Andhra style chicken gravy (kodi kura)

Ingredients

Chicken ½ kg

For marination

Ginger garlic paste 1 tsp

Vinegar 1 tbsp

Curd 2 tbsp

Turmeric powder 1 tsp

Marinate chicken pieces with salt and above ingredients for ½ hour

To grind

Pepper corns ½ tbsp

Fennel seeds 1 tbsp

Dry red chilli 6

Cumin 1 tsp

Cinnamon 1 inch

Cloves 6

Poppy seeds 1 tbsp

Dry roast and grind the above ingredients to powder

For gravy

Onion 1

Ginger chopped 1 tsp

Garlic 1 tsp

Tomato puree 1 cup

Salt and oil as required

Preparation

1.      In a pan add oil, onion,curry leaf and ginger garlic paste. Saute well

2.      Add tomato puree and ground powder. Toss well

3.      Add chicken, salt and saute till water oozes out of it dries

4.      Add a cup of water and allow to cook till chicken is done

Serve with rotis or pulao

Spicy sardine curry

Ingredients

Sardines 500 gms

Chilli powder 2 tsp

Fennel powder 1 tsp

Turmeric powder ½ tsp

Tamarind extract 1 cup

Fenugreek seeds ½ tsp

Curry leaf 2 sprigs

Salt and oil as required

To grind

Small onion 15

Garlic 10

Ginger 1 inch

Curry leaf 2 sprigs

Grind to a fine paste

Preparation

1.      In a pan add  oil, fenugreek seeds and ground paste. Saute well

2.      Add chilli powder, fennel powder, turmeric powder and salt. Saute till oil oozes out

3.      Add 1 cup water ,curry leaf and tamarind extract

4.      Once it starts boiling add fish pieces

5.      Allow it to cook till fish is done

Serve with rice

Squid sambal (Malaysian sambal)

Ingredients

Squid 400 gms

Onion 1

Tomato 1

Dry red chilli paste 2 tbsp (soak 15-20 dry red chilli in hot water for 10 minutes. Drain water and remove the seeds. Grind to smooth paste)

Tamarind paste 1 tbsp

Salt and oil as required

Preparation

1.      Grind onion and tomato coarsely

2.      In a pan add oil, ground paste and salt. Saute well

3.      Add chilli paste and saute well

4.      Cook till oil oozes out

5.      Add squid and sauté well

6.      Allow it to cook

7.      Once the water dries up add tamarind paste and allow it to boil once

Serve with rice

Goes well with rotis too