Bitter gourd curry (പാവയ്ക്ക/കയ്പ്പ കറി)

An excellent change in taste! If you want to try something different, this is your recipe. What more, bitter gourd has got a very high medicinal effect too..
Ingredients for bitter gourd curry:

Bitter gourd : 1 bigger size
Onion : 1 medium size
Tomato : 1 medium size
Green chilli : 1 or 2
Turmeric powder : 1/4 teaspoon
Red chilli powder: 3/4 teaspoon
Coriander powder: 1 tea spoon
curry leave :4-5
mustard seeds: 1 teaspoon
cumin seeds : 1 teaspoon
coconut oil : 5 table spoon
coconut milk : 1 cup thin
Yogurt :250ml

1. Cut bitter gourd into thin slices with round shape. Cut onions into slices and slice tomato too. Cut green chilli vertically into 2 halves.
2. In a cooking pan, heat 3 table spoon of oil. Add bitter gourd and stir it well. Cook till bitter gourd becomes soft (Soft enough so that you can easly cut it with a spoon)
3. Add onions, green chilli and curry leaves to it, stir it well and allow it to cook for 3-4 minutes
4. Add curry powders and salt to it. cook it for another 1-2 minutes
5. Add tomato to it and cook it for another 2-3 minutes
6. Add thin coconut milk and let it boil for 2-3 minutes
7. Turn off the stove. In a different pan, heat 2 table spoon of oil and splutter mustard seeds to it. Add cumin seeds to it. Add the cooked bitter gourd curry to it. cook for 1 minute.
8. Turn off the stove and Add yogurt to it. Stir well and have your bitter gourd curry.

Beef ularthiyathu (ബീഫ് ഉലര്‍ത്തിയത്)

Another nice recipe with Beef. This requires a lot of patience, but at the end it worth. Lets go with the ingredients for spicy beef ularthiyathu

Beef :1/2 Kg.
Onion : 2 medium size
Tomato: 1 medium size
Green chilli: 1 medium size
Coriander powder: 2 table spoon
Turmeric powder: 2 tea spoon
Cumin powder: 2 tea spoon
Redchilli powder: 1 tea spoon
Black pepper powder: 1 tea spoon
mustard seeds : 1 tea spoon
Coconut oil: 2 table spoon
curry leave : 5-10 leaves
Salt : 2 teaspoon

Cut onions into slices and similarly cut tomatoes too. Cut green chilli vertically into 2.
Wash beef well. Mix all powders together and take half of the mixture and marinate beef for 1/4 hour.
Cook marinated beef in a pressure cooker for 10 minutes. Use little of water only
Heat oil in a frying pan, splutter mustard seeds, add onions to it and saute it. Add curry leaves and green chilli to it.
Once the onion becomes transparent, add tomatoes and cook it for another 2-3 minutes.
Add remaining mixture of powders to the pan, mix it and cook for another 2 minutes.
Add cooked beef to it and add a glass of water and salt to it. Cover it and wait till beef gets cooked well.
Once the beef is cooked, open up the pan and cook it in high flame so that excess water gets evaporated. Once it becomes semi gravy, turn off the stove and have you delicious beef ularthiyathu.

Tips:
Add a little of grated coconut just before turning off the stove and mix well. It will add a great taste.
If you want a pleasant smell to the curry, then add 2-3 pieces of cinnamon stick, cloves and cardamon seed and saute it before spluttering mustard seeds.

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Egg curry (മുട്ട കറി)

This the first post from me for a curry with eggs. I thought it will be very complicated and is difficult to prepare an egg curry. After finishing this curry and having it along with paalappam, it became one of the most satisfied curry for me. Here we go with ingredients

Egg - 3
Onion - 2 medium size
Tomato - 1 medium size
Green chilli - 2 medium size
Ginger garlic paste - 2 tea spoon
Turmeric powder - 1/2 teaspoon
Red chilli powder - 1/4 teaspoon
Coriander powder - 1 teaspoon
mustard seeds - 1/2 teaspoon
coconut oil - 2 table spoon
Curry leaves - 4-5
Salt - 2 tea spoon
Thin coconut milk - 1 cup
Thick coconut milk - 1/4 cup (If you have no other way to prepare a coconut milk, grate coconut in a plate, take a part of it and put it in a mixer, add enough water and mix it to get thin coconut milk and add little water to remaining grated coconut and mix it to get thick coconut milk.)

