Potato fry

Ingredients

Potato - 3 skin peeled and diced
Onion - one big
Ginger garlic - 1Tsp
Coriander powder - 1Tbsp
Red chilly - 3
Amchur powder - 1/2 Tsp
(If no amchur powder use chat masala)
Turmeric powder
Red chilli powder
Oil
Mustard
Jeera
Curry leaves

Method

Heat the oil in kadai and splutter the mustard and Jeera. Add the curry leaves and red chilly when the mustard is spluttering. Now add the onions and then saute it for sometime. Then add the ginger garlic paste and saute it till the raw smell is gone. Add the coriander powder, turmeric powder, salt and little of the red chilly powder. Saute it well and cook it covered in low flame. Add the amchur powder and cook it for some more time. Keep checking now and then. when the potatoes are cooked. Stir it well in high flame and garnish with fresh coriander leaves. This tastes even better when you add fresh methi leaves when adding the amchur powder.

Meen Kuzhambu (Fish curry)

Ingredients

Fish - 1KG
Onion - 1 Big red onion or Shallots - 15
Tomato - 1big sized
G.Chillies - 4thai chillies
Curry leaf - around 20 leaves or more
Coriander -  11/2 Tbsp
Garlic - 5 or 6 cloves
Tamarind juice - 1/3 cup or per taste
Coconut milk - 1/4 cup
Cumin seeds - 1tsp
Fennel seeds - 1tsp
Mustard seeds - 1tsp
Peppercorns - 1/2 tsp
Gingelly oil(preferred)

For marination
Red Chilli powder - 2Tbsp
Pepper - 1tsp
Jeera - 1/2 tsp
Salt - as per taste
Lemon juice- 11/2 Tbsp

Method

Marinate the fish with the items listed and leave it for an hour. Cut the onions length wise. Heat the kadai and add oil liberally. Splutter mustard, fennel seed, peppercorns and cumin seed. Add curry leaves and saute it. Now add the onions and fry it till it is brown. Now add garlic, green chillies and the coriander powder. Saute till the onions are well cooked. Now add the finely chopped tomatoes and cook it till oil seperates. The secret of making good meen kuzhambu is good amount of sauting and cooking the onion and tomato very well. When the tomatoes are also cooked well add the tamarind water and let the tomatoes and onions cook well. Keep sauting now and then. When this is cooked add the coconut milk and cook it for some more time. Check for salt and chilli powder and add it as required. Also remember we used chilli powder for the marination. Add the marinated fish and cover the lid and cook it in low flame. Cook till the fish is well cooked. The oil should seprate when the fish is cooked.