Saturday, December 12, 2009

Cutlets

Ingredients:

500 g flaked light Tuna
2 small Onion chopped
2 green Chili chopped
2 sprig curry leaves (optional)
2 piece Rampe (Pandamus) (optional)
2 piece Cinnamon
1 inch Ginger root (crushed)
6 cloves Garlic (crushed)
4 tbs Vegetable oil
Salt, Pepper and Cardamom powder (optional) to taste.
6 medium Potatoes boiled, skinned and cut into pieces.

The Coating :

Three Eggs (beaten)
Toasted bread crumbs (grounded)
Oil for deep frying

Directions :

Drain the cans of tuna.
Heat the oil in a skillet (frying pan).
Add crushed ginger and garlic, stir, add onions, green chili, curry leaves, Rampe and cinnamon.
Cook until the onions are tender light brown.
Add drained tuna, stir all together.
Allow to cook for a few minutes.
Add the drained tuna liquid.
Stir and allow to cook until the liquid is dry.
Add salt, pepper and cardamom powder.
Stir until well mixed.
Turn off heat.
Add potatoes and mix well.
Separate the mix and shape in to small (2 inch diameter) balls or thick discs.
Coat the balls with beaten egg and then with the toasted bread crumbs.
Deep fry in hot oil until light brown.
Cutlets (made in to thick disc shapes) are great with rice & curry.

Welithalapa ( Saw Dodol)

Ingredients :

2 lbs Rice flour
4 cups thick Coconut milk
4 cups Kithul or Coconut trealce
2 tsp Salt

Directions :

In a large bowl, mix the flour and salt thoroughly. Add a little coconut milk to the flour and mix until the flour forms into small balls like beads. Do not add water. Cover and steam the flour beads for abourt 30 minutes or until cooked. Remove from the steamer and separate the flour beads and set aside. Boil the treacle and coconut milk in a large saucepan and add the flour beads while stirring. Keep stirring the mixture until oil starts to separate. Remove from heat. Transfer into a greased dish and shape into a block. Cut into pieces of any shape.

Malu Ambulthiyal

Ingredients :

2 lbs Fish (Halibet, Salmon or Tuna)
10-15 pieces Goraka
1 1/2 tbs Salt
1 1/2 tbs ground black Pepper
1/4 tsp Turmeric powder
1 sprig Curry Leaves
1-2 pieces Rampe
2 pieces Cinnamon
2 cloves Garlic (crushed)
1/2 tsp roasted Curry powder
1 cup water

Directions :

Wash and cut the fish into 15-20 pieces. Place the goraka pieces in a saucsepan, add a little water to cover and simmer for about 5-10 minutes (until the goraka is soft). Add salt, pepper, chili powder, tumeric, curry powder to the fish pieces and mix well (until all the pieces are well coated). Drain the goraka pieces and crush into a coarse paste. Mix the paste with the drained water and add to the fish, mix well. Arrange the fish in a shallow pan and pour the liquid over the pices. Wash the mixing bowl with 1 cup water and pour over the fish. Swirl the pan to coat the pieces with the liquid. Add the curry leaves, rampe, cinnamon & crushed garlic. Cook over slow heat until the fish is done. For a completely dry dish, transfer the fish and thick gravy into an oven proof container and leave it in a warm oven until completly dry.

Wednesday, December 2, 2009

Watalappan

Ingredients:

• 1/2 tsp Cardamom Powdered (Optional)
• 4 cups Thick Coconut Milk
• 1 lb Brown Sugar or Jaggery
• 5 Cloves (Optional)
• Raisins, Cashew
• 8 Eggs

Method :

Take eggs in a bowl and whisk them properly.
Now add the coconut milk, brown sugar, cardamoms and cloves to the beaten eggs and mix well.
Add the mixture into a pot and steam it after covering it with greaseproof paper for 20 minutes.

Sprinkle with cashew nuts and serve.



Tuesday, December 1, 2009

Beef Curry

Ingredients

750 g Beef
15g Red chili Powder
5g Roasted Chili powder
10g Curry Powder
2tsp Black Pepper Powder
Curry leaves, Chopped onion, Green chili, garlic, ginger ,cloves, cinnamon(grounded)
Tamarind
Salt (as per the taste)
Cooking oil
Two cup of water
One cup of coconut milk

Method

Cut the beef in small size and mix with red chili powder, roasted chili powder, Curry powder, Black pepper powder, tamarind and salt as per the taste. Leave it 5 minutes to seasoning and add the grounded spice mixture and mix with the beef. cooking oil put in to pan keep on mid flam .add beef on to it cook 3 minutes add two cup of water on it and cook it 10 minutes high flame add heard coconut milk on to beef and cook another 15 minute and taste.