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Spicy Stuffed Eggplant Today's recipe is meat stuffed spicy eggplant inspired from Lebanese and Turkish Cuisine. Recently I am trying  lot of stuffed dishes with chicken,squid and fish. This stuffed eggplant is now one of my top favorites. Eggplant is a versatile veggie and cooked in the right way, you can create innumerable recipes with it.Fried or baked eggplant is tender and tasty and goes well with rice. If you are not a great fan of eggplant/aubergine, try this stuffed version.It is insanely good and I am sure will change the way you think about this humble veggie. Stuffed eggplant is great as a main course dish. You can serve it with rice,bread or with fresh salad and you have a satisfying dinner. Recently I have been trying a Mediterranean diet and this dish is perfect and filling with veggie salad. It is also perfect when you have guests as it is filling and makes a pretty presentation.In Turkish and Mediterranean region Karniyarik is an imperial dish fit for a K...

Kerala Beef Biryani Biryani is a glorious one pot meal,satisfying and delicious. It is an exotic dish prepared and served on all festive occasions. The rice and meat is gently spiced and flavored with earthy spices. Biryani is a one pot meal, but not easy (of course there is a quicker pressure cooker version! ), as prepping and making a good biryani is time consuming. But once in a while I do crave for Biryani  as a weekend dinner. I have already shared a lot of Biryani recipes in this blog. Here's one more to the list- it is a Kerala style beef biryani.  Ingredients To cook rice Kaima Rice- 3 cups Ghee- 1 tsp Fried onion- 2 tbs Salt- to taste Water- 6 cups Cinnamon- 2 inch clove- 4-5 Star Aniseed - 2 Green chilly -1 Chopped pineapple- 3 tbs Mint leaves- a few For the masala Beef - 1 kg Ghee- 3-4 tbs Shallots- 1 cup Green Chilly- 10 Ginger- 2 inch piece Garlic pods- 8-10 Tomato-3 small Carrot Cubed- 3/4 cup Chopped coriander leaves and mint- ...

Koorka Irachi Curry/Chinese Potato and Beef Curry Today's recipe is a Naadan beef curry that is commonly made in Kerala. This Kerala delicacy is everything that you love- filling and heartwarming with the deep essence of homey Kerala village-style cooking. It is a luscious curry, with succulent and tender meat and soft-cooked vegetable. Koorka/ Chinese potato is one of my favorite vegetables and it tastes delicious with meat especially beef.  Koorka is a seasonal root vegetable, locally available during the winter months. It is moist and grainy when compared to potatoes and can hold its shape. It has a distinct aromatic flavor, meaty, mildly sweet, and earthy and it complements the flavor of beef and warm aromatic spices. It is a healthy vegetable and is a rich source of iron, vitamins, and calcium. This recipe is inspired by my sister's college hostel memories. She used to talk about delicious ethakka/plantain beef and koorka beef curry that they had from the college c...

 Ethakka Beef Ularthiyathu/ Beef and Plantain Ularthu  Ethakka beef ularthiyathu is a spicy beef and plantain stir fry. It can be served as a side dish for rice. Ingredients Beef - 1/2 Kg Raw plantain- 2 medium Shallots- 1 cup Chopped onions-1 medium Crushed ginger and garlic- 2 tbs Vinegar- 1 tbs Ginger garlic paste- 1 tsp Chilly powder-1/2 tsp Turmeric powder- 1/2 tsp Coriander powder 1 tsp Pepper powder- 1 1/4  tsp Fennel powder- 1 tsp Cloves -3-4 Mustard seeds- 1/2 tsp Curry leaves- a few Coconut oil- 3 tsp Clean and cut  beef into small pieces. Marinate with crushed ginger, garlic, pepper powder,turmeric powder, vinegar and salt. Set this aside for half an hour. Cook beef in pressure cooker. Add the marinated beef, crushed shallots and 1/2 cup of water. Cook in medium flame till 3 whistles, reduce the flame and continue cooking  for another 5-6 minutes and switch off the flame. Allow it to cool down a bit.Remove lid...