Make boiled eggs (click here to see how o prepare boiled eggs). Cut each boiled egg into two vertically.
Cut onions into two halves and make slices of it. Similarly cut tomato too. Cut green chillies vertically into 2.
Heat oil in a pan. Add mustard seeds, after it stops spluttering saute onions in it. Add curry leaves and green chillies to it.
Add ginger garlic paste and tomato to it and cook it for another 2-3 minutes.
Add spice powders to it and cook for another 2 minutes.
Add thin coconut milk and salt, stir it well
Add boiled eggs to the pan and let it cook for another 5 minutes.
Add thick coconut milk, stir it and turn off the stove.

Chicken Ularthiyathu

I am not sure I can call this chicken ularthiyathu. But it is definitely a tasty stuff. A little patience gives a much needed tasty food. This one is a semi gravy dish.

Ingredients:

For marination:
Chicken :1/2 kilo. cut into small pieces (I asked the shopkeeper to cut it for curry)
Turmeric powder : 1 tea spoon
Red chilli powder : 1/2 tea spoon
Coriander powder : 1 tea spoon
pepper powder : 1 tea spoon
Cumin powder : 1 tea spoon
Salt : 1 tea spoon

For cooking:
Onion : 2 medium size
Tomato : 1 medium size
green chilli : 1 medium size
Turmeric powder : 1 tea spoon
Red chilli powder : 1/2 tea spoon
coriander powder : 1 tea spoon
pepper powder : 1 tea spoon
salt : 1 teaspoon
Curry leaves : 5-6
coconut oil : 2 table spoon

Mix all the ingredients for marination, marinate it on chicken and keep it aside for 15 minutes
Slice onions, tomato and green chilli
Heat oil in a frying pan and saute onions in it.
When the onions become transparent, add tomato and green chilli to it. Saute it again for 2 minutes.
Add marinated chicken and all powders to it. Add curry leaves and add 1/2 cup(around 100 ml) of water to it. Add salt and stir well.
Cover the pan. Stir it occasionally for the chicken to be cooked well.
When the chicken is almost cooked, remove the cover and cook it in medium-high flame and let the remaining water evaporate. (stir it occasional for faster result)
After the water gets evaporated and you have a semi gravy, turn off the stove and have your delicious dish.

Tips:
Add some grated cocunut just before turning off the stove, stir it and then turn off the stove. Great value addition!

Moru curry

Too lazy to make a curry? Yet you want to have a tasty curry for your rice? Then, yes moru curry will definitely a choice for you. Here we go with the ingredients:

Yogurt : 2 cups (Add little water if the yogurt is thick)
Onion : 1 medium size
Tomato : 1 medium size
Green Chilli : 1 medium size
Turmeric powder : 1 tea spoon
Red chilli powder : 1/2 tea spoon
Cumin powder :1 tea spoon
Curry leaves : 10-15 leaves
mustard seed : 1/2 teaspoon
Coconut oil : 2 table spoon.

Slice onion into 2 halves and make slices. Similarly cut tomato and make slices. Cut green chilli into 2 vertical slices.
Heat oil in a cooking pan. Add mustard seeds and wait till it stops spluttering
Add onion into it and fry till it becomes transparent
Add tomato, green chilli, curry leaves and cook it for around 2 more minutes
Add powders to it and cook it for about 1 minute.
Add enough salt to yogurt stir it well add it to the pan and again stir well for less than 1 minute.
Turn off and have your delicious moru curry.

Tips:
Dont heat yogurt for more than one minute.

Fish fry

Have you ever knew making a fish fry is very easy? To be honest, I never knew it is so easy until I tried it. Get the following ingredients and you are ready to make a yummy fish fry.

Fish(Any thing you wish) : 4-5 pieces
Turmeric powder : 1/4 teaspoon
Red chilli powder : 1/4 teaspoon
Salt : 1/4 teaspoon
Cocunut oil : 4 table spoon

Cut and wash the fish well.
In a bowl add the powders and salt, mix well and marinate the fish with this mixture. Keep it aside for 1/2 hour.
In a frying pan, heat oil and once it starts boiling, add all marinated fish to it. Turn over the fish frequently for it to be cooked uniformly on all sides.
Once it is cooked well and is soft enough to eat, turn off the stove and have your fish fry.

Kappa

Hmm.. I never thought it will be so easy to make a yummy kappa/kizhangu/tapioca vevichathu. All you need is

Kappa - 1/2 Kg.
Turmeric powder - 1/4 tea spoon
Red chilly powder - 1/4 tea spoon
Mustard seeds - 1/4 tea spoon
Coconut oil - 2 table spoon
Curry leaves - 4-5
Salt - 1 tea spoon

Peel kappa and cut it into small pieces.

Boil a cup of water in a cooking bowl. Add Kappa, turmeric powder, red chilly powder and salt to it. Wait till kappa gets softened. You can check it by pressing the kappa with a spoon or knife. Once it is softened, take it out of the heat, drain out the remaining water and keep it aside.

