NJANDU THORAN / CRAB THORAN / CRAB STIR FRY WITH COCONUT GRAVY

Today's special is a crab recipe which is very tasty as well as healthy. Crab is a great source of protein. It contains a plenty of omega 3 fatty acids and calcium. I had posted some of the crab recipes such as crab masala and crab roast. Now adding my favourite Njandu Thoran recipe. Cleaning crab is very easy. So try this wonderful njandu thoran and share your suggestions and opinion.

CRAB THORAN

INGREDIENTS


Crab - 1 kg
Onion - 1 (chopped)
Ginger - 2 inch piece
Garlic - 5
Green chilli - 4 (chopped)
Chilli powder - 1 1/2 teaspoon
Pepper powder - 1 teaspoon
Turmeric powder - 1/2 teaspoon
Tomato - 1 (chopped)
Coconut (grated) - 1 1/2 cup
Curry leaves - 3 springs
Mustard seeds - 1 teaspoon
Salt - to taste
Cooking oil - 2 teaspoon
Garam masala - 1 teaspoon

PREPARATION


   Clean and wash crab well. Marinate the cleaned crab with turmeric powder, chilli powder, 1/2 teaspoon pepper powder and salt. Keep this for 20 minutes. Crush ginger and garlic and keep aside. Heat oil in a pan. Splutter mustard seeds and curry leaves to it. Add chopped onion and green chillies into the pan and saute well. Add crushed garlic and ginger and stir well. Add tomato pieces and saute well. Add chilli powder and saute for one minute.

   Add marinated crab and salt into the pan. Add some water and cook well. Crush grated coconut, garam masala and pepper powder and add it into the crab. Cover it with a lid and cook in low flame for 5 minutes more  to evaporate the whole water. Stir the crab thoran occasionally. Finally add some curry leaves and turn off the flame. Tasty crab thoran is ready to serve. Enjoy with hot rice or chapathi or pathiri.

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CHEMMEEN ACHAR / PRAWNS PICKLE

Wow! Today I am adding my favourite Chemmeen achar recipe for you.. A bowl ofplain white rice could not tastier than how they taste with prawns pickle. A lot of my viewers requested me to post the recipe of prawns achaar, since my friends had tasted my prawns pickle and they all like it. Now I am adding it here. The photo is bit older and I will add the step by step photos shortly.

PRAWNS PICKLE

 INGREDIENTS


Prawns - 1 kg
Chilli powder - 4 teaspoon
Turmeric powder - 1/2 teaspoon
Ginger - 1 piece
Garlic - 2 pod
Green chilli - 4
Fenugreek - 1 teaspoon
Mustard seeds - 1 teaspoon
Vinegar - 2 table spoon
Asafoetida - 1 teaspoon
Curry leaves - 2 springs
Dried chilli - 2
Cooking oil - as needed
Salt - to taste

PREPARATION

   Clean and wash prawns well and keep aside. Marinate prawns with chilli powder, turmeric powder and salt for half an hour. Crush ginger and garlic and keep aside. Chop green chilli. Pour oil into a hot pan and fry the marinated prawns. Keep this aside. Splutter mustard seeds, fenugreek seeds, dried chilli and curry leaves in the same oil. Then add crushed ginger and garlic and chopped green chillies and saute well till the raw smell disappears. Add chilli powder and asafoetida powder to it and stir well. Add fried prawns, salt and vinegar and mix well. Boil the pickle and turn off the flame when it get thick. Allow it to cool and store it in an airtight container. Tasty and yummy prawns pickle is ready. Enjoy....

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SPICY BEEF MASALA

Hai Friends...

    Great Morning to all....

