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PAZHAM PORI - PLANTAIN FRITTERS

Pazham Pori is a sweet dish made with ripe plantains dipped in flour mixed with sugar. This is a popular dish in Kerala, usually sold in road side tea-shops. It is easy to prepare and it goes well with a cup of tea. Here goes the recipe!!

Ingredients

• 1 ripe plantain (Nendra Pazham)
• 1 cup plain flour/ all- purpose flour/ Maida
• ½ cup sugar
• ¼ tsp turmeric
• Pinch of salt
• ½ cup water and oil to fry
  

Method

• Peel plantains, cut is two halves, and slice each halves into four to six slices. One plantain yielded 12 pieces for me.
• Mix flour with ½ cup water to make a smooth batter, mix in sugar, turmeric, and salt.
• Heat oil in a pan; dip plantain slices in batter and deep fry till golden brown. Drain and serve hot with tea.

Fish curry – Kannur style

ingredients:

Fish Any kind of fish, 1/4 kilo, cut into pieces, or 4-6 medium king fish

Red chilli powder 1 tsp

Turmeric powder 1/4 tsp

Salt 1tsp

Green Chillies 4 medium (halved and slit)

Curry leaves 2 strings

Ginger 1 tbsp (crushed finely)

Tomato 1 medium (cut into small pieces)

For paste or masala:

Coconut  1curd cup (grated)

Tomato 3/4 small (cubed)

Turmeric  1/4 tsp

Red chilli powder 2 tsp

Cumin seeds 1 tsp

Additions

Pulp of one lemond sized Tamarind

Recipe:

• In a conditioned claypot, add  ingredients, in the same order as mentioned above.  Keep aside.
• Take Masala ingredients in a blender/mixer, fine paste them by adding little water.
• Take out the only fish from chatty, keep aside.
• Add the ground paste into the chatty, pour two cups of water and mix the ingredients throughly with clean hand.  Allow the mixture to boil on medium heat for 15 minutes.
• When the curry thickens, place the fish one by one into the chatty, allow it to cook in medium heat.
• When fish is almost cooked, stir in tamarind pulp. Boil till end.
• Add salt and tamarind to desired taste.

This is a simple, easy-to-cook recipe for those who likes the exact taste of fish. For appetite appeal, we can fry 1/2 finely chopped onion, fry till brown in coconut oil, pour it over the curry.

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