In another pan heat oil, splutter mustard seeds then add curry leaves and then add kappa. Mix it well. Turn off the stove and have your delicious kappa.

Tips: Adding grated coconut in third step, after adding kappa and before mixing it altogether, will add a great taste to the dish.

Beef curry

If you get some *good* beef, it is time to prepare some beef curry. ingredients goes like this:

Beef : 1/2 Kilo
Onion : 2 medium size
Tomato : 1 medium size
Potato :1 medium size
Green chilli : 2 medium size
Ginger garlic paste : 1 table spoon
Chilli powder : 1 table spoon
Turmeric powder : 1 table spoon
Corander powder : 1½ table spoon
Pepper powder :½ table spoon
curry leave :5-6
Salt : 1 table spoon.

Mustard seeds : 1 tea spoon
Coconut oil :2 table spoon.

Take ¼ teaspoon of turmeric powder and ¼ teaspoon of chilli powder and ¼ teaspoon of salt. mix it well and add meat to it. mix the meat with the mixture and marinate it well.
Cut the onions in to 2 halves and make slices. Cut the tomato and potato in similar way. cut green chilli into 2 pieces vertically.
Add marinated meat, sliced onion, tomato, potato and green chilli and curry leaves to a pressure cooker. Add 1½ glass of water. Add the remaining spices to it. Pressure cook it in medium flame for 15-20 minutes.
After the pressure cooker cools down, heat oil in a frying pan.
Add mustard seeds to the oil. after it stops spluttering, add the pressure cooked contents to it. let it cook under medium flame till the beef gets fully cooked.

Beef fry

Cooking a beef fry is very easy, but buying some good beef meat is very difficult in Indian cities. You never know whether the meat is fresh or genuine. My advice is to buy the meat only from trusted retailers.

Here we go with the ingredients for Beef fry:
Beef (cut into small pieces)- ¼ kg.
Turmeric powder- ¼ tea spoon.
Chilli powder- ¼ tea spoon.
Coconut oil-2 table spoon.
Curry leaves- 5-6 leaves.
Salt- ¼ tea spoon.


Wash beef well.
Mix the turmeric powder, chilli powder and salt. Mix the beef pieces to this mixture and marinate it. Keep it aside for 15 minutes.
Heat the frying pan, heat coconut oil in it and wait till it boils.
Add the curry leaves and beef pieces to the frying pan and stir well. Cover and let it cook well. Stir occasionally to avoid partial cooking.
Once the beef is cooked well (this may take 15-20 minutes), turn off the stove and drain out the oil and have your beef fry!

Tips:
Adding lengthy thin pieces of coconut meat along with curry leaves will give good taste to the fry.
Buy the beef only from trusted sellers. It will not be tasty nor good for health, if you don't buy good beef.

Ghee rice

Hmm.. yummy ghee rice. Lets see what is required to run a ship in your mouth!

Basmathi rice : 1½ cup (cup of 250 ml)
Cloves : 8
Cardamom : 6
Cinnamon : 2 lengthy sticks
Ghee : ¼ cup (cup of 250 ml)
Onion : 1 medium size
Salt : ¾ tablespoon.

Wash the rice well.
Chop onions finely.

Heat the ghee in a cooking pan, add cardamom, cinnamon and cloves to it. Stir till a pleasant smell comes from the spices.
Add the onion and stir till it becomes transparent.
Add 3 glasses of water and add the rice and salt to it.
Wait till water vanishes completely.
Turn off the stove and enjoy the ghee rice

Tips:
The ratio rice to water is 1:2
ratio for rice to salt is 2(cup):1(table spoon).
Adding cashew nuts will give a great taste to rice.

Mashed potato

An easy and tasty dish for break fast or evening snack! There is no complex steps involved in preparation of mashed potato. Here we go with the ingredients:

Sweet potato (madhura kizhangu) - ½ kg
Spring onion - 1 or 2
Ghee - 3 table spoon.
Milk - ½ cup.
Onion - 1 medium size.
Green chilli - 1 medium size
Garlic - 3-4 pieces.

Chop the onion and green chilli into small pieces.
Cut sweet potatos into 2 halves pressure cook it for 3 or 4 whistles
to soften the potato completely. Peel the potato, mash it and keep it
aside.
In a cooking pan, heat Ghee, add onions and garlic and stir till the onion becomes transparent.
Add spring onions, mashed potato and milk. Wait till milk is
completely absorbed by the potato.
Turn off and have your mashed potato.

Tips:
Adding 1/2 cup of fresh cream will give a great taste to the mash potato.
If sweet potato not available then parboil 3-4 garlic pieces along with the potatoes Salt and Pepper according to taste, to be added while cooking.