 
      Today I am adding a non vegetarian recipe for you. Spicy Beef Masala is very tasty and easy to make with less ingredients. See the recipe below:

SPICY BEEF MASALA

INGREDIENTS

Beef - 500g
Tomato - 1 (chopped)
Onion - 1 (chopped)
Green Chilli -2 (chopped)
Garlic - 6 pod (grind to make a paste)
Ginger - 1 inch piece ( grind to make a paste )
Coriander leaves - 2 tablespoon (chopped)
Chilli powder - 1/2 teaspoon
Black pepper powder - 1/4 teaspoon + 1/4 teaspoon
Turmeric powder - 1/4 teaspoon
Garam masala - 1/2 teaspoon
Curry leaves - 2 springs
Mustard seeds - 1/2 teaspoon
Dry red chilli - 2
Cooking oil - 1 teaspoon
Salt - as required


PREPARATION


   Clean and cut beef into small pieces. Marinate beef pieces with turmeric powder, 1/4 teaspoon black pepper powder and salt for 30 minutes. Cook marinated beef with some water in a pressure cooker.

   Meanwhile, put a heavy bottomed pan on flame. Pour some oil to it. Add chopped onion, tomato, green chilli, garlic paste, ginger paste and curry leaves. Saute well. Add chilli powder and black pepper powder and stir well. Add cooked beef along with the water and boil it. When the gravy get thick, add garam masala and mix well. Turn off the flame. Splutter mustard seeds and dry red chilli in hot oil and pour it to the beef masala. Add coriander leaves. Delicious Spicy Beef Masala is ready now. Enjoy....

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UNAKKA MEEN CHAMMANTHI / UNAKKA NETHOLI CHAMMANTHI / DRY FISH CHUTNEY / DRY ANCHOVY CHUTNEY

   Have you ever tasted Unakkameen Chammanthi with rice? I think, Chammanthi ( chutney) is a nostalgic item for Keralites. We can prepare a variety of chutney by adding different ingredients like garlic, onion, dried prawns, tomato, coriander leaves, dry fish etc. Here I am sharing a tasty dry fish chutney for you. I used unakka netholi / dry anchovy for this chutney. 

UNAKKA NETHOLI CHAMMANTHI

INGREDIENTS

Coconut (grated) - 2 cup

Unakka Netholi / Dry anchovy - 100 g

Shallots - 4-5
Dry red chilli -1
Chilli powder - 1 teaspoon
Curry leaves - 1 spring
Salt - to taste
Tamarind - lemon sized
Coconut oil - as required

METHOD


   Clean and wash anchovy and roast it in hot oil in a pan. Grind all the ingredients including fried anchovy together to make a rough paste. Dry fish chutney is ready. Enjoy it with hot rice.

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NADAN MATHI CURRY / MATHI MULAKITTATHU / CHAALA CURRY / SARDINE FISH CURRY

Sardine (mathi ) is a super food which having a lot of health benefits. It provides many essential vitamins and minerals. It is a good source of omega 3 fatty acids. Naadan mathi curry is very tasty too. It is the best combination with kappa vevichathu (tapioca)

NADAN MATHI CURRY

INGREDIENTS


Mathi (Sardine) - 20
Chilli powder - 1 1/2 teaspoon
Coriander powder - 1/2 teaspoon
Turmeric powder - 1/4 teaspoon
Ginger - 1 piece
Garlic - 4-5 pod
Green chilli - 4
Shallots - 10-15
Fenugreek seeds - 1/4 teaspoon
Mustard seeds - 1 teaspoon
Kudam puli - 2 piece
Salt - to taste
Coconut oil - 1/2 teaspoon
Curry leaves - 2 springs


METHOD


   Clean and cut sardine into pieces. (we can add sardine without cutting it into pieces after cleaning.) Soak kudam puli in some water. Chop ginger, shallots, and garlic into small pieces and keep aside. Slit green chilli. Splutter mustard seeds and fenugreek seeds in hot coconut oil in a mud pan (manchatty). Then add chopped shallots, ginger, garlic, green chillies and curry leaves. Saute well. Then add chilli powder, turmeric powder and coriander powder and stir well. Add 2 cups of water and allow it to boil. Add salt and kudampuli also. When it get boiled, add fish into it and cover the pan with a lid. Turn the flame into medium level after 5 minutes and then turn to low after 10 minutes. Rotate the pan occasionally to avoid sticking the curry at the bottom.


   Turn off the flame when the gravy got thick. Now tasty mathi mulakittathu is ready. Enjoy it with rice or tapioca.

