Fish ball mushroom soup.
First make the stock.
Simmer a handful of soaked and rinsed ikan bilis/anchovies.
Drain and pour back stock in the pot.
Add 10 crushed garlic.
Season with salt and pepper. Simmer.

Add fish balls and oyster mushrooms.
Simmer to cook.
Drizzle a little sesame oil inside. Garnish with sliced spring onion and soup leaf.
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Mutton bone marrow masala. To make:
pressure cook 12 bones with
1 tbsp ginger paste,
1 tbsp garlic paste,
1 tsp turmeric powder and
some water.
Cool down and keep aside.

For the curry paste:
mix 1 tbsp plain chilli powder,
1 tbsp meat curry powder,
1/2 tsp fennel powder,
1 tsp cumin powder,
1/2 tbsp coriander powder and
1 tsp pepper powder with some water.

Fry paste till aromatic with spices (cinnamon, star anise, cloves and cardamom) and
2 bay leaves in 1/4 cup of oil.

Add mutton,
1 chopped tomato and salt.
Stir and simmer.
Off the heat, combine in sliced coriander leaves and set aside for 1 hour to soak mutton in the gravy before serving.

Note: adjust spiciness as per taste.
More water for more gravy.
After cooking, gently ladle out the oil floating on top of gravy.
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Bayam/spinach coconut milk.
To make -
Add one bunch bayam/spinach (remove roots and sliced to one or 1/2 inch length),
5 garlic (remove skin),
5 shallots (remove skin and slice),
1 tsp turmeric powder/kunyit and some water in a pan.

Simmer to soften.
Lightly mash (see pic).
Pour 1/2 cup coconut milk and some salt.
Stir and remove the pan from heat.
In another pan, heat 1 1/2 tbsp ghee (or can use butter).
Quickly temper 2 bay leaves (tear into pieces) and 1 tsp halba/fenugreek seeds.

Tip into bayam mixture and stir.
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Easy Vegetarian Tauhu sambal.
To make:
Heat 2 tbsp of oil.
Sauté 1 sliced tomato,
5 smashed shallots and
I sliced green chilli.
Pour in 2 tbsp chilli sauce. Season with salt.

Add 2 sliced tauhu.
Gently stir to cook.
Off the heat and combine in some sliced spring onion.
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Fried sura meen/baby shark. Marinate fish pieces with turmeric powder, plain chilli powder and salt. Deep fry.
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Tandoori Style Fried Chicken.
1/4 kg chicken, cut to bite sizes. Marinate with 3/4 tbsp yogurt,
1/2 tbsp plain chilli powder,
1/2 tsp cumin powder,
1/2 tsp coriander powder,
1 tsp honey,
1 tsp ginger paste,
1 tsp garlic paste and
salt,
for at least an hour.

Thereafter fry till crispy on the outside and tender inside.

Pair with raw pineapple tomato salad (ingredients as needed). Sliced pineapple,
tomato,
red onion,
green chilli,
red chilli, lime juice,
sugar
and salt.

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Vegetarian potato fried rice. So quick, so tasty and one complete meal. Let's make:

Slice 3 medium size potatoes to tiny pieces, heat enough oil and fry till crispy. Remove and keep aside.

Leave about 3 tbsp of the same oil in the same wok.
Fry 4 thinly sliced shallots with 1 tbsp dried chilli paste (grounded/blended dried chillies).
Stir and cook till oil splits.

Add 4 cups of rice, some sweet soy sauce/kicap manis (see pic) and stir in.
Add 1/4 thinly sliced cabbage, some sliced spring onion, the fried potatoes and salt.
Stir all in and dish out.

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Steam chicken with ginger slices and salt.
Open the lid, add cabbage and switch off the heat.
Drizzle sesame oil and garnish with spring onion.

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Takkali/tomato thokku/chutney. To make:
dry fry 1/2 tsp mustard seeds
1/2 tsp fenugreek seeds
3 sprigs curry leaves.
Then powder up.
Keep aside.

Add 3 chopped tomatoes with 1 tbsp plain chili powder and 1 tsp turmeric powder.
Stir over heat.
Add water, palm sugar, tamarind/asam juice and salt(all as needed).

Simmer to a mushy texture. Add curry leaf powder, pour 1 tbsp gingerly oil, stir and dish out.

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Snake gourd kootu (cooked with peas).
To make:
cut one gourd, remove seeds and slice.
Add with 1 sliced tomato
1/3 cup green peas without skin (soaked for 10 mins)
4 sliced shallots
1/2 inch sliced ginger
4 sliced garlic
1 tsp turmeric powder
salt and enough water.

Simmer till soft and tender. Temper/fry 5 sliced shallots
1 tsp fennel seeds and
2 sprigs sliced coriander leaves in 1 1/2 tbsp ghee or oil.

Combine into gourd mixture.
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Easiest #sardinevaruval aka #sardinedrystyle
#homefood #homecooking
Of course. All about easy, fast and jiffy.
Have a look at these visuals and figure out how to cook this #sardinedish
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Eurasian Pineapple Salted Fish Curry.
This curry embodies a delightful revelation of flavors, blending the elements of saltiness, sweetness, and sourness into a harmonious symphony. Its bold and distinct taste profile will surely awaken your palate, especially if you appreciate big, bold flavors. So, if you're ready to embark on a culinary adventure that expands your horizons, join me in preparing this Eurasian Pineapple Salted Fish Curry.
Recipe: nava-k.com

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Chana dal thogayal/chutney. Method: soak dal (1/2 hour) & drain off water.
Fry in oil and keep aside.
In the same pan, leave abt 1 tbsp oil.

Fry curry leaves, chilli & cumin seeds.
Add back dal inside, stir and remove frm heat.

Pulse/blend in blender with yogurt, milk and salt till creamy and smooth.
Ingredients as needed.
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Curry leaves chutney.
To make:
Dry fry curry leaves (1 small bunch) and few dried red chillies (2 to 3 mins).
Add in blender, pour 1 tbsp gingerly oil, 1 tbsp yogurt, 1/4 cup milk and salt.
Pulse/blend till smooth.

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