Two of the recipes from the Prashad book ..........
VENDAKKA MASALA PACHCHADI
Okra simmered in a thick, coconut-flavoured, yoghurt-based gravy,
INGREDIENTS
800g Okra
Groundnut Oil to deep fry 3g/1 tsp Cumin seeds 4g/1 tsp Mustard seeds
20g/2 Tbs Urad dal 3 Whole Red Chillies 10 Curry Leaves 125g Onions 250g Tomatoes 5g/1 tsp Red Chilli powder 3g Turmeric 15g/1 Tbs Coriander powder
Salt
75g/1 cup Coconut 15g/2 Tbs Cashew nuts 100g Yoghurt
PREPARATION
THE OKRA: Slice off the ends (without exposing the tubes), wash, pat dry and cut into 1-inch pieces. Heat oil in a kadhai and deep fry over medium heat until crisp (approx 5-6 minutes). Drain and reserve the oil,
THE REMAINING VEGETABLES Wash curry leaves. Peel, wash and chop
onions. Wash and chop tomatoes.
THE LENTIL: Pick, wash in running water and pat dry.
THE COCONUT PASTE: Remove the brown skin and grate coconut. Split
cashew nuts. Put both in a blender, add 60ml/VA cup of coconut water
and make a fine paste.
THE YOGHURT: Whisk in a bowl.
COOKING
Heat 75ml of the reserved oil in a handi, add cumin and mustard seeds, urad dal, whole red chillies and curry leaves, saute over medium heat until the seeds begin to crackle. Add onions and saute until golden brown. Then add tomatoes, stir, add red chilli powder, turmeric, coriander and salt, bhunno until the fat leaves the masala. Reduce to low heat, add the coconut paste and bhunno for 2 minutes. Remove the handi, add yoghurt, stir, add water (approx 400ml/1 2/i cups), return to heat and bring to a boil. Now add the deep fried okra and simmer until napped in the gravy. Adjust the seasoning.
KERALA NANDU MASALA
A coconut-flavoured crab curry. Extracting the meat from the shell is an easily acquired art and that is half the fun of eating this mild delicacy.
INGREDIENTS
8 Crab (medium size) 100ml/ 7 llis Groundnut Oil 2g/ V2 tsp Mustard seeds 2 Whole Red Chillies 120g/2/3 cup Onions 50g/ 3 Tbs Ginger paste 50g/ 3 Tbs Garlic paste 3g/ V2 tsp Red Chilli powder 3g/ V2 tsp Turmeric Salt
400g/1 Vn cups Tomatoes 75g/1 cup Coconut 2 Green Chillies 10 Curry Leaves 20g/ Vi cup Coriander
PREPARATION
THE CRAB: Rinse in running water, remove and retain claws, cut each into 2 pieces.
THE VEGETABLES: Peel, wash and chop onions. Wash and chop tomatoes, dean and wash curry leaves. Clean, wash and chop coriander.
THE COCONUT PASTE: Remove the brown skin and grate coconut. Remove stems, wash, slit, deseed and chop green chillies. Put both ingredients in a blender, add 75ml/!4 cup of coconut water and make a fine paste.
COOKING
Heat oil in a handi, add mustard seeds, saute over medium heat until they begin to crackle, add whole red chillies and stir for 5 seconds. Add onions, saute until light golden, add the ginger and garlic pastes, stir until the liquid has evaporated. Then add red chilli powder, turmeric and salt, stir for 30 seconds, add tomatoes and bhunno, until the fat leaves the masala. Now add the paste, reduce to low heat, stir for 2 minutes, add crab, curry leaves and water (approx 300ml/1!4 cups), bring to a boil, cover and simmer, stirring occasionally, for 20 minutes. Adjust the seasoning.
TO SERVE
Remove to a bowl, garnish with coriander and serve with boiled rice and emon wedges.
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