INDIAN FISH CURRY

INDIAN FISH CURRY

 Whenever I have some fresh coconut at home,I know I got to make fish curry.Making fish curry is so quick and easy,it does not take much time at all and plus lucky me I got a fish market at walking distance from my home which gives me the best fresh produce.

INGREDIENTS-

250 grams boneless fish pieces

½ cup fresh grated coconut

3 dry red chillies

8 black pepper corns

1 ½ onion

1 tsp turmeric powder

1 tsp cumin powder

1 tsp coriander powder

1 tbsp fresh ginger garlic paste

½ tsp kashmiri red chilli powder

1 tomato

½ tsp tamarind

Pinch of sugar

3 tbsp chopped fresh coriander

Salt

Coconut Oil

Water for gravy

METHOD-

Marinate the cleaned fish pieces in salt,turmeric,cumin powder,coriander powder,ginger garlic paste and red chilli powder for atleast 30 mins.

Meanwhile,In a blender add the coconut,dry red chillies,peppercorns and ½ onion roughly chopped.

Blend till a smooth paste.

In a pan,heat coconut oil and add 1 finely chopped onion.Saute till it turns a little golden brown.

Then,add the finely chopped tomato and the blended paste.

Sauté till oil seperates from the mix.

Then,add tamarind paste,salt,sugar and water for gravy.

Simmer and then finally add the marinated fish.

Cover and cook for another 10 mins.

Then,add the fresh chopped coriander.

The curry will be thick in consistency.

ORANGE AND COCONUT CUPCAKES

ORANGE AND COCONUT CUPCAKES

I was bored of baking the usual cupcakes so this time I thought of making some orange flavoured cupcakes with dessicated coconut on top.I did not have any whipped cream in hand so I made a little syrup of orange juice which gave the cupcakes a nice tang.

INGREDIENTS-(makes 14)

1 ½ cup refined flour

1 ½ tsp baking powder

½ tsp baking soda

Pinch of salt

½ cup castor sugar

1/3^rd  cup melted butter

1 large egg

3/4^th cup fresh orange juice

1tsp orange essence

Grated zest of 1 orange

TOPPING-

1 cup orange juice

1tbsp castor sugar

1tsp lemon juice

2 ½ tsp cornflour

1 cup dessicated coconut

METHOD-

Preheat the oven to 180 C.

Prepare the cupcake moulds.

Sieve all the dry ingredients excluding the sugar i.e the flour,baking powder,baking soda,salt.

Then,whisk with a beater the egg and sugar.

When fluffy add the other ingredients i.e melted cooled butter,orange juice,orange essence as well as the zest of an orange.

Mix well.

Then,add the dry ingredients in the wet orange mix.

Fold in till the batter is mixed thoroughly and free of any lumps.

Bake for 10-15 min or remove when a skewer inserted comes out clean without any wet batter.

Remove from mould and let cool.

FOR THE TOPPING-

In a pan,add the 3/4^th cup of orange juice,sugar,lemon juice and heat it.

Meanwhile,mix cornflour with the remaining orange juice and add it to the pan.

Keep stirring till the mix thickens to a syrup consistency(it should coat the back of a spoon).

Remove from heat and cool.

ASSEMBLING-

Take the cooled cupcakes and cover the top with the orange syrup and dip the tops in dessicated coconut.

EGGLESS CHOCOLATE BALLS

 EGGLESS CHOCOLATE BALLS

Chocolate balls are absolutely delicious but to make an eggless version for my vegetarian friend felt like an impossible thing to do for me.So I experimented in my kitchen a little and came up with this amazing recipe that makes the best chocolate balls ever and it dosen’t require much ingredients and is easy to do as well and is ready in no time.

INGREDIENTS-(makes minimum 13 balls)

·       1 bourbon buiscuit packet

·     200 grms dark chocolate

·     220 ml cream

·     1 cup desiccated coconut

METHOD-

·     Crush or process the buiscuits in a processor finely

·     Melt the chocolate with cream on a double boiler.

·     Mix till smooth.

·     Now add the melted chocolate in the crushed buiscuit and mix well.

·     Let the mixture cool down a little till balls can be formed.

·     Make balls and you can roll them in desiccated coconut till the balls are evenly coated.

·     NOTE- It dosent require to be refrigerated but if your making it ahead a day or so.Then you can refrigerate it and keep it 2 hours at room temperature before serving.These chocolate balls keep good for etleast a week.