Fish Curry | Kerala

Method  -
1 cup finely chopped onion
4 pods garlic skinned and chopped fine
 2 " ginger chopped
 a few curry leaves
 3 tbspn tamarind pulp or 4 to 5 cocums
5 to 6 fish pieces ( any type of fish)
 Heat 1 dessertspn oil in a kadai
 Add chopped onion chopped garlic + chopped ginger and curry leaves
 Fry all the ingredients on a medium fire till it becomes dark brown in color
Add  2 to3 tbspn red chillipowder ( preferably byadgi or kashmiri chillipowder  according to ur spice tolerance)
Mix well
 Add tamarind pulp or cocum
Stir well
Add 1/2 cup water and simmer for a while
Add the fish pieces after washing 4 to 5 times till the smell goes )
 Add salt to taste and keep on fire for a while till fish is done
 Relish with rice 

Puran Poli | Konkani Ubbati

Method -
Filling of the Puran poli -
1 cup Chana dhal soak in water for 4 to5 hours
Wash and drain from water
Cook it in the cooker adding little water(with 1or 2 whistles)
Keep on the low fire and stir till water evaporates
 Add 1 1/2 cups jaggory powder
 stir continuosly till it becomes dry
 Remove from gas and grind this in to smooth paste
 Add cardomom powder
 mix well
Outer covering -
 2 cups maida+1/2 cup wheat flour)
Add sufficient water + 1 tspn turmeric powder and  knead well to a dough like  chapati dough is made
Make small balls .
spread it in to small puri
 Fill this with  the small ball of  sweet chana dhal paste(filling)
 Fold the outer covering of the puri tightly on all sides
 Slightly flatten this and spread it like chapati with chapati rolling pin
 Heat the tava and fry this on both sides . when done relish with spreading ghee over it!

Stuffed Bitter Gourd - Karela

 Method -
3 karelas( or 4-5 small karelas
Scrape the rough edges  from  the karelas
Slit from outside
Remove the seeds and wash the karelas 
Apply salt all over the karelas on both sides
Keep for 2 hours .
Squeeze the karelas to remove the bitter water

For filling-
Heat  2 tabspn oil in a kadai
Add  1/2 cup of chopped onion
Fry for a while till it becomes light brown
Add 1 chopped tomato
Stir till it becomes mushy
Add 1 tspn coriander powder + 1/2 tspn cumin powder + 1 tspn turmeric powder +2 tspn chillipowder
1tspn garam masala powder + salt to taste little sugar ( optional)
1 fistful of  chopped coriander leaves
Stir all the ingredients together for a few seconds
Add 2 tbspn water -
When it is boiling add 1 or 2 tbspn besan
Sstir well 
When this becomes a thick paste remove from fire
Mix well .
Stuff into the slit of the karela and tie with a thread .
Spread a silver  foil on a baking   tray
Apply 2 tbspn  oil on the foil
Keep the stuffed karelas in the tray and bake it in oven at 250 degrees
After some time lower the temperature (just as baked capsicum is baked )
Turn  the karelas so both sides get cooked evenly
When it turns brownish color and is cooked remove from the oven and relish .
Very yummy! After it is completely done it doesnt taste bitter !