We are going to make rice, moru kachiyathu, chena (yam) thoran and fried fish. I have mentioned the preparation required for each dish and how to cook it.
Preparations required for each dish
For chena thoran:
Cut 250 gms chena/yam into small cubes.
Grate 1 cup coconut.
You can keep both these in the fridge overnight.
For fish fry:
Cut and clean the fish, marinate in the paste (recipe follows) and leave in the freezer.
Now let's move on the actual meal.
Here are the items again and the preparation time required.
1. Rice - 7 mins
2. Moru kachiyathu - 7 mins
3. Chena thoran - 10 mins
4. Fish fry - 8 mins
Rice
We use white rice at home, unlike the normal kuthari which is used commonly is Kerala households. Though inferior to the other variety in nutrition, white rice cooks much easier.
Butter Milk - 2 cups
Green Chillies - 3
Ginger - ½" piece
Garlic - 4 cloves
Turmeric - ¼ tsp
Jeera Powder - ½ tsp
Curry Leaves - 1 strand
How I Made It:
Heat oil and crackle some mustard seeds. Make the chillies, ginger and garlic into a coarse paste and fry for 2 minutes in the heated oil. Add curry leaves, turmeric, jeera powder and one red chilly cut into big pieces. Stir for another minute. Then add the butter milk and salt and remove from fire. Please note: heating the butter milk will split it so minimum heat should be used after it is added. The best way is to remove the pan from fire immediately after adding the butter milk.
Tip: If the butter milk is a little too sour for your taste, add some vegetable of your liking, like semi-ripe banana, cucumber or semi-ripe papaya.
Chena - 250gm
Grated coconut - 1 cup
Shallots - 6 nos
Jeera powder - ¼ tsp
Turmeric powder - one pinch
Chilly powder - ½ tsp
Curry leaves - one strand
Salt - to taste
How I Made It:
Boil the chena till soft in a little water and salt. Grind coconut, jeera powder, 2 shallots and turmeric. Heat oil and add mustard seeds and urad dal. Then add the remaining shallots in small pieces, curry leaves, the ground coconut paste and fry a little. Finally add the boiled chena, mix well and stir till the paste has blended.
Fish Fry Recipe is posted already.
Lakshmi
Loved that thali...and a fantastic entry too....
SPICE OF LIFE
Hi,
this is my first time on your blog ..and i almost instantly fell in love with the thaali that u have posted ...Moru Kachiyathu comes to my rescue whenever i am not in a mood to cook or am too tired ...it is my hubby's favorite too ..one of my keralite friends taught me this one .. fried fish ..makes my mouth water 🙂 wish i could be there to taste this thaali ...keep up the good work 🙂
Richa
hey, the meal looks delicious, so appetising 🙂
bee
what a fantastic meal. am adding you to our blogroll.
Mallugirl
We get grated frozen thenga so u can add that to ut note. don't even need to get it ready the previous day. mor and chor is the simplest kerala meal. thanks.
Sharmi
the pic sure makes me hungry. loved the kachiya moru and chena thoran. real express and worth it.
Asha
Mouthwatering recipes and quick too N! Great entry! See you later!:))
Srivalli
Hi...very nice kerala express meals....my first time to your blog and you have a good blog....
Srivalli
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Coffee
Hi there... my first time here.... you have a lovely blog there! and a nice express recipe as well. 🙂
Cinnamon
Delicious thali, with nice recipes 🙂