Spicy Mutton Curry

Mutton	1 Kg
Onions	2 Large Onions (Sliced)
Tomatoes	2 Chopped
Dry red Chillies	15
Garlic	2 Pod
Turmeric	½ Teaspoon
Coriander Seed	1 Tablespoon
Ginger	2” Piece
Coconut	2 Tablespoons (Grated and Ground)
Cummin Seeds	1 Teaspoon
Khus khus	2 Tablespoon (Roasted and Ground
Cloves	4
Cinnamon	2 Piece
Oil	3 Tablespoon

Grind coriander seeds, cumin seeds and red chillies. Heat oil in a pressure cooker. Fry garam masala (whole); add chopped onions and continue frying till golden brown. Add coriander paste. Fry well. Add ginger and garlic. Continue to fry and add mutton pieces. Fry some more and add a teaspoon turmeric, tomatoes, and coconut. Fry for 5 minutes. Add salt and 2 cups of water. Close the lid and cook for 15 minutes. Garnish with coriander leaves and serve.

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Spicy Nasrani Roast Pork

Ingredients
Pork with skin on 1 kg (Big block pieces)
Shallots - 1/2 kg (sliced)
Ginger - 50 gm crushed
Garlic - 1 full bulb crushed
Black pepper powder - 2 tsp
Coriander - 4 tsp
Chilly Powder - 2 tsp
Salt as required
Garam Masala - 1 tsp
Curry leaves - 1 sprig
Honey - 1 tsp
Potato - Small round shaped 5-6 no's
Oil 

Method
Add oil to a pan and add the sliced shallots when slightly golden brown add the ginger and garlic and saute for 30 seconds and to it add the black pepper, chilly powder, and coriander powder and saute well and when well roasted (make sure not to burn) add 3 cups of water and salt as required, when water starts to boil add the sliced pork and cook for 5 minutes(make sure not to over cook the pork)

After 5 minutes remove the pork from the gravy. Now strain the gravy to the strained gravy add the garam masala, curry leaves and honey and leave it on flame until it is thick as sauce. 

Now add some oil to the pan and fry the potatoes.

Serving.
Arrange the cooked in a plate and garnish with the thick sauce and potato and some coriander leaf.

Courtesy: Hanson Michael, Head Chef, Kathakali Restaurant, New Zealand.
(He is my cousin brother)

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Karimeen Mango curry

Ingredients:

Karimeen:(Pearl Spot): 4-5 big cut into half 

Coconut Milk from 1  and half coconut (separate the first, second and third milk) 

Shallots: 3-4 sliced

Turmeric Powder: 1/2 tbsp

Chilly Powder: 1 tbsp

Green Chilly: 3-4 (splitted) 

Ginger chopped 50 gms

Curry leaf: 1 sprig

Green Raw Mango: 2 (sliced) 

Oil: 2 tbsp

Salt as required

Method

Take a cooking pot ( to get a good taste cook in a sand pot or meen chatti) add the oil when hot add the shallots and the ginger and saute until the shallots are golden brown. Now reduce the flame and add the turmeric powder, chilly powder and saute until the you could get the fried smell but make sure not to burn. Now add the second and third coconut milk and to it add the mango and the salt. When it starts boiling add the fish pieces and the curry leaves, cook keeping the lid open for about 5 minutes. Before removing from flame add the first milk, remove from flame as soon as the first milk has been added. 

NB: If you do not get the mangoes you can instead use the Kudampulli or Gambooge. 

You must be wondering why I have not added the garlic and the mustard seeds to it, I did not add them because my mother always says fish, meat and vegetables are different in taste and should not be cooked with the same ingredients. So she never uses mustard seeds in any non veg and no garlic with fish curry. So I follow the same. 

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Beef Curry

This is a recipe which my mom prepare's.

