ഗോതമ്പു കഞ്ഞി 

Ingredients:


Fish
(king fish, pomfret or any fleshy fish)  : 3 pieces
Coconut grated                                      : 2 cups
Green chillies                                        : 3 nos
Ginger                                                   : 1' pc
Garlic                                                     : 2 cloves
Lemon juice                                           : 1 tbsp     Salt  to taste
Coriander leaves                                    : 1/2 bunch
Turmeric pdr                                           : a pinch
Banana leaf                                             : 3 pcs
Oil                                                           : 3 tbsp


Method: 


Any fleshy fish can be used for this dish. The fish should be cut 1" thickness. It should be washed thoroughly and marinate with salt, turmeric pdr and lime juice for 20 mins.
Wash coriander leaves and discard the thick stem. 
Grind the coconut, green chillies,ginger, garlic and coriander leaves and salt to a paste.
Take a nonstick pan smear 1tbsp of oil over the pan. Then slightly grill the fish pieces turning both sides and keep aside.




Take the banana leaf and spread a portion of the ground chutney in the middle of the leaf. Then place one piece of the grilled fish over the chutney and cover the fish with some more chutney.
Fold the banana leaf like a parcel.  Repeat the process with the other 2 pieces of fish.
Heat a tawa, smear 1 tbsp of oil over the tawa. Place the parcels over the tawa and cook for sometime till the leaf changes its colour.

Remove from fire. Open the parcel and serve it hot along with grilled veggies!!

 

മുട്ട റോസ്റ്റ് 

Ingredients:

Eggs                                    : 2nos boiled
Onion                                  : 2 medium chopped
Green chilli                         : 1 no
Tomato                                : 1 big
Ginger garlic paste              : 1tsp
Green chilli                         : 1 no
Chilli pdr                             : 1 tbsp
Coriander pdr                      : 1 tbsp
Turmeric pdr                       : 1/4 tsp
Garam masala pdr               : 1/4 tsp
Curry leaves                        : 1 sprig
Salt to taste
Oil as required



Method: 


Mix chiili pdr, coriander pdr and turmeric pdr in 1 tbsp of oil and keep aside.
Heat oil in a kadai, add chopped onion and saute. Then add the ginger garlic paste and saute it well. Add green chilli slitted lengthwise.
Add the mixed masala paste to this and stir well and add tomato pieces, salt to this and saute it till the oil separates.



 Finally add the boiled egg to this . Remove from fire when the gravy becomes thick. Garnish with curry leaves.

പച്ചക്കറി ബിരിയാണി

Ingredients:

Basmathi rice                   : 2 cups
Onions                             : 2 nos
Carrot                              : 1 diced
Cauliflower                     : 1/4
Capsicum                        : 1/2 chopped
Beans                              : 100 gms
Peas                                : 50gms
Paneer                             :  50 gms
Green chillies                 : 2 nos 
Ginger                            : 1/2" pc }  make a paste
Garlic                             : 2 cloves}
Yoghurt                          : 2 tbsp
Salt to taste
Chilli pdr                        : 1 tsp
Coriander pdr                 : 2 tsp
Tomato                           : 1 
Coriander leaves            : 1/2 cup chopped
Oil or ghee                     : 3 tbsp
Cloves                            :5nos
Cinnamon                      : 1"pc
Bay leaf                          :1
Cashews fried &broken  : 10nos                          


Method:

Chop onion and tomatoes. Slit green chilli lengthwise.
Dice carrots into small cubes. Cut the beans into small pieces. Cut paneer into cubes and fry it and keep aside.
Separate cauliflower into small florets. Chop capsicum.
Make a paste with ginger and garlic.
Heat oil or ghee in a kadai add whole garam masala to it.Fry for a second add chopped onions and   saute this till the onions become translucent. Now add the ginger garlic  paste and saute for a minute. Add green chillies and chopped tomatoes to this. Saute till the tomatoes become soggy. Now add yoghurt and mix well.
Add all the vegetables and paneer to this. Add chopped coriander leaves and finally the rice(wash it well before adding).


Add 4 cups of water and salt to this and mix well. Transfer this to a rice cooker and switch on to cooking mode. When it comes to the warm mode transfer this to a hot pack and garnish with fried cashews and chopped coriander leaves. Serve hot with raita , pappad and pickle.

Ingredients:

Basmati rice                              : 2 cups
Carrot                                        : 1 finely chopped
Beans                                         : 6 nos finely chopped
Capsicum                                   : 1/2 finely chopped
Soya chunks                               : 4 or 5
Spring onion                               : 2 finely chopped
Garlic                                          : 2 cloves 
Green chillies                              : 2 nos
Ginger                                         : small piece
Soya sauce                                  : 1 tbsp
Vegetable oil                               : 2 tbsp
Salt to taste                           
Vinegar                                        : 1 tsp

Method:

Soak rice for 20 mins in water.
Chop green chillies, ginger and garlic finely and keep aside.
Soak soya chunks in hot water for 10 mins and squeeze it, wash again and cut very finely.
Cook rice adding salt and 3and a half cups of water in a rice cooker and keep aside.
Heat oil in a kadai add chopped garlic, green chilli and ginger and saute for 1 min. Then add chopped capsicum and saute for 1 more min and add the chopped vegetables, chopped soya  and saute again for 2 to 3 mins adding salt.
Then mix the cooked rice with this and fry for 2 mins. Add vinegar and soya sauce mix well. Garnish with finely chopped spring onion and serve.