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THARRI POLA / RAVA POLA / SEMOLINA BAKED PUDDING

Today I am sharing an Iftar special recipe here. It is a familiar item for iftar and is made with egg and semolina (rava). We can prepare it in nonstick pan as well as pressure cooker. I used pressure cooker for preparing this. I tried this first time and really it is very tasty.

THARRI POLA

See the recipe below:

INGREDIENTS


Egg - 3
Rava / Semolina - 1 cup
Sugar - 1/2 cup
Custard Powder - 2 teaspoon
Ghee - 2 table spoon
Cashew nut - 10 (chopped)
Raisins - 10
Cardamom powder - 1/4 teaspoon


METHOD

 
   Beat egg and sugar well to make puffy. Add roasted semolina and custard powder to it and combine well. (We can blend all these together in a blender ) Roast cashew nuts and raisins in ghee and keep aside. Pour ghee in a hot pan and pour the egg mix to the pan. Add roasted cashew nuts and raisins to it. Cover the pan with a lid and cook for 10 minutes in low flame. If cook this mix in pressure cooker, don't use the weight. After 10 minutes, turn off the flame. Open the lid when it get cool. Remove from pan and cut it into pieces and enjoy the tasty tharri pola.

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CABBAGE UNAKKA CHEMMEEN THORAN / CABBAGE DRIED PRAWNS STIR FRY WITH GRATED COCONUT

Today, a special thoran for you. Cabbage Unakka Chemmeen Thoran is very tasty.I like dried prawns very much. Adding Unakka chemmeen give a special taste to the cabbage thoran.

CABBAGE UNAKKA CHEMMEEN THORAN

INGREDIENTS


Cabbage - 250 g
Unakka Chemmeen (dried prawns) - 100 g
Coconut (grated) - 1 cup
Green chilli - 3
Onion - 1
Ginger - 1 piece
Cumin seeds - 1 pinch
Turmeric powder - 1/4 teaspoon
Mustard seeds - 1/2 teaspoon
Curry leaves - 2 springs
Dried chilli - 1
Cooking oil - 1 teaspoon
Salt - to taste


METHOD OF PREPARATION


   Chop cabbage finely. Chop onion, ginger and green chilli and keep aside. Crush grated coconut, cumin seeds and turmeric powder in a blender. Combine cabbage, green chilli, ginger, onion, coconut mixture and salt and keep aside. Clean dried prawns and roast it in a pan. Keep it aside.

   In a hot pan, pour some oil and splutter mustard seeds and dried chilli. Add curry leaves and cabbage mix and stir well. Cover the pan with a lid and cook for 6 minutes in low flame. Stir occasionally. Sprinkle water if necessary. Add roasted prawns to it and stir well. Again cover wiith the lid and cook for 5 minutes in low flame. Now open the lid and stir. Turn off the flame. Delicious cabbage dry prawns thoran is ready. Enjoy with meals.

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BINDU JAYESH
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MUTTA BAJJI / EGG BAJJI

   Today I am adding a tea time snack recipe which I like very much because I like egg a lot. Bajji is an Indian fried food made from various flours and ingredients. Here I made this with gram flour batter and boiled egg. See the recipe below:

EGG BAJJI

INGREDIENTS


Egg - 3
Gram flour - 300 g
Chilli powder - 1 teaspoon
Turmeric powder - 2 pinch
Asafoetida powder - 1/4 teaspoon
Baking powder - 1 pinch
Salt - to taste
Cooking oil - as required


PREPARATION


   Boil egg in water and de - shell it and keep aside. Combine gram powder, chilli powder, asafoetida powder, turmeric powder, salt and baking powder and make a smooth batter by adding some water. The batter should be thick as idly batter. Keep this batter for 10 minutes.

   Heat oil in a pan. Split boiled egg into two. Dip egg pieces into the batter and deep fry in oil. Fry both the sides and serve with tomato sauce.

STEP BY STEP METHOD

1. Combine gram flour, chilli powder, salt, asafoetida, turmeric powder, baking powder and water to make a thick and smooth batter. Keep this for 10 minutes.

