EASY TOMATO SOUP

   

Ingredients

Tomatoes. - 4
Onion. - 1 small
Garlic cloves. - 10
Corn flour/Maida - 2 tsp
Butter/ghee. - 1 tsp
Sugar. - 1 or 2 tsp
Pepper powder as per taste
Salt to taste

Method

Wash Tomatoes and cut into pieces, cut onion into pieces, add 5-6 garlic cloves, little salt and water, then pressure cook for 2 to 3 whistle.

Let it cool for sometime. Then make puree of it in mixie. Then strain it with strainer and keep aside.

Take one bowl, add corn flour or maida, mix it with little water and make paste.

Heat butter in a pan, add finely chopped garlic 2 or 3 cloves, fry for a second, then add tomato puree, sugar and little water, boil it for 5 min. Then add corn flour paste, boil it for 5 to 10 min. Switch off gas.

Sprinkle little pepper powder, salt, mix well and serve with roasted bread pieces.

Coconut Prawns Fry

While travelling to Goa,  we stopped for lunch at a small hotel at somewhere in Karnataka (I don’t remember exact place or hotel name).  we ordered fish curry meals, along with meals they served one fish side dish which we liked very much.   The taste of the side dish was in my mind for a long time and I thought of preparing a fish dish inspired by those flavours.   I thought that masala wlll be more suitable for prawns.   Without wasting time, I tried  this with prawns and it came out better than expected. I am sure that you all will love it.

Ingredients

Prawns                   - 1cup
Onion                      - 1 medium size
Grated coconut     - 1 cup
Fennel seeds         - 1 tsp
Coriander seeds      - 1 tsp
Ginger                     - 1 inch piece
Garlic                       - 8 to 10 cloves
Red Chilli powder  - 3 tsp
Garam masala       -  1/4 tsp
salt to taste
Oil for cooking
Coriander leaves for garnishing

Method

Clean prawns and keep aside.

Make Powder of coriander seeds and fennel seeds, then add ginger, garlic, chilli powder, salt and little water and make thick paste.

Marinate this paste with prawns and keep aside atleast for 15 min to 30 min.

Heat oil in tawa, fry the prawns till done. Take fried prawns in a bowl, add little oil, fry chopped onion till light pink, then add grated coconut, fry for few seconds, then add little salt, 1/4 tsp of  chilli powder and garam masala powder, again fry for few seconds, then add fried prawns and mix well.  Garnish with corriander leaves.

Yummy Coconut prawns fry ready to serve.

KADGI CHAKKO/RAW JACK FRUIT SUKKA

Kadgi chakko is a side dish using tender raw jackfruit. This is a traditional Konkani dish and a favourite of most Konkani people...

Ingredients. ...

small jackfruit.         -  1 number
coconut grated.         - 1cup
Fried red chillies       - 10 to 12
tamarind                    - small piece
Urad daal                   - 3 tsp.
Coriander seeds         - 2 tsp
Coconut oil                - 1 to 2 tbsp.
Mustard seeds            - 1 tsp.
Few curry leaves.
Salt to taste.

Method

Apply oil to your palm and cut Jack fruit, remove outer skin then cut into medium size pieces. Then add little water, little salt and pressure cook for 1 or 2 whistle.

Let it cool for sometime.

Drain water from the jackfruit and keep aside. 

Heat one or two tsp of oil, add coriander seeds, then add urad dal, fry till nice aroma comes.

Grind fried red chilli, salt, little grated coconut and tamarind into coarse powder, then add remaining grated coconut and fried items an make coarse paste adding little water.  Meanwhile, take boiled jack fruit pieces, gently shred them, u need not completely smash it or break it.  slowly mix masala, keep aside.

Heat oil in kadai, add mustard seeds, when it splutter, add curry leaves, fry for few seconds, then add urad dal, fry till light brown, then add masala coated jack fruit and mix well.  cover and cook in low flame for 10 to 5 minutes (stir in between).  After 15 minutes its ready to serve, garnish with curry leaves and dash of coconut oil and serve.

CABBAGE SUKKE COCHIN GSB STYLE

Simple and yummy recipe learnt from Usha bhat

Ingredients

Cabbage                                               - 1 cup finely chopped

Beans                                                    -  ½ cup, finely chopped

Grated coconut                                   -  ½ cup

Green chilly                                          -  5-6

Turmeric                                               -  ½ tsp

Mustard seeds                                     -   1 tsp

Methi seeds                                         -   ¼ tsp

Salt to taste

Oil for seasoning (preferably coconut oil)

Method

Heat oil in kadai, splutter mustard seeds, urad dal and methi seeds fry till light brown then add chopped vegetable, add salt and sprinkle little water.  Cover and cook in low flame.  Grind green chilly, coconut, turmeric into coarse paste adding just few drops of water.  Add this masala to cooked veggies mix well and cook for another 5-10 minutes till its dry.   Serve as side dish with rice.

