AIKANTHIKA

Cuisine: Kerala state of India Ingredients: Prawns (cleaned and de-veined) - 500g Red chili flakes - 3 teaspoons Turmeric powder - 1/2 teaspoon Black pepper powder - 1 teaspoon Salt - as reqiured Oil - 4 tablespoons Ginger julienne - 1 teaspoon Green chili (chopped) - 3 Garlic cloves (peeled) - 15 Coconut milk - 1 cup Curry leaves (chopped) - 2 teaspoons Method: Take the prawns into a bowl and add 2 teaspoons of red chili flakes, turmeric powder, 1/2 teaspoon of black pepper

Cuisine: Kerala state of India Ingredients: Brown rice - 2 cups Ripe Bananas (peeled and chopped) - 2 small Jaggery (Joni bella) - 4 tablespoons Cardamom - 1 Cumin seeds - 1/4 teaspoon Dry ginger powder - 1/4 teaspoon Fresh coconut (chopped into tiny pieces) - 3 tablespoons Black sesame seeds - 1 teaspoon Salt - a pinch Coconut oil - 1 tablespoon + for frying Method: Wash and soak the brown rice in water for 5 hours. After soaking, drain out all the water from the rice. Add r

Cuisine: Kerala state of India Ingredients: Eggs (boiled) – 4 Oil – 3 tablespoons Mustard seeds – ¼ teaspoon Curry leaves – 2 sprigs Onion – 2 (chopped) Green chilli – 3 (slit) Salt – as required Ginger garlic paste – 2 teaspoons Turmeric powder – ¼ teaspoon Kashmiri red chilli powder – 2 tablespoons Pepper powder – 1 teaspoon Garam masala – ¼ teaspoon Coriander seed powder – 2 teaspoons Tomato – 1 (Chopped) Coconut milk (1st milk) – 2 cups Coconut milk (2nd milk) – 1 ¼ cups

Cuisine: Kerala state of India Ingredients: Fish slices – ½ kg Whole black pepper – 2 teaspoons Dry red chillies – 4 Salt – as required Oil – for shallow frying Method: In a mixer, coarsely grind black pepper and dry red chilies together. Marinate the fish pieces with salt and the ground spice powder for 1 hour. In a tawa/skillet, heat 2 tablespoons of oil. Drop 2-3 marinated fish pieces into the hot oil. After they turn slightly brown, flip to the other side and fry. Once th