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Welcome to
Kanyakumari Kitchen ! Here we give you some of the recipes of the famous foods of kanyakumari.
These mouth
watering dishes will take you to the seventh heaven. Note down this
recipe and try it once and i am sure it will become the favorite food of
your family. Take this kanyakumari kitchen to your home.
And now start
to note down this mouthwatering dishes.
These dishes
are presented by Mr. P .Rajkumar from Kanyakumari. He is currently
working in a Five star Hotel as COMMIS II . Thanks To Mr.Rajkumar for
his contribution to our site.
We wish you
a nice cooking :-)
Some of the
dishes we have presented are :
 Meen
Kolambu (Main Course) |
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Coconut
Rice |
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Valakkai
Porial (Vegetable Course) |
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Semiya
Payaasam (Dessert) |
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Avial
(Vegetable Course) |
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Meen
Kolambu (Fish Curry) |
How to
Do ? |
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Ingredients |
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Fish |
800
gm |
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Limejuice |
2 nos |
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Coconut |
225
gm |
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Garlic |
6 pod |
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Ginger |
1
piece |
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Tomato |
450
gm |
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Poppy
seeds (Papali seed) |
6 top |
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Tamarind |
2 top |
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Oil |
1/2
cup |
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Mustard seeds |
1/4
top |
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Onion |
350
gm |
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Curry
Leaves |
few |
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Corriander Powder ( Malli ) |
1
Teaspoon |
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Chilli powder |
2
Teaspoon |
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Cumin
Seeds ( seeraham) |
3/4
Teaspoon |
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Fenugreek Seeds ( Venthayam) |
3/4Teaspoon |
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Salt
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To
Taste |
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Wash the fish and marinate with salt and lime juice.
- Put
the grated coconut ,ginger , garlic, tomatoes and poppy seeds in
the blender.
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Soak the tamarind and remove the pulp and keep aside
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Heat the oil and add mustard seeds to it ,when it crackle add the
onions (should be golden brown), add the turmeric, coriander and
chilly powder and stir fry,
- Add
the coconut mixture and saute stirring constantly .Then add
tamarind water ,salt and water. Being to boil and simmer for 3
minutes .slowly put the fish piece and turn the heat to low.
Sprinkle with a mixture of fenugreek and cumin seeds which were
tempered .Cook until the fish is done .Serve hot and it is best
with boiled rice.
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Coconut
rice |
How to
Do ? |
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Ingredients |
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Rice |
1 Kg |
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Coconut |
1 1/2
nos |
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Bengal Gram (Kadaklai Parupu) |
5 gm |
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Red
chillies |
5 gm |
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Mustard seeds |
1
tablespoon |
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Green
chillies |
4 nos |
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cashew nut |
10
nos |
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Oil |
50 ml |
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Salt |
To
taste |
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Water
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2 Lit
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Wash and soak the rice .Add salt and put the soaked rice in the
boiling water.
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Grate coconut
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Heat Oil and fry cashew nut
- Fry
grams and spices
- Mix
all together to the rice ,serve hot.
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Semiya
Payasam |
How to
Do ? |
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Ingredients |
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Vermicelli (semiya) |
55 gm
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Milk |
250
gm |
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Fat |
30 gm |
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Sugar |
55 gm |
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Saffron (Kunguma Poo) |
A
Pinch |
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Sultanas (Kismis) |
30 gm |
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Cashew nut (Munthiri) |
30 gm |
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Cardamom (Yelakai) |
Few |
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Heat fat and fry vermicelli
- Add
milk and being boil quickly
- add
sugar and remove from fire
- Fry
cashew nut and sultanas and add to the payasam with crushed
cardamom
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serve hot or cold
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Avial |
How to
Do ? |
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Ingredients |
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Drumstick |
225
gm |
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Potatoes |
115
gm |
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Yam (
Senai Kilangu) |
115
gm |
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Raw
banana |
115
gm |
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Beans |
115
gm |
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Carrot |
115
gm |
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Coconut |
1/2 |
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coconut oil |
50 ml |
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Green
chillies |
5 gm |
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Turmeric |
A
Pinch |
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Cumin
(Jeeragam) |
A
Pinch |
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Curd |
115
gm |
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Curry
Leaves |
Few |
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Salt |
To
Taste |
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Wash and peel vegetables and cut them into long pieces
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Grind together coconut ,gr.chillies and cumin to a fine paste
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Beat the curd well
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Boil vegetables in sufficient water with turmeric and salt
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ground ingredient , beaten curds and curry leaves bring to boil
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Pour fresh coconut oil and remove from fire .Serve hot.
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Valakkai
Porial |
How to
Do ? |
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Ingredients |
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Raw
Banana |
250
gm |
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Coconut |
1/2
no |
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Green
Chillies |
3 nos |
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Turmeric |
A
aspinch |
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Curry
Leaves |
Few |
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Urad
Dal (Uluntham Parupu) |
1/2
top |
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Channa Dal (Kadalai Parupu) |
1/2
top |
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Onion |
2 nos |
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Mustard Seeds |
1/2
tablespoon |
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Oil |
2
tablespoon |
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Salt |
To
Taste |
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Peel and cut bananas into cubes
- Add
enough water to it and add salt
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Grate the coconut and keep aside
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Heat oil, when the oil is hot add urad dal, channa dal ,after some
time add mustard seeds and gr.chillies then add curry leaves and
then add grated coconut and salt.
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