Fish Kabsa / മീൻ കബ്സ

Ingredients:
Fish : 5 piece for frying and about 100g for gravy.
Rice (jeerakasala or basmati) : 1 cup
Onion : 1 large chopped
Tomato :2 (made puree using blender)
Green chilli : 3 (optional)
Ginger paste : 1 Tbs
Garlic paste : 1 1/2 Tbs
Dried lemon : 2
Oil : 3 Tbs(For frying fish)
Oil : 3 Tbs (For rice)
Turmeric powder : 1/4 Tsp
Arabic masala : 2Tbs
Hot water : 1 3/4 cup

For fish marination:
Salt to taste
Pepper powder : 1/2 Tsp
Turmeric powder : 1/2 Tsp
Chilli powder : 2 Tsp
Lemon juice : 1 Tsp

For garnishing
Chopped tomato
Chopped carrot
Chopped capsicum
Chopped coriander leaves

Method:
*Wash and soak the rice for 30 minute to 1 hour.
*Marinate the fish using the ingredients listed under marination.
*Marinate and keep aside for 30 minutes.
*Heat a pan and add oil for frying.Fry the fish and set aside.
*Heat a cooker and add oil,now add ginger garlic paste.saute till raw smell goes.
*Add green chillies and turmeric powder and saute well.
*Now add chopped onion and salt to taste.Saute till transparent.
*Add dried lemon, tomato puree and arabic masala.
*Saute till tomato gets cooked well.
*Check the salt add if needed.
*Add fish pieces and cook the fish.When fishes are cooked mash the fish well.
*Add hot water and when it starts boiling add washed and drained rice.mix well.
*Close the cooker and cook for 1 whistle on low flame.
*Do not open the cooker immediately after the whistle,wait for half an hour.
*Now open the lid and keep for 15 minutes.
*Mix the rice slowely and garnish with tomato,carrot,capsicum and coriander leaves.
*Place the fried fish pieces on the top of rice.

Watch how to make fish kabsa

Hubbies Special (Gee Rice,Pappadam,Curd Salad,Chicken Curry)

This friday the whole day we was out side roaming.Saturday i have work,as we was late to home i could not wake earily because i was so third.My hubby said go dont cook any thing we will have our food out side.When i was back to home after my work i was fully surprised to see the dinning tabel.My hubby is a bit lazy in cooking.So i could not belive my self.I asked him from where u brought,when he said thats all made by him,i did not belived.....
He prepared chicken curry,gee rice,pappadam and salad....Its was realy taste...

Varutharacha Kozhi Curry / Chicken in Sautéed Coconut Gravy
These foodes are very famous in kannur kerala area.Years back when some guest are caming to our home we serve them the above dish..Now it has been changing to briyani,fried rice,noodles etc.

Ingredients:
1kg Chicken, cut into medium size pieces
4 med-large onions chopped
3-4 Shallot chopped
9 large cloves of garlic minced
2 tbsp minced ginger
1 ½ tsp Kashmiri chilli powder
1 ½ tsp Coriander powder
½ tsp turmeric powder
1 tsp pepper powder
3 small tomatoes chopped (1 ½ cups, appx. 250g)
1 cups freshly grated coconut
3cardamoms
4 cloves
3 small pieces cinnamon sticks (1 cm each)
½ tsp- 1 tsp Fennel seeds (Perumjeerakam)
Salt to taste
1½ - 2 cups water
3 twigs curry leaves
Few corrindar leaves
2-3 chopped green chillies
2-4 tsp coconut Oil

Preparation:
1.In a pan add oil and dry roast grated coconut along With the ingredients like Fennel seeds, shallot, Ginger, Garlic, Curry leaves. Roast till coconut turns to a light brown color.Now add other powder ingredients listed, and stir till the masala powders turn a deep colour. Cool the mix and grind it in a mixer grinder.And keep it aside.

2.In a large cooking pot add chicken and all other ingrediants except curry leaves and corrindar leaves.Also add ground paste of coconut.
3.Remove from fire when chicken is cooked and gravy turns to thick.
4.Now add curry leaves and corrindar leaves.

Onion Tomato Curd Salad / Kachambar
Here is a simple Raitha made using Onions, Tomatoes and Green Chillies. This goes very well with Biriyani,gee rice etc.

