Karimeen Fry/ Pearl spot Fry.

This is an unavoidable part of Kerala non veg foodie fans plate..
Ingredients

Karimeen/Pearl Spot - 1 
Ginger- Garlic paste - 1/4 tsp
Red chilli powder - 1/2 tea spoon
Turmeric powder - A Pinch
Pepper powder - 1/2 tsp
Salt
Oil
Curry Leaves


Method

Mix all the powders and salt and adding a little water make a paste with it. Apply the paste to the fish and keep it for 10 mnts. Heat oil and sprinkle curry leaves. Layer fish on top of it. Shallow fry both sides 10mnts each. Don't turn too much. Enjoy.

Lemon Rice.

1. Left over rice / Basmati rice cooked - 1 cup.

(If you are making this out of fresh cooked rice keep it refrigerated for couple of hours)

2.  Small onion - 5

Chopped fresh ginger - 1/2 tbsp

Green chilli - 1

Dried red chilli - 2

Chana Dal and urududal - 1 tbsp (optional) 

Cashew nut - 1 tbsp (optional) 

Turmeric powder- 1/2 tbsp.

Lemon Zest - 1/2 tbsp

3. Mustard seed - 2 pinch

Fenugreek seed - 2 pinch

Curry leaves - few

Salt

Oil - 2 tablespoon

4. Lemon Juice - 3 tablespoon

Method.

1. Heat oil in a pan and splutter mustard seeds.

2. Add curry leaves followed by dry chillies

3. Add cumin seed and fry for few seconds and add cashews and chanadal and urududal and fry for 2 minutes.

4.Add chopped onion,ginger. lemon zest and green chilies fry for another few minutes.

5. Add turmeric powder and salt fry for another 30 seconds  in low flame( stir well).

6. Add lemon juice and stir well for another minute.

7. Mix rice with this, be careful don't break the rice. 

Serve this with any side dish you like.

Simple Fish Fried Rice

We won world cup...we won it..

I was glued to the laptop during the game, enjoyed the tension every second. And this is the winning special dish. An easy and simple fish fried rice.

Ingredients. 

Fish (Tuna,white fish, or any large variety) = 1/2 k.g. 

&

1. Long grain rice= 2 cup.
2. Onion chopped = 3
3. Oil= 1/2cup.
4. Cumin seed=1/4tspoon
5. Fenugreek seeds= 1/2 tspoon
6. Fish sauce: 1 t spoon.
7. Lemon juice=1/2 t spoon.
8. Ginger= A small piece ( finely chopped)
9. Garlic=1 t spoon (finely chopped).
10. Turmeric powder=1/4 tspoon.
11. Chilli powder= 1Tablespn
12. Salt= to your taste.
13. Garam masala=1/4tspoon plus 1/2 tspoon.
14. Soya sauce = 1/2 tspoon.
15. Pepper powder = 1/2 tspoon.
16. Ginger garlic paste = 1/4 tspoon.
17. Bay leaf= 1
18. For garnishing = dry fruits, sultans and nuts = 1 Tablespoon.

Method

1. Soak rice in water for 30 mnts and drain.

2. Cut fish into small square pieces.

3. Mix turmeric powder,Chilli powder, salt= to your taste, garam masala (1/4tspoon) , soya sauce = 1/2 tspoon, pepper powder and Ginger garlic paste well with few drops of lemon juice.

4. Marinate fish pieces with this masala and keep aside for at-least 1/2 an hour (if possible).

5. Fry the fish pieces in the oil then, fry the dry nuts in this oil and keep aside.

6. Now add cumin seed and fenugreek seeds and fry for a second, ginger garlic and stir well, now add onion and stir well for 4- 8 mnts, till it is transparent, add rice to this and stir well then add fish sauce cover this and cook for next 3 mnts in low flame. Then add three cups boiling water and salt to this with lemon juice and cover this with a lid. 

7. Cook the rice in the low flame for 20 mnts.

8. Around 15mnts add the fish pieces and stir carefully now cook the rice in open flame for next 3-5 mnts.

9. Garnish with the fried nuts.