2 Boil egg and remove the shell. Cut it into two.

3. Dip egg pieces into the batter and fry them in boiled oil. Enjoy it with tomato sauce.

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CARROT MUTTA THORAN / CARROT EGG STIR FRY WITH GRATED COCONUT

Hi Friends,

Today I am sharing a simple thoran recipe with you. Carrot is rich in Vitamin A and egg is rich in protein and calcium. So Carrot Mutta Thoran is a healthy recipe and I suggest everyone to make this thoran shortly.

CARROT MUTTA THORAN

INGREDIENTS


Carrot - 2
Egg -2
Green chilli - 3 (chopped)
Coconut (grated) - 1/2 cup
Ginger - 1 piece (chopped)
Onion - 1 (finely chopped)
Cumin seeds - 1/4 teaspoon
Turmeric powder - 1/4 teaspoon
Black pepper powder - 1/4 teaspoon
Curry leaves - 2 springs
Mustard seeds - 1 teaspoon
Dried chilli - 1
Cooking oil - 1 teaspoon
Salt - to taste


PREPARATION


   Peel off the skin of the carrot and chop finely. Crush cumin seeds, turmeric powder and grated coconut in a blender and add it to the chopped carrot. Add salt and combine the carrot mix well. Mix egg and black pepper powder. Pour some oil in a hot pan and add egg into it and stir fry them and keep aside. Then add cooking oil into the pan and splutter mustard seeds and dried chilly. Then add curry leaves, green chilli, ginger and onion and saute well. Add carrot mix and stir well. Sprinkle some water if needed. Cover the pan with a lid and cook this mixture for 5 minutes in low flame. Then open the lid and stir well. Finally add stir fried egg and mix well. Turn off the flame. Tasty Egg Carrot Thoran is ready.

STEP BY STEP METHOD


1. Chop carrot finely.

2. Chop onion, green chilly, ginger. Take grated coconut, cumin seeds and curry leaves and keep aside.

3. Crush coconut, cumin seeds and turmeric powder in a blender.

4. Combine the coconut mix with chopped carrot

5. Take egg in a bowl. Add black pepper powder and salt and blend it well. (I added 3 eggs because I took 3 carrots)

6. Heat pan on flame and pour some oil into it.

7. Pour egg into it and stir well. Scramble the egg by stir continuously.

8.Keep the stir fried egg aside.

9. Pour oil in the pan. Splutter mustard seeds and dried chilli.

10. Add chopped onion, ginger, green chillies and curry leaves.

11. Saute well.

12. Add carrot coconut mix and stir well.

13. Cover it with a lid and cook for 5 minutes in low flame.

14. Open the lid and add fried egg and combine well.

15. Turn off flame. Healthy Carrot Egg Thoran is ready. Enjoy....

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VARUTHARACHA MEEN CURRY ( VARUTHARACHA AYALA CURRY) / MACKEREL FISH CURRY WITH FRIED COCONUT GRAVY

Varutharacha Meen Curry is very familiar to all. But I am sharing this traditional recipe here for who doesn't know the authentic Kerala cuisine. My mom is very expert to making all fish curries especially Varutharacha Ayala Curry ( Mackerel curry with fried coconut gravy). I follow her recipe and sharing the same here for you.


    Mackerel is an important food fish that is consumed worldwide. As an oily fish, it is a rich source of omega 3 fatty acids. Omega - 3 fatty acids are good for healthy heart. So consumption of mackerel (ayala) is good for health.

AYALA CURRY (VARUTHARACHATHU)

Ayala (Mackerel) - 3
Coconut (grated) - 2 cup
Kudam Puli ( Malabar Tamarind) - 4 piece
Chilli powder - 1 1/2 teaspoon
Coriander Powder - 1 teaspoon
Shallots - 4
Fenugreek seeds - 1/2 teaspoon
Turmeric powder - 1/4 teaspoon
Curry leaves - 3 spring
Coconut oil - 1 teaspoon
Salt - to taste.

METHOD


   Clean and cut fish and keep aside. Roast grated coconut, fenugreek seeds and chopped shallots in a hot pan. Add coconut oil and roast until it turn golden brown. Then add chilli powder, coriander powder and turmeric powder and stir well. Turn off the flame. Allow it to cool.

