Category: garlic

Kappa and Meen curry(Mashed Tapioca and Fiery Red Fish curry

This popular Keralan delight came to stay in my list of favourites after my marriage. Until then, I thought it more of a pickle than curry due to it’s fiery red colour and spice element. For me Kappa/kolli was always an ‘upperi’ or in a medley with beef, and fish curry was always a coconutty based o

Potstickers

Homemade and made from scratch. These lovelies are easy to make and can be made with most any kind of filling.

Beef Fry in coconut oil

Now this isn’t for the faint of heart. It’s a must with this dish to go easy on the oil and thus kick off for once the calorie count from your mind if you must relish this delectable spicy beef fry.

Fried Chicken topped with fried onions and curry leaves

Chicken marinated in a ground marinade of soaked red chillies, garlic, shallots, vinegar, pinch of sugar, salt and then shallow fried on both sides. Sliced onions and curryleaves fried in remaining oil and garnished over the fried chicken with a small dusting of garam masala. Recipe adapted from a c

Pepper Chicken

Spicy is an adjective loathed at home unless of course it comes attached with certain noun words such as ‘Pepper Chicken’ among few others. Then the spicy dish becomes a hot favourite at the dinner table that goes well with rice, kal dosas or flatbreads.

Sausage, Cabbage and Potatoes

Salvaging a lone wedge of cabbage from the refrigerator with a handy can of vienna sausages and potatoes, all spiced up with chilli flakes.