Shrimp Moilli:

Ingredients:

1. Shrimp: 1/2 lb

2. Onion: 1 big half

3. Ginger: 1 inch

4. Garlic:    4

5. Green Chili: 3 to 4

6. Garam Masala: 1/2 tspn

7. Curry Leaves: handful

8. Tomato: 1

9. Coconut milk: 1 cup thick milk

Marination:

1. Turmeric powder: 1/2 tspn

2. Red chili powder: 1 tspn

3. Lemon Juice: 1tbspn

4. Crushed pepper: 1/4 tspn.

Method:

1. Wash the shrimp and marinate it with the ingredients mentioned in the 'Marination' list for 15mins.

2. Heat the pan, add oil and saute the marinated shrimp for 2 to 3 mins.

3. Then keep the shrimp aside and fry the onions in the same pan and oil.

4. After the onion changes the color, add the ginger, garlic and green chilies.

5. Saute it for 2 mins.

6. Add the Tomato and saute till it gets soft.

7. Now add the curry leaves and garam masala.

8. Add the Coconut milk and give the mixture a stir. If the curry is too thick add little water.

9. After a minute, add the shrimp in the curry and cook for another 3 mins.

10. Garnish it with thinly sliced ginger and green chili. 

Aaleppy Fish Curry

Ingredients:

Fish
small onion
ginger
green chilli
Raw mango 1
Red chilli powder 1tbspn
Turmeric powder 1 tsp
coconut milk
curry leaves
coconut oil
corn flour (1tspn mixed in 25ml water)

Procedure:

Heat coconut oil in a pan and add onions. when it turns translucent add ginger green chilli and curry leaves. Fry them for 2 to 3 min.

Cut the mango into cubes and add them in the pan. Fry for another 2 to 3 min.

Now add the red chilli powder and turmeric powder. Mix it for 30 seconds and immediately add a cup of water (to avoid the powders getting burnt in oil)

Cover cook for 15 min.

After 15 min. open the lid and add coconut milk, corn flour and salt.

Add fish pieces once it starts boiling. Close the lid and cook fish for 10 more min.

Kolhapuri Chicken

Ingredients:

Kolhapuri Chicken

Chicken drumsticks      5pieces
Cloves                          3
Cardomam                   2
Bay leaf                       1
Black pepper               3 to 4
Seasame seeds             1 tblspn
Poppy seeds                1 tblspn
Chopped garlic             2 tbspn
Onion                          1 big
Tomato                       1 big
Cumin seeds               1 tspn
Red chilli powder        1 tblspn
Garam masala             1 tspn
Shredded coconut      3 tblspn

Marination

Ginger Garlic paste  1 tblspn
Lemon Juice 1 tblspn
Garam Masala 1 tspn
Turmerci Powder 1/2 tspn
Red Chilli Powder 1 tspn

Procedure:

Marinate the chicken with the items given in the marination list for 30 min.

1. Heat oil and add cumin seeds, whole garam masala (cloves, bay leaf, cardomam, black pepper), seasame seeds, poppy seeds, garlic, onion and shredded coconut and fry till it turns light brown.

2. Grind the above fried items along with 1 tomato to a smooth paste by adding little water.

3. Heat some oil in a pan and add the ground paste, 1tblspn red chilli powder and 1 tspn garam masala and fry it for 5 min.

4. Then add the marinated chicken pieces, salt and some water and pressure cook it till the chicken pieces are soft and tender.

5. garnish it with coriander leaves.

Fish Curry

Fish curry

Ingredients:

Fish - 1 lb
Onion  - 1
Ginger Garlic paste - 1 tsp
Garlic - 2 to 3 pods
Coriander powder - 1tsp

Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp
Tamarind juice - 2 tbspn


To grind:

coconut - 1cup
Red chilli powder - 1 tbspn
Garammasala - 1tspn
Water - little

Procedure:

1. Wash fish and marinate it with turmeric powder, ginger garlic paste and oil for 30 min.
2. Fry onion, when it turns translucent add  garlic and fry well.
3. Now add coriander powder and fry for 2 more mins.
4. Then add the ground coconut paste, fry for 5 to 6 mins and add some water as per your consistency along with the tamarind juice.
5. Now add fish pieces and cover cook it for 10 minutes.
6. Garnish it with coriander leaves.

source: from madhura's recipe, youtube.

Garlic Rasam

Ingredients:

Garlic                   8 to 9 pods
Tamarind              small lemon size
Red Chilli            3
Cumin seeds        1/2 tsp
coriander seeds   1/2 tsp
Toor dal                1 tsp
Black pepper        1 tsp
Curry leaves         4 to 5
Mustard seeds and urad dal for tempering. Salt for taste.

Procedure:

1. Fry the whole garlic pods in the oil till they turn to slight golden brown. Then add a cup of water and boil it for 10 min.
2. Dry roast the toor dal, black pepper, cumin seeds, coriander seeds and red chilli. Then grind it coarsely. This is the rasam powder for this garlic rasam.
3. After 10 mins, mash the garlic well using potato masher.
4. Now add the tamarind pulp, once it starts to boil add the ground rasam powder and curry leaves. Let it boil for 2 mins.
5.Season it with mustard seeds and urad dal.

Veg Fried Rice

Ingredients:

Basmati Rice - 2 cups
Water (to cook rice) - 3 cups
Carrots - chopped into small bite size pieces - 1cup
Beans - chopped into small bite size pieces - 1cup
Spring onions - finely chopped - 1 bunch
Green Peas - 1/2 cup
Indian green Chillies - 5 - finely chopped
Cashew nuts - 1/2 cup
Cloves - 4
Cinnamon - 5 1-inch small pieces
Cardamom - 2-3 pods
Ginger-garlic paste - 2 teaspoons
Black pepper powder - 1/4 teaspoon
Salt (adjust to taste)
Oil for frying
Ghee for frying nuts

Procedure:

1. Cook rice separately.  Add just enough water, & not more; else the rice would become too soft.
2. Fry cashew nuts in ghee & keep them aside.
3. Heat oil (around 3 to 4 table spoons).
4. Add cloves, cinnamon, cardamom pods & fry them a little.
5. Add ginger-garlic paste & fry.
6. Add chillies, carrots, beans, peas & fry.
7. Add spring onions & fry.
8. Add black pepper powder & salt & fried cashew nuts.
9. Add rice & stir so that the veggies are spread evenly. Cook for 2-3 mins & it should be ready to serve.

-->Soak the rice in water for 30mins before cooking. Drain the water & fry the rice for 3 minutes in 2 tablespoons of ghee.

Banana Bread

Ingredients:

Ripe Banana  -  3 or 4
Melted Butter  -  1/3 cup
Sugar  - 3/4 or 1 cup
Egg   -  1beaten
Vanilla extract  -  1 teaspn
Baking soda      -  1 teaspn
All purpose flour  -  1 1/2 cups
Salt - pinch

Procedure:

1. Preheat oven to 350°F (175°C).
2. Smash the banana's nicely using pestle or fork.
3. To this add butter, egg, vanilla extract, sugar, salt and baking soda and mix well.
4. Then add the flour and mix it well.
5. Pour the mixture into a buttered loaf pan and bake it for an hour. 
6. Cool on a rack then remove from pan and slice to serve.

--> To check if the bread is done, test it with a toothpick. If the toothpick comes out clean without any bread sticking to it, then it means the bread the baked well else you will have to bake it for some more time.
--> You can add your favorite nuts to the bread and name it as Banana Nut Bread :-)