KARIMEEN MAPPAS

INGREDIENTS

1. KARIMEEN(FISH)               - 1 Big
2. CHILLY POWDER                - 1 Tbs
3. TURMERIC POWDER          - 1/4 Tbs
4. PEPPER                                - 1/2 Tbs
4. GINGER & GARLIC PASTE - 1/2 Tbs
5. GREEN CHILLY                    - 4 Nos
6. SALT*
7. COCONUT OIL                     - 4 Tbs
8. COCONUT MILK                  - 4 Tbs
9. CURRY LEAVES                   - 2 springle
10. CORRIANDER LEAVES     - 25 Gm
11. VINEGAR                             - 1 Tbs
12. ONION                                 - 2 Nos
13. TOMATOES                         - 1 Nos
Banana leaves to shield the fish and to fry.
*As per your taste

HOW TO PREPARE

      ★ Wash the fish and clean well, and make steps in it with knife. Now Take half tablespoon chilly powder, pinch of turmeric powder, salt and 1/2 Tbs vinegar and mix all these things well and apply on fish and marinate it for half hour.
       ★ Now boil 2 Tbs of coconut oil in a pan and half fry the fish in this pan. Now take the fish from it and add one spoon coconut oil and and now put the chopped onion, ginger garlic paste, chopped green chilly, half Tbs chilly powder, pinch of turmeric powder, half Tbs vinegar and half Tbs pepper to the pan and sort these well and now add the coconut milk to it and stir well until it becomes a thick gravy type.
          ★ Now put the chopped curry leaves and coriander leaves to it and stir well. And switch off the stove.
           ★Now just give low flame heat to banana leaves. Now put some gravy yo this banana leaves and above that put the fried fish and pour balance gravy above the fish and cover the fish with this gravy, Now close all the parts of fish with banana leaves and tie it. With some thread.
            ★ Now pour the balance one Tbs of coconut oil to the pan and fry the both side of the banana leaf covered fish in a low flame for a 5-10 minutes. And serve hot.
            This dish is a very tasty fish fry. It's a variety method of cooking, apart from fish thandoor this easy and can make in the normal pan and stove it self any kind of fish can be used but for taste preferably KARIMEEN or AVOLLI is used and big fishes are better for mappas. This is not that much spicy fry. A semi gravy format fish fry. Try and Enjoy the dish.

PINEAPPLE PUDDING

INGREDIENTS

1. PINEAPPLE                        - 1 kg
2. SUGAR                               - 1 & 1/2 Cup
3. BREAD                                - 14 Slice
4. MILK                                    - 1 Litre
5. EGG                                     - 3 Nos
6. MILK MAID                         - 200 ML
7. PINEAPPLE ESSENCE      - 1 & 1/4 Tbs
8. CHINA GRASS                   - 20 Gm
9. WHIPPED CREAM             - 200 ML
10. ALMOND                          - 5 Nos
11. CASHEW NUTS               - 15 Nos

HOW TO PREPARE

     ★ Sort the pineapple and 1/2 half cup sugar and boil it either in pressure cooker or in pan no need of adding water, after that grind it well in a grinder and make it like a paste.
     ★ Take some water and soak the China grass in it and after ten minutes double boil it. Add this melted China grass by steps of small amount and beat it well.
     ★ Boil the 1L milk and make it thicker (boil till the milk becomes 3/4th of the 1L) add the 3 eggs to it and stir well in low flame (add 1/4 cup sugar in the starting of boiling itself). Now remain this to cool and mix the whipped cream, milk maid and pineapple essence to it and beat it well. This is milky fluid.
    ★ Make a sugar solution by boiling the balance 3/4 cup of sugar with water and Now take the bread slices and remove the brown sides and dip it in the sugar solution and squeeze and remove the solution from the bread.
     ★ Pour the milky fluid to a plain deep plate. Now set up the breads horizontally above milky layer and again pour the milky fluid above the bread and above that pour the primarily cooked pineapple paste above it and above this set up the bread layer again and pour the milky fluid above it.
      ★ For garnishing fry some cashew nuts and crush it and spread over the pudding, add some almond and a little pineapple paste above it in an uneven way.

       The yummy pineapple pudding is now ready. It is good for health and we can use as a dessert after heavy meal and kids also like this it can be have in the hot climate and all its very tasty and easy to make. Every one should try this. The ingredients are easily available in the market and even in a grocery itself.

POMEGRANATE PUDDING

INGREDIENTS
POMEGRANATE            - 4 nos
EGG                                 - 3 nos
VANILLA ESSENCE      - 1 Spoon
BREAD                            - 10 Piece
SUGAR                            - 1 Cup
MILK MAID                     - 250 ml
CHINA GRASS               - 30 Gram
MILK                                - 1L

PREPARATION METHOD
STEP 1
★ Remove the Pomegranate skin and add half cup of sugar to it.
★ Boil Pomegranate and sugar for 10 minutes and separate the seeds of Pomegranate by using a juice filter, and keep the cooked Pomegranate fluid aside. ★ Double boil the China grass and add to the Pomegranate fluid and a keep aside. 
STEP 2
★ Boil the full milk and make it cream or thicker,(add quarter cup of sugar and 3 eggs beated) to it and boil in a low flame until it gets thicker form. Now leave it for cooling.
★ After cooling add milk maid and vanilla essence and beat it well.
STEP 3
★ Add balance quarter cup of sugar to water and boil for some times until the sugar gets dissolved.
★ Now cut the brown sides of bread.
★ Dip the bread in the sugar fluid and remove the water content by pressing it with hands.
STEP 4
★ Pour the fluid made in step one (Pomegranate fluid) into a plane plate or bowl of height minimum 2 inches.
★ Above the Pomegranate (step 1 fluid) layer Pour the fluid made in step 2 and arrange the breads one by one vertically above the fluid and above that pout the fluid again over it.
★ For garnishing put some grated  fried cashew and some Pomegranate pieces above the pudding.
★ Keep in freezer for three hours and serve cooled.
   This Pomegranate pudding is very easy to make and which can be used as a dessert after any type of foods which is very yummy and tasty pudding. All the ingredients used is easily available in market and is not that much expensive and no need of a microwave oven and all. Children's obviously like this kind of puddings, try this instead of buying ice creams and puddings out from the shops. This is home made and any one can make it easily. This is of Kerala style, Enjoy the dish.