Grilled Garlicky Herbed Gondharaj Sole fish with Baked Sweet Potatoes.

Grilled Garlicky Herbed Gondharaj  Sole fish with Baked Sweet Potatoes.

For the Baked Sweet Potatoes
Ingredients
1 medium sweet potato, unpeeled, cut into thick wedges
1 tsp Melted Butter
Salt to taste
1/4 tsp Pepper powder

Method
Preheat oven to 180 degree Celcius.  Put the sweet potato wedges on a baking tray and toss through 1tsp of melted butter, salt and pepper powder. Bake  in the oven for 45 minutes turning occasionally or until golden and tender. Keep it aside till the fish is ready. Keep the baking tray on top of the hot oven, so the sweet potatoes remain hot.

For the Sole Fish
Ingredients
4 pieces of Sole fish fillets
1 whole Pod of Garlic peeled
Few fresh Sage
1 small stem of RoseMary
2 Gongharaj Lemon Leaves
1 tbsp Gondharaj Lemon juice
1 tbsp Melted Butter
Salt to taste
Garnish with chopped Chives and Gandharaj Lemon slices

Method
Take a chopper, add  garlic cloves, Rose Mary, lemon leaves, lemon juice, melted butter and salt. Chop and mince all the ingredients together. Apply the minced ingredients on the fish. Marinate it for 30 minutes. Preheat the oven to 200 degrees Celcius. Grill the fish for 25 minutes, turning the fish occasionally. Serve the fish with sweet potatoes and sliced lemon, sprinkle chopped chives.

P.S. Any lemon can be used if Gandharaj lemon is not available and any fish fillets can be used.

Southekayi Palya (Madras Cucumber Stir Fry)

Southekayi Palya (Madras Cucumber Stir Fry)

Ingredients

1 Medium Sized Madras Cucumber cut into small cubes

4 Green Chillies Slit

Few Curry Leaves

1/2 tsp Mustard Seeds

1/4 tsp Bengal gram dal (Chana dal)

1/4 tsp Split Black Dal (Urid dal)

1/2 Turmeric Powder

1/2 Coriander Powder 

1/4 Jaggary 

Salt to taste 

2 tsp Coconut oil 

1 tbsp Grated Coconut 

Method

Take a big wok and add the oil, add Mustard Seeds,cumin seeds, urid dal and chana dal, let the mustard seeds crackle. Add green chillies and curry leaves and sauté for 30 seconds. Add Madras cucumber, turmeric powder, coriander powder, Jaggary and salt, sprinkle some water, stir the vegetable. Cover the lid and cook, stirring it occasionally.Turn of the heat when all the water is evaporated and  cucumber becomes tender. Sprinkle grated coconut. Serve it with hot rice.

Cucumber and Coriander Health Drink

Cucumber and Coriander Health Drink
Ingredients
1/2 Cucumber or 1 small Cucumber cut into pieces
1 tbsp Coriander Leaves
1/2 tsp Coriander seeds
1/2 tsp Dry Wheat Grass powder (Optional)
1 tbsp Lime juice
Rock Salt to taste
1/4 tsp Pepper powder

Method
Take a blender add cucumber, coriander leaves, lime juice, coriander seeds, wheat grass powder ( Optional ) and rock salt. Add 1/2 cup water and blend it. Moist the rim of the glass with some juice.  Apply pepper powder on the rim. Pour in the juice in the glass. Garnish with coriander leaves and cucumber stick.

Drink it in the morning  an empty stomach. It detoxifies, reduces acidity and helps in digestion, cools your body during summer, antioxidant, reduces the risk of cancer, helps in weight reduction, protects your heart if drank every day.

Egg Ghee Roast

Egg Ghee Roast
It is a very famous egg dish from Mangalore.
Easy to make, it is completely cooked in ghee.

For the Ghee Roast Wet Masala
Ingredients
2 Kashmiri chillies
2 Green Chillies
8 Garlic cloves
1 small piece Ginger
1/2 tsp Tumeric powder
6 Whole peppercorns
2 Cloves
1 small Cinnamon sticks
1 tsp Coriander seeds
1 tsp Cumin seeds
1/4 tsp Fenugreek seeds
1 tbsp Tamarind pulp

Method
Grind all the above ingredients into paste, add little water while grinding.  

For the Ghee Roast
Ingredients
6 Hard Boiled Eggs
1 big Size Onions finely chopped
Few Curry leaves
4 tbsp Ghee
Salt to taste
Ghee Roast Wet Masala
Few Coriander leaves chopped to Garnish 

Method
Take a pan, add ghee; add onions and  curry leaves. Fry the chopped onions till brown. Add the paste. Sauté it for 2 minutes. Add 1/4 cup water. Simmer for few . Add the eggs. Stir it. Cook the eggs in the masala till the eggs are well coated with the masala. Garnish it with coriander leaves.  Serve hot.

Huli Avalakki / Spicy and Sour Flat Beaten Rice

Huli Avalakki / Spicy and Sour Flat Beaten Rice
The other day I was at my friend's place... I had this lovely dish. Could not satisfy my taste buds... so made it today.  This is a Mangalorean recipe.

For Grinding
1/4 cup Grated Coconut or Desiccated Coconut
1 tbsp Jaggery
1/2 Mustard seeds
1/4 tsp Cumin seeds
2 Dry Red Chillies
1/4 tsp Turmeric powder
Salt to taste

Method
Make a paste of the above ingredients.

To make Huli Avalakki
Ingredients
3 cups Beaten Rice / Poha washed
Few Curry leaves
1/2 tsp Mustard seeds
1/4 tsp split Black lentil / Urid Dal
Few split Bengal Gram / Chana dal
Few Penuts
1 Dry chill
Pinch of Asafoetida
Wet paste
1 tbsp Oil
1 tbsp  Tamarind juice
Few Coriander leaves chopped

Method
Heat the pan and add oil in it. Add red chilli, mustard seeds, urad dal, chana dal, peanut and  curry leaves in to it. When it starts spluttering, add the asafoetida. Add Tamarind paste and 1/4 cup water. Simmer for a minute, add the paste. Simmer for another few minutes. Add the poha. Mix it well. Sprinkle coriander leaves. Serve it hot.