SPICY BHINDI MASAL

Ingredients:

Okra (bhindi) 1/2 kg
Tomatoes 3 (medium)
Onions 2 (large)
Green chillies 3
Cinnamon 1 piece
Cloves 3
Bay leaf 1
Ginger-garlic paste 1 tsp.
Red chilli powder 1 tsp.
Groundnut refined oil 2 cups
Garam masala powder 1 tsp.
Coriander leaves for garnishing
Salt to taste

Method:

1. Cut the onions, tomatoes, okra & green chillies.
2. Heat the oil in pan and add the okra pieces. Deep fry.
3. Remove fried okra and place on kitchen tissue or table napkin so that excess oil is removed. Keep it aside.
4. Heat 3 spoons of oil in a pan. Fry the cinnamon, cloves and bay leaf for 30 seconds. Now add onions, green chilli pieces and fry them until onions turn light brown.
5. Add the ginger-garlic paste and fry for one minute.
6. Add tomato pieces, red chilli powder and salt, cover the pan and cook for a few minutes until tomatoes become soft. Stir twice or thrice to prevent the mixture from sticking to the pan.

7. Add fried okra and mix slowly. Keep on heat for two more minutes and then remove the pan.

Garnish with coriander leaves and serve hot.

SPICY FISH CURRY / CHEPPALA PULUSU

INGREDEINTS:

2 lb Cat fish ( U can use any kind of fish) cut into medium size pieces.
2-3 medium size onions sliced.
1 Tomato sliced.
3 green chillies cut into strips.
2 spoons tamarind pulp.
2 spoons fresh coconut grated ( if not dry coconut).
1spoon(tspn) red chillies powder.
¾ teaspoon turmeric powder.
1 spoon salt.
1 spoon garam masala powder.
Fresh Coriander leaves to garnish.
1-2 spoons groundnut refined oil.
Curry leaves.
Butter milk to wash the fish (optional).

METHOD:

Wash the fish pieces with some butter milk and turmeric powder, by washing with turmeric and butter milk their wont be the stinky smell while cooking fish .

Take a wide pan , add oil to it when the pan is hot , add curry leaves when the oil gets hot. Later add onion and sliced green chillies. When they are half cooked add tomato sliced and cook for a while. When the onion and tomato are cooked add the fresh coconut , tamarind pulp and cook it for 1 minute, later add red chillies powder, turmeric powder, and salt to the pan and cook it well. When oil starts leaving the pan add some water to the pan and same time add the fish pieces and cook till the fish is cooked . Later add the garam masala powder and cook for 1-2 minutes. Remove from the stove and add fresh coriander leaves and garnish. Cheppala pulusu is ready to eat.

SPICY FISH MANCHURIAN

Ingredients:

1/2 kg fish fillets
1/2 tsp Chinese salt
1 egg, beaten
2 tbsp cornflour
2 tbsp lemon juice
2 tbsp ginger-garlic paste
2 Tablespoon of tomato sauce
3 green chillies, chopped
4 tsp Soya sauce
4 garlic cloves, finely chopped
4 tbsp flour
Tincher of black pepper powder
Salt to taste
Groundnut refined Oil for frying
Few sprigs of coriander leaves, chopped

Method:

* Clean and wash the fish fillets. Drain.
* Apply salt, pepper powder, lemon juice to the fish pieces and marinate for 10 minutes.
* Mix cornflour, flour, beaten egg, salt and ginger-garlic paste with little water and make a batter.
* Apply this batter well to the fish pieces and fry in hot oil until golden brown.
* Keep aside.
* Heat oil in another pan and fry chopped garlic and green chillies.
* Also add tomato sauce, Soya sauce and fried fish pieces.
* Stir well to coat the pieces with the Soya sauce mixture.
* Now add a cup of water and simmer until all the water is evaporated.
* Sprinkle Chinese salt, chopped coriander leaves and serve hot.