Ingredients
Big Onion -1
Tomato-1
Green Chilly-2
Some corrindar leaves for garnishing
Curd-250gm
Salt -To taste

Method
Finely chop onion ,tomato and green chilly
Mix everything together with salt and keep it for 5 minutes .
Finally add curd and mix well ..Check the salt .

Neichoru / Ghee Rice
Ney choru is a traditional malabar dish and it tastes good with any non veg. curry ,papadam,pickle and raita.Ghee rice is one of the simplest form of cooking.

Ingredients
2 cups - Basmati rice
4 cups - Water
4 - cloves
2 inch long - Cinnamon
4 tbsp - Ghee
Salt to taste

Garnishing
2 - Onions, thinly sliced
Few golden raisins
Few cashew nuts

Method
1 ) Wash rice and drain very well.
2 ) In a deep heavy bottom vessel, heat ghee, add cinnamon and cloves. Fry for a few seconds. Now add the drained rice and on simmer, fry the rice well in ghee for 5-10 minuts
3 ) Meanwhile in another vessel, place 4 cups water on stove and bring to a boil and switch off the stove.Add sufficient salt to taste. Now carefully, with stove on simmer, pour water into the rice utensil and stir once. Close with a tight lid and cook on high flame for 5 minutes.Then reduce the fire and let the rice be cooked. Once the rice has absorbed all the water and is cooked, switch off the stove. Do not open the lid now. Keep it closed for 10 to 15 minutes. Then open the lid and gently stir the rice.
4 ) To garnish - Heat 3 to 4 tbsp ghee, simmer then add raisins and fry till raisins plump up. Drain off from the ghee and set aside. Now add cashew nuts and fry, till cashews turns lightly brown. Drain and set aside along with raisins. Now add onion, sprinkle little sugar on top, to speed up onion caramelising. Fry till onion turns golden brown. Drain and set aside.
5 ) Mix little of the fried onion, cashew and raisin with the rice and set aside some to garnish finally on top of the rice, when serving. Serve rice on a platter, then on top of the rice, garnish with fried onion, cashew and raisins.

Tomato Rice

Hellow my dear friends, I took a short break from blogging.Because i was very bussy in my office...I miss everyones recipe...And sorry for not commending on ur recipes.

Ingredients:
Rice - 1/2 cup
Tomato - 2
Urad dal - 1 tsp
Oninon - 1
Red chilli - 1
Green chillies -1
Mustard seeds - 1 tsp
Curry leaves
Oil and Salt

Preparation Method
Wash and clean the rice and cook it in a pressure cooker.
Heat the pan, add mustaed seeds followed by urad dal,red chilli and curry leaves.
And fry until the urad dal becomes golden colour.
Now add onions and green chillies,and add salt to taste.
When onion change its colour add tomato,and let it boil till all the water is evaporated.
Add this to the rice along with the gravy and mix well.

Green Peas Rice

Ingredients:

2 cups rice
1/2 tbsp chicken stock powder
2.4 cups water
2 1/2 tbsp gee
1/2 tbsp soy sauce
3/4 cup fresh or frozen green peas
salt

Direction:

1. Wash the rice and drain in a sieve 30 min before cooking.

2. Place the washed rice, water, chicken stock powder and light soy sauce in a cooking pot rice , and mix well. Add the green peas, and cook as usual.

3. When cooked, lightly mix in the peas,taking care not to be break up the peas.
4. Season with a little of salt,gee and serve.
This Recipes Serves 2-3 people.

Fish Fried Rice And the Award

Ingredients

King fish - 200 gm
Basmati rice - 1 cup
Onion chopped - 1
Ginger and garlic thinly sliced - 1 1/2 tsp
Green chili slit chopped - 1
Pepper powder – 1/2 tsp
Frozen peas - 1/4 cup
Carrot chopped - 1/4 cup
Soy sauce - 1 tsp
Salt to taste
Butter
Chopped celery
Coriander leafs some

Method

1.Clean and fry the fish pieces with salt and crushed Pepper powder.And cut it into small piece.
2.Wash and soak basmati rice for 30 minutes and drain. Cook the soaked basmati rice with 2 cups of water and set aside.
3.Heat butter in a pan and saute chopped onion, ginger, garlic, green chile,Salt.Cook until soft. Add peas and carrot and saute for another 7-8 minutes , or until it is cooked. Add soy sauce and toss it well.
4.Add the fish and veg combine well.Stir in the cooked rice ,simmer it for 5-8 minutes.
Garnish with chopped celery and Coriander leafes .

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