Traditional South Indian Chicken dish, with roasted coconut and spices. Sukka mean dry so this is a dry preparation and is served with chapattis, rice roti or rice and dal. Here is the original recipe in my sister’s own words. It is a little involved and calls for a lot of whole spices but theContinue reading “Chicken Sukka”
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Puli Munchi
Literally translated it means, Tamarind (Puli) Chilly (Munchi). This is the name of a sauce that is amazing personified. It is a specialty from the coastal city of Mangalore where I have my roots, and my sister has reached the Zen level in making this particular dish. Here is the recipe in her own wordsContinue reading “Puli Munchi”
Surmai Fry
Surmai or Kingfish is my favorite, I love the round steaks when they are coated with spices, dredged in semolina and shallow fried. My sister Div, is a fantastic cook and has her own twist to the traditional dressing (chilly powder, turmeric powder and salt) here is the recipe in her own words. Ingredients: 1/2Continue reading “Surmai Fry”
Simple Dal, Rice and Prawn and Okra Bhaji
I rustled this up for lunch today, took me one hour and five minutes from start to finish, this is because I was cooking all three simultaneously. Ingredients For Prawn and Okra Bhaji: 165 gms Prawn (I used M&S Honduran Prawn, the one you find in the stir-fry meal deal section) 140 gms Okra (TheContinue reading “Simple Dal, Rice and Prawn and Okra Bhaji”
Ash Gourd Curry
This is one of my top favorite curries, easy to make and healthy! With as few as four main ingredients! Ingredients Method: Remove the skin and seeds of the gourd and cut into 1inch pieces. I usually buy the whole ash gourd and make two curries over two weeks. Place in a pan, add 1/2Continue reading “Ash Gourd Curry”
Pineapple Menaskai
This is a South Indian recipe, slightly sweet and is served as a side dish with rice and vegetable curry. It usually calls for freshly roasted and ground spices, but I substituted whole spices with powdered spices which I quickly roasted. This worked for me as all the spice powders I used were home madeContinue reading “Pineapple Menaskai”
Prawn Curry and Rice
This is a simple prawn curry with delicate flavours, recipe provided by Leela Akka. It takes about 45 minutes to prepare this curry and rice from scratch and it tastes fabulous. A confession I forgot to add chilli powder and it was only when we sat down to eat that I discovered it, but myContinue reading “Prawn Curry and Rice”
Neer Dosa and Coconut Chutney
This is a traditional Mangalorean breakfast dish however it is also served with chicken/prawn/lamb curries for special lunch/dinners. It is great the way it soaks up the gravy so you experience an explosion of flavours in every morsel. Traditionally to make the Dosa you have to soak the rice overnight, then grind it to aContinue reading “Neer Dosa and Coconut Chutney”
Neer Dosa
For all those who are die-hard fans of my mum’s Neer Dosa, I hereby give you the recipe. The second reason why this is being documented is that I seem to have a memory of a goldfish or more close to home, seems to have developed a Ghajini complex whereby things that are not writtenContinue reading “Neer Dosa”
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