Kerala Chicken Roast Recipe / Chicken Roast Recipe / Chicken Dry Roast Recipe

Kerala Chicken Roast

Ingredients
Chicken pieces - 15 medium size
( I used boneless )
Salt to taste
Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp
Garam masala - 1/2 tsp
Whole pepper - 1/8 tsp
Red chilly flakes - 1 tbsp heaped
Fresh curry leaves - a handful
Ginger & Garlic together - 1 & 1/2 tsp
Lemon juice - 1 tsp
All purpose flour - 1 tsp
Fennel seeds / Somph - 1/2 tsp
Red food colour - a pinch ( optional)
Coconut oil to shallow fry
Method
Wash the chicken pieces with little turmeric powder,drain the water pat them dry & keep it aside.
Take a mixi jar add curry leaves,pepper,red chilly flakes,fennel seeds,grind to a coarse paste,do not add water while grinding.
Take chicken in a wide bowl now add the ground paste,1 tsp of coconut oil & all the above mentioned ingredients.
Mix well to make sure all the pieces are well coated with the masala.
Cover it with a lid & rest it for 2 to 3 hours.If you have time marinate overnight in fridge.
Heat coconut oil in a pan slowly drop the marinated pieces in batches.
Shallow fry both sides in medium high flame till they are cooked & brown.
Remove it on a kitchen paper for extra oil to get absorbed.
Best served as a side dish.You can also serve as an appetizer.

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Gopalkala Recipe For Krishna Janmashtami / Poha In Dahi Recipe / Dahi Poha Recipe

Gopalkala

Ingredients

Poha / Beaten Rice - 1 cup ( Heaped)
( Wash once in water and strain the water )
Curd - 1 cup
Milk - 3/4 cup
Salt to taste
Sugar - 2 generous pinches
Chopped cucumber - a handful
Grated ginger - 1/8 tsp
Grated coconut - 1 tbsp
Ghee - 1 tsp
Jeera / cumin seeds - 1/2 tsp
Chopped green chilies - 1

Method

Heat ghee in a pan and temper it with jeera & green chilies.
Take a bowl mix poha with all above ingredients including the tempering.
Gently mix & offer it to Lord Krishna.

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Puli Sadam / Tamarind Rice / Puli Chadam / Thalicha Puli Sadam - Quick Tamarind Rice

Puli sadam

Tempering ingredients

Sesame oil - 2 tbsp
Mustard - 1 tsp
Urad & Channa dal each - 1/2 tsp
Red chilies - 3
Slit green chilies - 4
Grated ginger - 1/4 tsp
Curry leaves
Peanuts - 2 tbsp
Hing - 1/2 tsp
Methi powder - 1/2 tsp

Other ingredients

Rice - 1 & 1/2 cups
(cook the rice with 3 cups of water till grains are separate)
Salt to taste
Red chilly powder - 1/4 tsp
Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp
Jaggery - 1/4 tsp
Semi thick tamarind juice - 1 cup

Method

Heat the oil and temper it with above ingredients.
Pour the tamarind juice and little water if needed & give a boil, reduce the flame.
Now add salt, chilly powder, turmeric powder & jaggery.
Cook till the gravy is semi thick & raw smell has disappeared.
Add the rice & mix well till everything is well combined.
Switch off the stove garnish with some curry leaves & serve it with papad.

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Beerakaya Fry Recipe / Beerakaya Nuvvu Koora Recipe / Ridge Gourd Sesame Stir Fry / Beerakaya Vepudu / Peerkangai Fry

Beerakaya Fry

Ingredients
Beerakaya/Ridge gourd  chopped -1 long
Chopped onion-1/4
Chopped tomato-1 small
Crushed garlic-1
Curry leaves few
Coriander leaves few for garnish
Grated coconut -1tbsp
Salt to taste
Turmeric powder-1/4tsp
Red chilly powder-1/2tsp
Sesame powder-1tbsp
(dry roast the sesame seeds till it splutters,cool & dry powder)
Tempering
Oil-2tsp
Mustard -1/2tsp
Urad dal & Jeera- each 1/4tsp
Method
Peel the ridge gourd & chop into small pieces.
Heat oil in a pan & temper it with above ingredients.
Fry onion,tomato,garlic,ridge gourd & curry leaves for 2 minutes till light brown.
Now add the dry ingredients,fry for a minute.reduce the flame cover it with a lid & cool till raw smell has disappeared & curry is dry.
Switch off the flame sprinkle the grated coconut & sesame powder,toss it well
Garnish with coriander leaves & serve with plain rice.

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Kambu Adai Recipe / Pearl Millet Adai Recipe / Kambhu Adai recipe - Millets Recipes

Kambhu Adai

Ingredients

Kambu / Pearl Millet -1/2 cup
Channa dal - 1/4 cup
Toor dal - 1/4 cup
Red chillies-3
Small onions-2
Hing-a pinch
Salt to taste

Other Ingredients

Chopped curry leaves-little
Chopped onions-1tbsp
Grated coconut-1tsp
Oil-to cook adai

Method

Soak Kambu & Toor dal,Channa dal & red chillies separately in water for 2 hours.
Grind kambu to a semi smooth batter,keep it aside.
Grind the dals along with red chillies,onion,hing & salt to a semi coarse batter.
Mix this to the kambu batter add chopped onion,curry leaves & grated coconut.
Mix everything well.Add water to get a semi thick batter consistency.
Fermentation is not needed for this adai.
Heat a iron tawa apply some oil pour a ladle of batter in the center spread it to a semi thick disc.
Drizzle oil around the adai & cook on medium high flame till both sides are crisp & light brown in colour.
Serve hot with any chutney you like.

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