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Fish Pickle

Ingredients Fish - 2 1/2 kg Pepper powder - 1 tsp Turmeric powder - 1 tsp Salt - 1 tsp Oil - 1 1/2 tsp Mustard seeds - 1 tbsp Sliced ginger - 1 tbsp Chopped onions - 1 cup Green Chillies- 10Nos Garlic pods - 2 tbsp Water - 3 cups Vinegar - 1/2 cup Sugar - 1 tsp Salt - As reqd For grinding: Chilly powder - 1/2 cup Garlic pods - 6 nos Sliced ginger - 1/2 cup Mustard seeds - 1 tsp Fenugreek(Uluva) - 1/2 tsp Vinegar - 1/2 cup Preparation Method 1)Cut the fish into small pieces. Wash and clean them. 2)Smear the pieces with a paste of pepper, turmeric and salt. Keep in the sun for a little while. 3)Fry them in oil and drain. 4)Grind together the chilly powder, garlic, ginger, mustard and fenugreek along with vinegar to a fine paste. 5)Heat the oil in which fish had been fried. 6)Fry mustard seeds, onion, ginger, Green Chillies and garlic one by one. 7)Add the ground paste and sau...

Kerala fish curry for dummies

Malayali curries of Kerala typically contain shredded coconut paste or coconut milk, curry leaves, and various spices. Mustard seeds are used in almost every dish, along with onions, curry leaves, sliced red chillies fried in hot oil. Most of the non-vegetarian dishes are very delicious and are served with rice.  

Homemade Grape Wine – within 3 days!

This is a homemade way of making grape wine that's cheap and easy within 3 days Ingredients Dark Black Grapes – 1kg Sugar – 750gm Water – 2 1/2 Bottles Yeast – 1tsp Lemon Juice – 2tsp Preperation 1. Cook well grapes for few minutes along with water and sugar 2. Allow it to cool, then crush nicely and strain liquid through cheesecloth into a large bowl 3. Place the grapes extract in a ceramic jar and add lemon juice and yeast – mix well 4. stirring daily for the first 3 days using a wooden spoon for color: Take  3 Cup of sugar – place on fire & go on stirring till the sugar melts & becomes dark brown/black in colour - but do not allow it to burn – now add about 1 cup water. Of hot water to this syrup little @ a time & mix well, add this syrup to the wine & mix well Now Bottle after the wine has cleared and fermentation has ceased