Celery Thoran

Ingredients

Celery chopped: 2 cups

Onion: 1 small

Grated Coconut: ¼ cup

Green Chilli: 2

Garlic cloves: 2

Turmeric powder: ¼ tsp

Salt: needed

Mustard seeds: ½ tsp

Oil: 3tbsp

Method Of Preparation

Grind coconut, green chilli and garlic cloves to smooth paste. Keep this aside.

Heat oil in a pan and splutter mustard seeds (I forgot this step seasoned with spluttered mustard seeds after done), then add chopped onion, when onion turns transparent add turmeric powder, celery chopped and salt. Close with a lid and lower the flame.

When the celery becomes soft/gets cooked add the grinded coconut mix and stir and switch off the flame.

Serve hot with rice.

Broccoli Masala

Ingredients

Broccoli: 1

Green Chilli: 3

Capsicum: 1

Tomato: 2 small

Onion: 2

Garlic: 4-5 cloves

Ginger: 1” piece

Curry leaves: as needed

Oil: 3-4tbsp        

Garam Masala: ½ tsp

Coriander Powder: 1tbsp

Chilli powder: 1tsp

Turmeric powder: ½ tsp

Salt: needed

Coriander leaves chopped: needed

Method Of Preparation

Heat oil in a pan and add finely chopped onions to it. When it turns transparent add crushed ginger and garlic to it.

Sauté for half a minute and add finely chopped tomatoes.

When tomatoes get cooked add green chilli, curry leaves, garam masala, coriander powder, chilli powder and turmeric powder to it. Sauté for another half minute and add broccoli florets, salt and chopped capsicum to it.

Stir and close with a lid. Lower the flame. Stir in between. Add chopped coriander leaves Switch off the flame when the broccoli gets cooked. It may take approximately 10-15 minutes. Add chopped coriander leaves

Serve hot with Chappathi

Natholi Fillets

Ingredients

Natholi: 500gms (Big Ones)

Turmeric powder: ¼ tsp

Chilli Powder: ¾ tsp

Salt: needed

Maida/ Atta thin batter

Maida/Atta: 2tbsp

Water: ¼ cup+3tbsp

Pepper Powder: ¾ tsp

Salt: needed  

Bread Crumbs: needed

Oil: for frying

Method Of Preparation

Take out the bones from the fish and split one Natholi into two pieces.

Marinate Natholi with turmeric powder, chilli Powder and salt.

Keep aside for atleast 30 minutes.

Maida Batter

Add maida in a plate or bowl.

Add water, salt and pepper powder to it.

Mix well with hand.

In another bowl take bread crumbs

Heat oil in a pan.

Take each Natholi Pieces, dip first in maida batter and then roll in bread crumbs and deep fry each pieces till both sides become golden brown color.

Natholi Curry

Ingredients

Natholi: 500gms

Onion: 2

Tomato: 2big

Tamarind 1 lemon sized

Turmeric powder: 1tsp

Green chilli crushed: 6-8( spicy ones)

Jeera Powder: 1tsp

Coriander powder: 1tsp

Coriander leaves: ½ bunch

Salt: needed

Oil: ¼ cup

Method Of Preparation

Clean, wash and drain the fish and keep aside.

Finely grate or chop the onion and tomatoes.

Heat oil in a pan and add fimely chopped onions.

When it turns slightly red color add the tomatoes to it. Let the tomato get cooked and oil separate from it.

Then add the turmeric powder, jeera powder, salt, coriander powder and crushed green chilli.

Add water and when water boils add the fish and tamarind as it is to it.

Switch off the flame when fish gets cooked.

Add chopped coriander leaves to it.

Serve hot with rice.