   Wash and put kudam puli in some water. Put roasted coconut mix in a blender and make a smooth paste. Add some water to coconut paste and mix it with cleaned fish. Add kudampuli along with the water and mix well. Finally add salt and curry leaves. Cook fish curry in manchatty (clay pot) in high flame till the gravy get boiled. Cover the pot with a lid and cook fish curry in low flame. Rotate the chatty occasionally to avoid sticking curry at the bottom. Turn off the flame when it get cooked. Very tasty Ayala Varutharachathu is ready. Enjoy it with hot rice or with hot puttu (steamed rice cake).

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MUTTA ROAST / EGG ROAST

Good Morning Friends...

Have a Tasty Day. Today I am adding an egg recipe which is good with chapathi or pathiri etc. I prepared this Egg Roast in my own way and all my family members like it. It is very easy to prepare with less ingredients.

EGG ROAST

INGREDIENTS


Egg - 4
Onion - 1 (chopped)
Shallots - 10 (chopped)
Garlic - 6 pod (chopped)
Ginger - 1 piece (chopped)
Tomato -1 (big) (make a smooth paste)
Chilli powder- 1 teaspoon
Green Chillies - 2 (chopped)
Curry leaves - 1 spring
Coriander leaves - 1 table spoon (chopped)
Coriander powder - 1 teaspoon
Turmeric powder - 1/2 teaspoon
Garam masala - 1 teaspoon
Black pepper powder - 1/2 teaspoon
Sugar - 1/2 teaspoon (optional)
Mustard seeds - 1 teaspoon
Salt - to taste
Cooking oil - 1 teaspoon


PREPARATION


   Boil egg and remove the shell. Pour oil (I use coconut oil for preparing this) in a hot pan and add mustard seeds. When it splutter, add chopped shallots, ginger, garlic, green chillies and curry leaves and saute well. Then add chopped onion salt and sugar and saute again. Add tomato paste and saute well. Now add chilli powder, turmeric powder, garam masala, black pepper powder and coriander powder. Saute well for one minute and add i cup water to it. Boil the gravy and allow it to get thick. Put boiled egg and mix well. Cook for 2 minutes more in low flame. Now Egg Roast is ready to serve. Garnish it with chopped coriander leaves and serve.

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BINDU JAYESH
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CHEMMEEN THORAN / KONJU THORAN / PRAWNS THORAN / PRAWNS STIR FRY WITH COCONUT GRAVY

Chemmeen is the most popular seafood consumed in Kerala as well as in India. We can make a variety of dishes from prawns like chemmeen theeyal,  chemmeen curry, chemmeen fried rice and so on. I added some the recipes here early. Now I am adding an easy and delicious prawns recipe. Try this recipe and enjoy the authentic seafood taste of Kerala.

CHEMMEEN THORAN

INGREDIENTS


Prawns - 500 g
Grated coconut - 1 cup
Ginger - 1 piece
Shallots - 15
Garlic - 7 pod
Green chilli - 3
Chilli powder - 1 teaspoon
Coriander powder - 1 teaspoon
Garam masala - 1 teaspoon
Turmeric powder - 1/2 teaspoon
Curry leaves - 3 springs
Onion - (small ) 1
Salt - to taste
Cooking oil - 1 teaspoon
Mustard seeds - 1 teaspoon
Dried chilli - 2

PREPARATION


   Clean and wash prawns and cook it with turmeric powder, salt and some water. Turn off flame when it get cooked and evaporated the water from it. Keep it aside. Chop onion, green chilli, garlic and shallots. Crush ginger piece. Grind grated coconut with chilli powder, coriander powder and garam masala and keep aside. Pour some oil in a hot pan, splutter mustard seeds. Add dried chillies and curry leaves to the pan. Add chopped shallots, onion, green chillies, garlic and crushed ginger to it and saute well. Add some salt and stir well. When it get sauteed, add ground coconut mix and saute for 4 minutes. Finally add cooked prawns to it and stir well. Close the pan with a lid and cook for 2 minutes in low flame. Open the lid and stir well to combine the prawns and gravy. Add curry leaves. The delicious chemmeen Thoran is ready. Serve it with rice or chapathi.

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