Prawns Curry

My mom's Prawn curry is simply delicious.

you will need:

1/2 cup prawns (peeled de-veined)
Salt to taste
2 green chillies
1 medium onion, sliced
1 tomato
1 potato chopped into 8 pieces
1 cups grated coconut
1 tbsp coriander seeds
½ tsp cumin seeds
2 cloves garlic
8 red, dried chillies or peppers
4 peppercorns
½ tsp turmeric powder
1 tbsp tamarind pulp
1 1/2 cups warm water

Method:
Wash, clean prawns . Mix it with the salt, green chillies,chopped tomato,potato and onion. Keep aside. Combine all the rest of the ingredients, except the tamarind pulp, and grind to a fine paste, and extracting the spiced coconut milk by putting it through a sieve by adding warm water to extract the juice.

Now put the coconut extract in a deep pan on a medium heat, add the marinated prawns and let it cook for 15 minutes . Add the tamarind pulp to the boiling sauce. Stir cook, adding more salt if necessary. When the fish curry is reduced to half its quantity, remove the curry and put it into a serving dish.

Batica (Semolina Cake)

You will need
3 coconuts
1/2 kg semolina
1 kg sugar
250 gm ghee
12 eggs
8 cardamoms

Method:
Scrape the coconuts and grind them finely with minimum water. Lightly fry the semolina in a pan.
Make a syrup with sugar and a little water. Let the syrup be of one thread consistency. Keep aside to cool.
Then add the coconut, semolina and the egg yolks along with the sugar till nicely mixed. Beat the egg whites till fluffy; add them to the mixture a little at a time. When all used up, mix the batter thoroughly and let it stand for four hours. Bake in a Preheated oven until golden brown.

Prawn Amto (Prawns and raw mango)

This is a dish which is often prepared during the mango season. Normally small variety of prawns are used for this dish.

you will need:
250 gms prawns
1 big raw mango
1 big onion
1/4 tsp turmeric
2 green chillies
oil
salt

Method

1. Shell the prawns clean well ,add salt and keep aside.
2. Peel the raw mango and cut into 4 pieces.
3. Cut the onion and slit the green chillies.
4. Heat little oil in a pan and saute the onions lightly.
5. Add prawns,turmeric,green chillies and raw mango pieces and saute for some time.
6. Cover and cook on medium heat you may add little water and cook till the raw mango is tender.
   

serve as a side dish with rice.

Ambot Tik

You will need

½ kg fish preferably sardine, shark or catfish
10 dry red chillies
¼ tsp cumin seeds
4 peppercorns
¼ inch piece turmeric
4 flakes garlic
½ inch piece ginger
a small (marble size) tamarind
1 onion (sliced fine)
1 tomato (sliced fine)
2 tbsp oil
coriander to garnish

Method:

1. Clean and wash the fish. Cut into desired pieces, apply salt and keep aside.
   
2. In the meantime grind the above ingredients in a little water.
3. Fry the onion in oil till it turns brown.
   
4. Add the masala and fry a bit.
5. Add a cup of water, allow to boil and then add the fish pieces.
6. Cook till tender on slow fire. Add salt and vinegar if necessary.
7. Garnish with coriander leaves.
   

PORK VINDALHO

This is what you will need

1 Kg pork
salt to taste
10 dried red chillies
10 peppercorns
8 cloves
10 cloves garlic
1 inch piece ginger
1inch piece cinnamon
1 tsp cumin seeds
1/2 tsp mustard seeds
1/2 tsp sugar
1/2 cup vinegar
2 medium onions chopped fine
2 cups water
2 tbsp oil

Method

1. Cut the cleaned pork into bite size pieces. Apply salt and keep aside.
   
2. Grind all the spices in the vinegar, adding 1/2 tsp sugar. Apply the ground spices to the meat and keep aside for 4 to 5 hours
3. Heat oil in a pan on medium heat and add the meat and stir fry the meat for about 5 minutes.
4. Add the chopped onion,rest of vinegar and the water. Cover the pan and lower heat. cook till meat is tender and the oil rises on top.
5. serve with rice or bread.
   

Crab Curry

This is what you will need

10-12 crabs washed and cleaned.
Red Chilies 25
Coriander seeds 2 tbsps.
Cummin seeds 1 tsp.
Fenugreek seeds 1 tsp.
Pepper 1 tsp.
Turmeric powder 1/2 tsp.
Garlic 6-8 flakes
Tamarind Lime size
Coconut, grated 1 no.
Onion, chopped 1 no.
oil
Salt To taste

Method:
1.Fry the chilies, grated coconut, coriander seeds, cumin seeds, fenugreek seeds and pepper in a little oil.
2.Grind together the chilies, grated coconut, coriander seeds, cumin seeds, fenugreek seeds, pepper, turmeric powder, garlic and tamarind to a fine paste.
3.Saute the onions in oil, till slightly brown.
4.Then add the crabs, mix well & keep for a while till they change colour.
5.Next add the roasted ground masala and cook for a while.
6.Now add the tamarind water and simmer on low heat.
7.If you require gravy then add water or else keep it dry.
8.Serve hot with rice.

Goan Fish Curry

You will need

Fish 3 -4 mackerels cleaned and sliced or 4 slices of kingfish
Salt to taste
2 green chillies or peppers, de-seeded
1 small onion, sliced
1 cups grated coconut
1 tbsp coriander seeds
1/2 tsp cumin seeds
3 cloves garlic
6 red, dried chillies or peppers
4 peppercorns
1/2 tsp turmeric powder
1 tbsp tamarind pulp
1 cup water or more
½ inch piece ginger (crushed and not minced)

Method:

1. Apply salt to the fish and mix it with chillies or peppers and onion. Keep aside.
2. Combine all the rest of the ingredients, except the tamarind pulp,and ginger and grind it to a fine paste .
3. Put the ground mixture into a deep pan on medium heat and cook till it comes to a boil. Add the fish,onion, and green chillies and the tamarind pulp.
   
4. Now add the crushed ginger. Add salt if necessary.
   
5. Boil the curry till fish is cooked.
6. serve with rice