Mutton Keema Samosa Recipe/ Samosa With Minced Meat Filling Mutton Keema Samosas are deep-fried tea time snacks with a flaky pastry crust and delicious meat filling. You might have seen this type of triangular pastry with all sorts of filling.  If you are a meat lover, then Keema samosa or minced mutton samosa is the one for you. It is irresistible! The term samosa refers to an entire family of triangular pastries, found in India and South Asian countries. Samosa with potato filling is arguably the most popular Indian snack, and you find it everywhere- at parties and festive occasions or as street food. Hot piping Indian tea and samosas are absolute comfort food and a timeless favorite as party appetizers. You will love this savory appetizer with the delicious filling flavored with aromatic and earthy spices. The crust of the samosas is like pastry dough and is crispy tender. Ghee or clarified butter is mixed with the dough, which makes it flaky and aromatic. The stuffing I ...

Kerala Beef Fry Beef Fry (Kerala Style) is very popular especially in Tattukadas or fast food outlets. It can also be made at home. If you are not familiar with tattukadas they are makeshift eateries flocked by local people throughout the day and serve local delicacies. Beef curry or beef varattiyathu is also served in thattukadas and restaurants in Kerala. Beef fry and Kerala layered parotta is a popular combo. It’s a great side dish for a crowd, so next time you have a party, you should give this a try. It is an easy recipe and tastes super delicious. Now when I say beef fry it might get a bit of a bad rap in the ‘wellness world’. Let me assure you this beef fry is finger-licking delicious with bold flavors. Even though it is called beef fry it is not deep-fried. The beef is first cooked with aromatic spices and then further pan-fried or roasted till the meat gets coated with masala's and crispy on the outside. The beef is succulent with the right amount of heat and flavo...

Beef Varattiyathu Here is a simple and delicious recipe with beef. This is a spicy beef preparation which is neither a curry nor a fry...its somewhere in between.Beef is pressure cooked and then the gravy is thickened  till it becomes dry and gets well coated with the meat.It is perfect side dish for rice and parottas. Ingredients Beef - 3/4 Kg Chopped Onions-2 Ginger garlic paste- 2 tsp Chilly powder-1/2 tsp Turmeric powder- 1/2 tsp Coriander powder 1 tsp Pepper powder- 1 1/3 tsp Fennel powder- 1 tsp Cloves -3-4 Shallots- 1 cup Coconut slices- 1/2 cup Curry leaves- a few Coconut oil- 3 tsp Clean and wash beef into small pieces. Marinate with ginger garlic paste and all the spice powders( turmeric powder,chilly,coriander and pepper and fennel) and salt keep aside for half an hour. Pressure cook this with chopped onions and half cup of water. Put heat in high and after one whistle reduce to low flame and cook for two more whistles. Remove lid and continue...

Liver Varattiyathu Liver recipes is very popular in Kerala. I have already posted a chicken liver fry . This is a different preparation and is spicy and delicious with very less gravy.It is spicy and peppery. You can increase or decrease pepper according to taste and spice tolerance. It is a very quick recipe. All you do is pre-cook the liver with spices and finally roast it with little oil and curry leaves . Try this you will surely love it... Ingredients 1)Chicken/Mutton Liver- 1 lb Shallots sliced-  1 1/2 cup Ginger sliced- 2 inch peice Garlic- 2-3 pods Green chilly- 3-4 Turmeric  powder- 1/3 tsp cumin- a pinch (optional) Pepper powder- 1 1/3 tsp Coriander powder- 1/2 tsp Fennel powder- 1 tsp Clove powder- a pinch (you can also add just 3/4 tsp of garam masala instead of fennel and clove powder) 2)Curry leaves- two springs Sliced ginger- 1/2 tsp Coconut oil- 3 tsp salt to taste Cut liver into desired cubes. Rub...

Kerala Duck Roast Duck roast makes a beautiful holiday main dish. Kerala duck roast is a traditional recipe, that tastes exotic. It is aromatic with a distinctive flavor and taste and is not like a regular roasted duck. It is pan-roasted and then simmered in a delicious gravy till it thickens and gets coated on the meat. It is a specialty of Syrian Christian families in Kerala and part of their menu on special occasions like wedding feasts and Christmas dinner. For many Malayalis, this is a must-have dish on the Christmas menu. Today I am sharing two recipes, the traditional Kerala style duck roast and a Kerala spice whole duck roast cooked in the oven. Duck has a more intense flavor profile than chicken, and warm spices, black pepper, and coconut oil go well with its flavor. It is a delicious accompaniment with Kerala style laced pancake, bread, idiyappam, or steamed rice. In Kerala duck is cooked with skin-on, for flavor and richness. Duck meat has a lot of fat, mostly from ...