Shallow Fried Fish Croquettes
If you like fried fish like me, you are in the right place. I adapted this recipe based on the classic croquettes recipe from Julia Child’s Mastering the art of french cooking. Everyone in my family...
View ArticleSweet and Sour Fish
Lets do some Chinese take out dinner. Who doesn’t love fish, fried and tossed in sauce. Come with me…I will give you a piggyback to flavor town. I adapted this recipe from Martin Yan’s cooking show,...
View ArticleSpicy Nellore Chepala Pulusu – Andhra Fish Curry
Nellore Chepala Pulusu – Andhra Style Telugu Fish Curry – I first saw about this recipe on a cooking show run by Chef Venkatesh Bhat. I love regional recipes a lot. They can’t be beat any day. On top...
View ArticleSpicy Vanjaram Fish Fry
The story behind Vanjaram Fish Fry! Some years back my friend had gone to her home town on an emergency. We friends decided to take turns to send dinner for her husband. My turn came and my husband...
View ArticleTraditional Kerala Style Fish Molly – Meen Molee
We love coconut based curries in our house. Long time ago, I saw this recipe for Kerala fish molly in a WGBH show made by Chef Sanjeev. On the show, Chef told how his mother would apply turmeric mixed...
View ArticleAlleppey Fish Curry
This Kerala style Alleppey fish curry inspired from Karavalli Restaurant in Bangalore is a delicious keeper. I like curries that are bright orange in colour. I some how fall heavily for the color of...
View ArticlePomfret Fish Fry or Vavval Meen Varuval Recipe
White Pomfret Fish Fry or Vavval Meen Varuval Recipe – How to make South Indian Tamilnadu style Pomfret Fish Fry or Vavval Meen Varuval. Fish fry is my ultimate comfort food. A simple Rasam and fish...
View ArticleSpicy Fish Fry – Masala Fish Fry Country Style
I love seafood. We never cooked seafood at home when I was young as both my parents are vegetarians. My parents used to cook chicken for us but never fish. The smell of fish is something they cannot...
View ArticleTamilnadu Fish Curry Recipe / Dindigul Style Meen Kuzhambu
I met Chef Paramraj during my travels. His food was home style comforting South Indian food which I liked a lot. His fish curry blew my mind. Clean flavors, nothing over powering and delicious in...
View ArticleKerala Prawn Pickle Recipe / Chemmeen Pickle
This recipe is from my friend Aparna. Appu is my batch mate from my post graduation days. She used to bring big bottles of Prawn Pickle every time she came to hostel after vacation. That was the first...
View ArticleFish Cutlet Recipe / Deep Fried Meen Cutlet Recipe
1980’s and 90’s were the days of Femina and Womensera magazines in India. If you wanted a new age recipe, that was the place most ladies thronged to. There was no internet and no blog. There was a lot...
View ArticleFish Curry in Ginger and Coconut Milk Sauce, Quick fish curry
Fish is something we do at home often. This is an easy every day fish curry that can be made in minutes and its perfect for the weekdays where time is a crunch. Its getting hot and very humid these...
View ArticleSpicy Chettinad Prawn Masala / Chettinad Eral Masala
I don’t do much of prawn dishes at home as my husband is allergic to shell fish. But I love prawns. This recipe for Chettinad Prawn Masala is my favorite. More than a decade ago, we were on an Air...
View ArticleMeen Manga Curry, Fish Curry in Raw Mango coconut Sauce
This recipe for meen manga curry is a slight variation from the Alleppey Fish Curry that I have shared before. I love mango in curry. The delicious tang that mangoes impart into the sauce makes this...
View ArticleMeen Pollichathu – Fish cooked in banana leaves
Meen Pollichathu – Kerala style Meen Pollichathu cooked in coconut oil covered with banana leaves – vazhayila. Traditionally done with karimeen – pearl spot fish. Anthony Bourdain during his trip to...
View ArticleFisherman’s Fish Curry – Rameswaram Fish Curry
About a decade ago, on a trip to Dhanushkodi, our car got stuck on the beach sand. I drove the car and I bumped it onto a pole and the car slid onto the sand (yeah! I can do things like that). We were...
View ArticlePrawn Ghee Roast Recipe, Prawn Roast
Here is a very easy everyday side dish that can be put together in minutes. This spicy prawn ghee roast goes so well as a side dish for lunch with rice and curry. Here is how to do prawn ghee roast....
View ArticleMangalorean Fish Curry / Mangalore Style Meen Gassi
Recipe for Mangalorean Fish Curry / Mangalore Style Meen Gassi Recipe made with coconut milk. Fish Gassi Recipe. This is a very simple recipe for Mangalore style fish curry. The star ingredient in the...
View ArticleRava Fish Fry, Mangalorean Style Rava Coated Fish Fry
Mangalorean style rava fish fry. Fish coated with home made masala and rava. Traditional fishes used for this fish fry are Bangda (English Mackerel), King fish (surmai, anjal), silver fish etc.. With...
View ArticleEasy Salmon Fish Curry
Things have been pretty busy here for me as we are moving back to India after a good year here, at Hong Kong. This country has been a mixed experience for me personally. With all the packing and...
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