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Here is a blog that contain our traditional foods recipes. If you are a keralite u will surely like the taste of this recipes.As for the Cuisine of Kerala, it is midly flavored, gently cooked and has a certain genteel delicacy on the stomach.

The unusual cuisine of Kerala brings to the fore the culinary expertise of the people of Kerala. Producing some of the tastiest foods on earth, the people of Kerala are gourmets with a difference. The cuisine is very hot and spicy and offers several gastronomic opportunities. The food is generally fresh, aromatic and flavoured. Keralites are mostly fish-and-rice eating people.

The land and the food are rich with coconut, though one can't imagine Kerala food without chilies, curry leaf, mustard seed, tamarind and asafoetida.

Just a pinchful of tamarind can substitute tomatoes, but there is no real substitute for curry leaf. Since time immemorial, coconut has been an integral part of the cuisine of Kerala.



Malabar Attirachi Curry

Ingredients:-

Mutton/lamb - 1 kg
Grated coconut - 1 cup
Red chilli powder - 1 tsp(mixed with water to form a paste)
Fresh ginger-garlic paste - 2 tsp
Coriander powder - 3 tsp
Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp
Paprika - 3 tsp
Black pepper powder - 1/2 tsp
Cumin seeds(Jeerakam) - 1 tsp
Fennel seeds(Perinjeerakam) - 1/2 tsp
Cinnamon(Karugapatta) - 2" stick
Bay leaf(Karuga/Vazhana ela) - 1 no
Cloves(Grambu) - 5 nos
Onions(large) - 2 nos
Cashew nut paste - 2 tsp
Tomato(large) - 2 nos
Coconut milk - 1 cup
Salt - As reqd
Oil - 3 tbsp
Curry leaves/coriander leaves

Method:-

Grind together grated coconut, red chilli paste, ginger-garlic paste, coriander, turmeric, paprika, black pepper, cumin, fennel, cinnamon, bay leaf and cloves into a paste.
Heat oil in a cooker.
Fry the onions well.
Add the spice paste, sprinkle a little water and fry well, until the spices are roasted.
Add the mutton/lamb and stir well.
Add the chopped tomatoes and the cashew nut paste.
Add salt and 2 cups of water.
Cook, until the meat is done.
Add the coconut milk and allow it to simmer.
Remove from fire.
Garnish with coriander leaves or curry leaves

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