
Chicken Curry Pic: Priya Q
My impression about ‘ bachelors cooking’, let alone cooking complicated stuff was corrected by Q’s cousins …Akki and Arju… While Arju was secretive about his pepper chicken recipe; the flamboyant Akki was more than happy to share his recipe for his signature chicken dish
….. i have to admit it was absolutely finger licking good!
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Dal Pic: Priya Q
Like my mom few of you will find this dish a bit bland…I somehow liked it when I had this at my aunt’s place…though my aunt doesn’t eat onions I have used it…Onions give a nice touch to it
)…… It tastes quite good with idiyappam …which I normally used to have with Vegetable Stew or Egg Curry…this dal recipe is a welcome variation to the combo !! and its unbelievably simple!
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Green gram dal (moong dhuli) – 1 cup
Jaggery – ¾ cup
Coconut milk – 100 ml
Coconut pieces – 1 tbsp
Cardamom powder – 1 tsp
Ghee (clarified butter) – 2 tbsp
Cashew and raisins – as required
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- Fry the dal in a skillet till nice and brown. Keep it aside to cool. Then wash it with water.
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Inji means ginger and Puli means tamarind. As the name suggests rightly so, pulinji is a preparation with ginger as the main ingredient cooked in tamarind water. My north Indian friends call it south Indian ginger pickle
Yet again, Pulinji is one of the main dishes served during Onam sadya, however in moderation just like your pickle!
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Chicken Fry
Last recipe in this segment of Kerala non veg specials, chicken fry is yet another traditional preparation. A good snack to go with cocktail sessions and yes goes well as an accompaniment for your lunch and dinner too
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Pork Curry
Pork – 1 kg (washed, drained and cut into small pieces)
Onions – 3-4 big sized (finely chopped)
Tomatoes – 2 nos (finely chopped)
White vinegar – 1 tbsp
Oil – 2 tbsp
Salt to taste
For curry masala, grind to a fine paste the following
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Most of the people I know are crazy about Liver curry so I thought that it might be a good idea to share its recipe on Akshayapatram!
Lamb’s liver – 500 gms (membrane removed, washed,drained and cut into cubes)
Shallots (small onion) – 10 nos (finely chopped)
Ginger – 1 tbsp (finely chopped)
Cloves – 3-4 nos
Coconut oil or any cooking oil – 1 and ½ tbsp
Salt to taste
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Mutton Curry
After seafood and chicken its now time for some mutton
Mutton – 500 gms (washed, drained and cut into pieces)
Onions – 2 nos (sliced)
Ginger – 1 tbsp (chopped)
Coriander leaves – finely chopped
Curry leaves – 1 sprig
White vinegar – 2 tsp
Ghee (clarified butter) – 2 tbsp
Salt to taste
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I shared with you earlier recipe for chicken curry sans any coconut…this one is with coconut milk…check it out!
Chicken – 500 gms (washed, drained and cut into pieces)
Onions – 2 nos (sliced)
Potatoes – 2 nos (sliced)
Green chilies – 6 nos (slit length wise)
Curry leaves – 2 sprigs
Coriander leaves – 2 tbsp (finely chopped)
Coconut Milk – 2 cups
Ghee (clarified butter) – 7 tbsp
Salt to taste
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Well, necessarily not all Kerala recipes need to include coconut as one of the ingredients. This chicken curry is sans any coconut…a must try!
Chicken – 500 gms (washed, drained and cut into pieces)
Onions – 2 nos (big sized, finely chopped)
Ginger – 1 tbsp (julienned)
Tomatoes – 4 nos (finely chopped)
Curry leaves – 1 sprig
Cooking oil – 4 tbsp
Salt to taste
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