Kerala sea food is very famous for its taste and short cooking time. It is mainly prepared using coconut oil and in clay pots to give it an extra flavor. Here are a few Kerala sea food recipes.

Ingredients:

Fish (tuna or other big boned fish) - 1kg

grated coconut - 2 cups onion - 1

green chilies - 3 to 4

ginger - small piece

turmeric powder - 1tsp

drum sticks - 2 raw

mango - 1

shallots - few

mustard seeds - little

curry leaves

red chilly (dried) -2 to 3

coconut oil

salt -to taste

Method:

Grind grated coconut, onion, green chilies, ginger, turmeric powder. Do not make it into a paste. In a clay pot add this along with the fish, drumsticks, mango, salt and one and a half glass of water and cook till all the ingredients are cooked well. Don’t forget to keep the vessel closed while cooking. Sauté mustard seeds, curry leaves, shallots and dried chilies. When it turns slightly brown pour this over the cooked fish and vegetables and mix well. Be careful not to break the fish pieces since it is very tender. Garnish it with curry leaves and serve hot.

Some places Tiger Prawns are known as Konju

Ingredients:

red chilies (dried) - 2

black pepper - 2 to 3 tsp

green chilies - 3

cumin seeds - 2 tsp

turmeric powder - ½ tsp

ginger - small piece

garlic - 5 cloves

shrimp - ½ kg

coconut oil - 2 table spoon

curry leaves - little

onion (chopped) - 3

tamarind pulp - ¼ cup

salt - to taste

Method:

Grind the chilies, pepper, cumin, turmeric powder, ginger and garlic. Marinate the shrimp with this paste for 1 hour. In a clay pot sauté curry the chopped onions, green chilies, ginger and salt in coconut oil. Keep this aside. Now shallow fry the marinated shrimp and the above masala and tamarind pulp and little water over it. Allow the water to evaporate completely. Garnish it using curry leaves and red dried chilies and serve hot.

Ingredients:

mall fish - ½ kg

Koddam puli - 2

Coconut grated - 1 ½ cup

Shallots - 5

green chilies - 4

ginger – garlic paste - 2 tsp

salt

turmeric powder - ¼ tsp

coconut oil

mustard seeds - little

curry leaves

Method:

Mash grated coconut, ginger-garlic paste, shallots, chopped green chilies, turmeric powder, koddam puli and salt. In a clay pot sauté mustard and add the above ingredients into it and heat it. Finally add the fish and curry leaves into this and cook well. Garnish it with curry leaves and serve hot.