PS: A special thanks to my cousin Affan for helping me to learn and prepare this recipe and for this excellent collage!

Sooji (Uppumavu)

An excellent dish for the break fast and a very easy one. It wont take more than 15 minutes to prepare uppumavu. Lets go with the ingredients:

Sooji(rava) - ¼ kg
Onion - 1 medium size
Tomato - 1 really small size
Green chilli - 1 medium size.
Curry leaves - 4-5 leaves
Salt - 1 tea spoon.
Coconut oil - 2 table spoon.
mustard seeds - 1 teaspoon.

Cut the onion into 2 halves and make slices. Similarly cut the tomato. Cut the green chilli into small sizes.
Heat the oil in a pan, add mustard seeds.
When seeds stops spluttering, add onion and curry leaves and stir well till the onions become transparent.
Add tomato and stir it till the tomato gets partially dissolved with the onion.
Add 4 cups of water.
Wait till the water becomes warm, add salt to it.
Add rava to it. Wait for 1 minute for the water to be absorbed by sooji.
Turn of the stove and have your uppumavu.
Tips :
you may have to add more water to rava. It should look like a paste with no water visible directly (just after adding rava).
vegetables like carrot can be added with the onion to make the uppumavu taste better.
PS :A special thanks to my room mate and cousin Abdulla PP.

Chicken fry

I thought making a chicken fry is very difficult. But trust me, it is one of the easiest recipes you can ever have. All you need is the following ingredients:
Chicken - 8-10 pieces cut in medium size.
Red chilli powder - ½ tea spoon.
Turmeric powder - ½ tea spoon
Salt - ½ tea spoon.
Coconut oil - 2 table spoon
Wash the chicken well and then wash it in a salt water. Keep it aside to drain out the water.
Mix well the powders and salt without adding the water. Add the chicken pieces to it and mix it well again, so that the powders get stick to the chicken well. Keep it aside for15-20 minutes.
Turn on the stove, heat the frying pan and heat the oil in it.
Add the chicken pieces and mix it well in the oil.
Cover and let it cook well. Stir occasionally to ensure all pieces gets equal heat on every side.
Wait for 10 to 15 minutes and check if the chicken is cooked well. If yes, turn off the stove, drain out the oil from the chicken and have your chicken fry.

Tips:
Adding curry leaves to the oil before adding the chicken gives you a great taste.
Adding some lemon juice also gives a great taste.
PS: A special thanks to my room mate Athif Abdul Aziz.

Chicken curry

If you like patience in cooking, here is another recipe which tastes excellent. I am sure your patience will be paid by the taste! For preparing a chicken curry, you need the following ingredients.

Chicken - ½ kilo
Cloves - 4
Cardamom - 3
Cinnamon - 2 lengthy sticks
Onion - 3 medium size
Tomato - 2 medium size
Green Chilli - 1 medium size
Ginger garlic paste - 1 tea spoon
Turmeric powder - 1 tea spoon
Redchilli powder - 1 tea spoon
Coriander powder - 3 tea spoon

Coconut grated - ½ cup.
Coconut oil - 3 table spoon.
Salt - 1 tea spoon
Curry leaves - 5-6 leaves
Coriander leaves - 5-6 leaves

Cut the chicken into small pieces and wash it thoroughly. Then wash it once in salt water and keep it in a bowl to drain out the water on it.
Make a thick milk from grated coconut and keep it aside.
Cut the onions into 2 halves and make slices on it. Cut tomato in similar way. Cut green chill into 2 vertically.

Heat the oil in cooking pan; add cloves, cardamom and cinnamon to it. Stir it occasionally till a nice fragrance comes from the pan.
Add onions and curry leaves to it. Stir it occasionally till it becomes transparent in colour.
Add tomato to it and stir it for 1 more minute.
Add green chilli, ginger garlic paste, powders and mix it well.
Add the chicken to it. Don’t add any water, it will start coming from the chicken after some time. Stir it occasionally so that it will not stick to the bottom of the pan.
When the chicken is almost cooked, add 1 or 2 glasses of water (depending upon what amount of curry you need) and salt to it. Cover the pan and let it cook fully.
Once the chicken is fully cooked, add the coconut milk to it, stir it and let it boil for 2 more minutes.
Add the coriander leaves to the top of the curry, cover the pan and turn off the stove. Wait for 5 minutes and then have your chicken curry!!

Tips:
Initially you find it difficult to find out the correct amount of water to be added to the curry. For the first try, add 1½ glass of water and see the result and then adjust it in your next try.
As always, varying the amount of spice powders tastes the curry differently. Here you have to make sure that amount of coriander powder is more compared to the other two.