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M y mom used to prepare different varieties of fish curry like with coconut, with coconut milk, mulakitta meen curry, adding vinegar and so on. Each one has its unique flavors. In all these, I love this raw mango one. The tanginess of mangoes combines with the fish pieces, which is well blended with ground coconut paste and  served along with steaming hot rice, is a lip smacking dish. Am I  overexcited here ??… :) Any variety of fish can be used for this. Adding coconut oil gives an additional flavor to the dish. Try this amazing dish and let me know… Ingredients: Fish Pieces- 1 kg Shallots (sliced)- ¼ Cup Green Chillies- 3- 4 nos Raw Mango pieces- ½ mango cut into big slices Ginger- a inch piece Garlic- 5- 6 cloves Grated Coconut- ½ Cup Red Chilli Powder- 1 tsp Coriander Powder- ½ tsp Turmeric Powder- ½ tsp Salt- to taste Curry Leaves- few Oil- 2 tbsp Method: Grind the grated coconut along with red chilli powder, coriander powder and turmeric powder till it forms a paste. Hea...

W ishing all my friends a very Happy Onam !!! This time for onam I prepared this aval payasam for the first time. The previous day I saw this in TV and I found it to be easy and looked delicious, so thought of trying and with the help of my MIL, I  prepared this. This is a traditional dessert of Kerala. Payasam is an integral part of onam sadhya. Be it palada pradhaman/ parippu pradhaman/ paal payasam, all of the payasams are served along with sadhya. Hope you all had a nice and happy onam. Ingredients : Aval/ Rice Flakes- 1 cup Ghee- 2 tbsp Jaggery- ¼ Cup Coconut milk (thick milk)- ½ Cup Coconut Milk (thin milk)- 2 Cups Cardamom Powder- 1tsp Cumin Powder- 1tsp Sliced Coconut Pieces- 2 tbsp Cashews- few Method: Melt the jaggery with little water over low heat and strain the impurities when it becomes cool. Meanwhile roast the cardamom powder and cumin powder and keep this aside. Take the first and second milk from the coconut using little water and keep it asi...

O nam is around the corner and I can see onam sadhya recipes are flooding in all the blogs. I thought this is the perfect recipe which I can  post during this onam time. Pickle is one of the main side dish among onam sadhya. I am sure if you go to any of your friends house you will find any kind of  pickle for sure.This is a must have item in almost all the houses. My husband is a big fan of lime pickle. Along with biryani or ghee rice, this pickle is a must. When the store bought pickle got over,I had some 10- 15 lemons which my friend sent me from her home town. In my previous post, I have a lemon pickle recipe which I usually make but I wanted something new and so I searched through the blogs and got this yummy recipe. From the original recipe I have made some changes by adding green chillies and by increasing the quantity of ingredients. Ingredients: Adapted from Pranis Kitchen Lime- 10- 12 nos Garlic Pods- a hand ful Curry Leaves- few Red Chillies- 4 nos Asafoetida- ½ tsp...

A fter my husband is gone to office, I was just relaxing one day and my cousin called and told that she will be visiting me. I was thinking of eating the leftover food for lunch and as she called me, I quickly thought of making something which is less time consuming. I was going through the veggies in the refrigerator, I got carrots and beans and I decided to make this easy peasy veg pulao as this doesn't require a side dish. :) There are different methods to make a pulao but this is my version of making this easy and simple dish. In this pulao, we can also add green peas, potatoes, capsicum and so on. I added whole spices as when the rice gets cooked the flavors will be well blended. With very little effort, we can make a delicious pulao. I am comfortable with cooking rice in pressure cooker, my mom will be doing it separately but I cannot. For making biryani, I prepare rice in a pressure cooker. It comes out fluffy and non sticky. Ingredients: Basmati Rice- 2 Cups Water- 2 ½ Cu...

G uavas are rich in vitamins, minerals and many antioxidants. This is a versatile fruit with only 60 calories per fresh guava, the fruit makes an easy, interesting, non fattening dessert. Nutritional content of this juice helps you gain a healthy immune system. I usually like to eat not-so-ripe guavas, but as 3-4 guavas turned yellow in colour I decided to make this juice and just threw the ingredients in the blender and a simple and delicious drink was ready within minutes… We can add a dash of honey instead of sugar if required…. Ingredients: Guava- 2 nos Sugar- 3-4 tbsp Water- 1 glass Method: Cut the guava into small pieces and add the sugar and water in a blender and blend well, Sieve it through a strainer and discard the seeds. Enjoy this amazingly refreshing drink along with ice cubes or as it is.