount ofContinue reading “Easiest Chicken Ever”

Crispy Fried Fish

Fish is yum. Crispy fried fish is super yum. They trick is to have it dry when it gets into hot oil. Cornflour is the easiest way to do that. Pat the fish dry. Marinate it in chilly powder and salt for about 10 – 15 minutes. Pat into corn flour and using very dryContinue reading “Crispy Fried Fish”

Garlicky Pomfret Fish Fry

I find people who don’t like fish as being very fishy…in other words, my cat does not like them. Take a whole garlic. Remove all the pods. Pulse them in a mixie and you have this wet paste that smells awesome. But you can’t really fry anything in it. So we start a balancing act.Continue reading “Garlicky Pomfret Fish Fry”