Ingredients:

Beef with bone 1 kg
Onion: 2 big Sliced
Shallots: 10-15 sliced
Ginger 50 gms chopped
Garlic 50 gms chopped
Green Chilly 4-5 no's
Curry Leaf : 2 sprig
Chilly Powder: 1/2 tsp
Turmeric: 1/4 tbsp
Coriander powder: 2 tbsp
Garam Masala: 1 tbsp (this is a mixture of cumin seeds, cardamom cloves, black pepper, cinnamon and nutmeg)
Black Pepper Powder: 2 tbsp
Oil: 3-4 tbsp
Salt as required
Coriander Leaf: 1/4 cup ( You can avoid this, if does not like the taste, but to tell truly this gives a special taste to the curry which my mother prepares)

Method

Cut the beef into square pieces wash and drain the water. Now add the ginger, garlic, green chilly, curry leaf, turmeric powder, black pepper powder, 1/2 tea cup of water and salt to the beef.  Pressure cook this for 3 whistle ( make sure not to overcook because overcooked beef never tastes good, beef tastes good when you get to chew it) and remove from fire

Now place a pan on fire, add the oil then add the sliced onions and saute for 1 min then add the shallots when it is golden brown,  reduce the flame and add the garam masala, coriander powder, chilly powder and saute well until the spices are roasted and the oil starts coming out. Finally add the cooked beef and the coriander leaf (check the salt if required add more) and cook for about 2 minutes. Remove from flame and it can be served hot with appam, rice, chappathi, paratha or even with bread.

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Beef Cutlet

This is my mom's special recipe. For all occasions this is a must have for mom...Miss u mom...
Ingredients:

Beef : 500gms
Turmeric Powder: 1/4 spoon
Onion: 3 big, chopped
Green Chilly: 4 no's chopped and crushed
Ginger crushed: 2 tbsp
Pepper Powder: 3 tbsp
Garam Masala: 1/2 tbsp
Potato: 250 gms
Salt : as per taste
Oil to fry
Bread Crumbs: 250 gms
Egg White 3 beaten and separated from yolk.

Preparation:
Cut the beef into small pieces add turmeric powder and salt and cook for 5-10 minutes
( make sure not to add water while cooking, it should cook in its own water) 

Once cooked remove from fire, make sure there is no water remaining and keep aside. In the mean while we shall get ready remaining of the ingredients.

Boil the potato's.
Chop the onions as small as possible. (make sure  not to crush the onions)
Chop the green chillie's (if crushed after chopping much better)


Now we shall mince the cooked beef by adding small quantities in our usual mixer grinder.  Make sure not to mince too much.

 Now take a pan add some oil when hot add the chopped onions and fry until golden brown, now add the green chillies and the crushed ginger and saute for about 30 seconds, now reduce flame and add the garam masala and the pepper powder and saute well unless the spices are well fried without burning.

Now add the minced beef into it and saute well until it is dry. Now keep it aside to cool down.

Once it has cooled down take in a bowl and add the potato, 2 egg yolk's (after the egg white has been separated) mix all these together, (taste and make sure about the salt if required add more to the mixture)
The potato has to be well crushed and mixed into it. .

Now take small quatities and
make small balls and flatten into round shape.

Now dip this into the egg white and then into the bread crumbs and keep aside. Once all have been kept ready. Heat oil in a pan and add the cutlets one by one until golden brown.

You can serve it hot with tomato sauce.

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Mutton Stew or Beef Stew

Ingredients:

Beef or Mutton: 500 gms
Potato: 250 gms
Carrot: 2 big
Beans: 100 gms
Boiled Green Piece: 150 gms (not a must)
Green Chilly: 5 splitted into half
Ginger: 2 tbsp chopped
Pepper corns: 2 tbsp
Cloves: 5
Cardamom: 5
Cinnamon Sticks small: 4 or 5
Curry Leaves: 1 sprig
Coconut milk: Fresh coconut milk from one and a half coconut (for fresh separate and keep the first second and third milk)or if tinned one tin.
Salt as required.
Onion: 1 big sliced.

Method:
Cut the mutton into small pieces add pepper corns, cloves, cardamom, cinnamon sticks, green chilly, ginger, curry leaves, salt and the 3rd and 4th milk from fresh coconut. (If tinned milk do not add now) When half cooked add the vegetables (potato, carrot, beans) except the green piece and cook until all the vegetables have been well cooked.(when cooking make sure not to add to much water or else the stew will be not
be thick)

Once all have been cooked add the the green piece and the second milk followed by the first milk and remove from flame(make sure not to boil once the milk has been added)

Finally heat some oil in a pan and add the onions and fry until slightly golden brown and add on top of the stew. (Those who do not like the taste of onion can avoid the onion)

Can have with with appam or with bread or even with puttu.

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