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Malabar cuisine, Savouries/Starters/Appetizers

Turkey Pathiri/ Turkish Pathil

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Presenting to you another traditional Malabar snack- Turkey pathiri or Turkish Pathil.Why did the Malabaris name it Turkey pathiri- is it the bird Turkey or the country Turkey been referred to? Some folks call it Kumbala Pathil resembling wintermelon. This delicacy is stuffed fried puris within another stuffed fried puri. You can make as many layers as you want, if you have the patience to make it. Some recipes have a whole boiled egg within the innermost fried puri.I have the recipe for two layered Turkish pathiri with beef filling in the inner puri and chicken filling in the outer puri.

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Preparation time 45 minutes
Cooking time 20 minutes
Serves 4

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Filling/Topping/Stuffing

Beef Carrot Filling

A Tantilizing filling with beef and carrot for your bread or stuffed bun recipe

 

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Ingredients

Cooked and shredded beef – 2 cups

Grated carrot -1/2 cup

Green chillies chopped – 2 nos

Garlic crushed – 4 nos

Ginger crushed – 1 piece

White onions chopped- 2 small ones

Meat masala – 2 tsp

Garam masala powder 1 tsp

Black pepper powder 1 tsp

Canola oil – 3 tsp

Salt – As reqd

Cilantro/Curry leaves as reqd

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Seafood Items

Prawn/Shrimp/Chemeen/Konchu Roast

The flavour of this Konchu/Chemeen masala will make you crave for more and more , especially when you combine it with Tapioca/Kappa Tarts.

 

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Ingredients

Prawns/Shrimps  2lb

Turmeric powder   1/2  tsp

Onion sliced    2 No

Ginger crushed   1 tsp

Garlic crushed   1 tsp

Green chillies chopped   2 No

Coriander leaves/Cilantro chopped  1 Tbsp

Tomato paste   3 tsp

Coriander powder   1/2 tsp

Kashmiri chilly powder   2 tsp

Pepper powder   1/2 tsp

Garam masala    1/2 tsp

Canola oil  as needed

Lemon Juice   2 tsp

Curry leaves (optional)

Salt  to taste

Sugar   a pinch

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Seafood Items

Fish Molly

I have always wondered why the name ‘Molly”, perhaps the name of the inventor. A Molly aunty from Kottayam or Pathanamthitta would have  made this dish for the first time.Vellappam and fish molly are a great combination.

 

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Ingredients

For Gravy

1. Onion thinly sliced – 2 No
2. Curry leaves – 2 sprigs
3. Ginger crushed– 1 Tbsp
4. Garlic crushed- 1 Tbsp
5. Green chilli slit– 3
6. Shallots chopped – 5 No
7. Tomato chopped – 2 No
8. Garam masala -1/2 tsp
9. Turmeric – 1/2tsp
10.Coconut thin & thick milk 1 cup each
11 Salt to taste
12.oil as required

For Marination

Fish(Pomfret/King fish/Red Snapper) 2lb
Paprika – 1 teaspoon
Turmeric powder – 1/2 teaspoon
Lemon juice – 1/2 teaspoon
Salt

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