Tips:- this can be prepared with only cabbage also.

BONDAS/SQUID PULIMUNCHI

One of the finger licking delicacies of “Namma Kudla” (Mangalore).   Its spicy and tangy dish which goes well with Neer dosa, sannas and boiled rice.

Ingredients

Squid                                      --    ½ kg cut into circles

Turmeric powder                 --     ¼ tsp

Dry red chilly                        --      8 to 10

Coriander seeds                   --      2 tsp

Pepper corns                        --      5  -  6

Cumin seeds                         --      ½  tsp

Fenugreek seeds                  --      ¼ tsp

Onion                                     --      one medium sized sliced

Tamarind                               --     one lemon size

Garlic cloves                         --      6  - 7

Oil for cooking

Curry leaves few

Method

Dry roast the red chillies, keep aside.  In the same pan dry roast remaining spices—coriander seeds, fenugreek seeds, pepper corns.  Then grind this with roasted red chilly, turmeric powder, garlic and tamarind into fine paste.   Heat oil in a pan add sliced onion, fry till light brown, add curry leaves and grounded masala.  Add little water (according to the required consistency) and cut and cleaned squid, cook in a low flame for 5 to 10 minutes.

PEANUT CHUTNEY

This is a traditional Maharastrian dish, which is very aromatic and flavourful. This  can be used with vada pav, sandwiches, toasts as spread and  as side dish for dosa, meals etc. 

                      

Ingredients

1. Peanuts                       -- 1 cup
2. Red Chilly                    --  10 to 15
3. Garlic Flakes               --   10 to 15
4. Jeera(Cumin seeds)   --   ½ tsp
5. Tamarind                     --    1 small piece
6. Salt to taste
7. Oil                               --    ¼ tsp

Method

                                  

Dry roast  the peanuts, then remove the skin, keep aside. Add oil in a kadai, fry garlic for a while, then add jeera, fry for a second, then add red chilly and fry till you get a nice aroma. In a mixer grinder, add all the fried items, salt and tamarind and grind it into coarse powder. 

      

SURNA KOOT (FRIED YAM CURRY)

 Typical Konkani delicacy Surna koot goes well with hot rice and papad.

 INGREDIENTS

Yam                                                           --  ½ kg

Red chilly                                                   --   6-8

Grated coconut                                        --  1 cup

Coriander seeds                                       --  2 tsp

Methi seeds                                              -- 8-10

Hing                                                            --  ¼ tsp

Tamarind                                                   -- small piece

Mustard seeds                                         --  1 tsp

Curry leaves few

Salt to taste

Oil for cooking

Method

Cut yam in to small pieces, wash and strain then apply little salt, keep aside for 10 minutes then fry them till crisp and keep aside.

For masala

Heat little oil in a sizzling pan and fry red chilly for few seconds, then in the same oil add coriander seeds, methi seeds and hing, fry till nice aroma comes.  Then grind this with grated coconut, tamarind and fried red chilly into fine thick paste.  Add little water and boil for few minutes, then give tadka of mustard and curry leaves.  Then add fried yam pieces and mix well.

            

Kumbalakkayi majjige huli( Ash gourd butter milk curry)

Majjige huli is a very popular dish in Karnataka, with mild gravy, prepared using ash gourd, coconut, butter milk and minimum spices.  Since ash gourd is a very low calorie vegetable, its good for diabetic patients and helps in weight loss.

ingredients

Ash gourd                           --      250 gm

Grated coconut                 --       ½ cup

Green chilly                        --       4 to 5

Bengal gram/chana  dal   --       1 tbsp

Jeera                                    --       1 tsp

Mustard seeds                   --       ½ tsp

Coriander seeds                --        2 tsp

Turmeric powder              --        a pinch

Butter milk                         --        1  cup

Curry leaves few

Salt to taste

Method

Soak Bengal gram/chana dal in ¼ cup of water for 30 minutes.  Remove skin of ash gourd then cut into cubes.   Then pressure cook it with pinch of turmeric powder and salt for 1-2 whistles.  Grind coconut, soaked channa dal, green chillies, coriander seeds and jeera into fine paste.   Add this to cooked ash gourd, boil till its gravy becomes thick.  Then add butter milk and boil for few seconds.  Heat oil in seasoning pan, add mustard seeds and curry leaves.  Pour this on the curry.  Serve Kumbalakkayi majjige huli with steamed rice.

Jeere Saaru/ Jeera Rasam

Ingredients

Grated coconut                --    2tbsp

Jeera                                   --    1tsp

Green chilli                        --    5 to 6

Turmeric powder             --     ¼ tsp

Mustard seeds                  --    1tsp

Curry leaves few

Salt to taste  

Method

Slit green chillies, add salt and  1 cup of water and boil for 5 minutes.  Grind grated coconut, turmeric powder and jeera into fine paste.  Add this to green chilli water and boil  for 5 min. then give tadka of mustard seeds and curry leaves.