Heat 2 tbsp coconut oil in a pan, splutter methi seeds, saute juliennes of ginger, garlic and chopped chilli. Cook it till all the ingredients are mashed up. Remove from the fire.  Serve hot with rice.Charu curry (Seasonal vegetable curry)Ingredients     Pearlspot fish - 500 gmsGinger - 15 gmsGarlic - 15 gmsFenugreek seeds - 1 tspSliced onions - 1 cupGreen chilli - 3-4 nosTurmeric powder - 11/2 tspChilli powder - 2 tspCoconut oil - 3 tbspMustard seeds - 1/2 tspRaw mango - 25 gmsCoconut milk - 1/2 cupMalabar tamarind - 2 pcRed chilli broken - 2 nosCurry leaves aquarium heater Manufacturers - 1 sprigShallots chopped - 1tspSalt - To taste Method Clean, wash and drain the pearlspot fish. The deliciousdish later went on to become a upper caste privilege.Fry well and add to the curry.Pidiyum irachiyum’ literally means chicken with rice dumplings. Tempering Heat one tbsp oil in a pan, splutter mustard seeds, add chopped shallots, curry leaves and broken red chillies.IngredientsFor meat curryBeef - 1 kgGinger - 50 gmsGarlic - 50 gmsShallots - 100 gmsOnion - 150 gmsTomato - 150 gmsGreen chillies - 4-5 nosCurry leaves - 2 sprigsMustard - 1 tspTurmeric powder - 1 tspRed chilli powder - 3 tspCoriander powder - 3 tspGaram masala powder - 1. Pidi (dumpling) can be served separately with meat dish or can be cooked together with the curry. It is one of the traditional dishes of Syrian Christian community in Kerala.5 tspGrated coconut - 1cupFennel seeds - 1/2 tspCoconut milk - 1 cupCoconut oil - 1/2 cupSalt - To tasteTemperingCoconut oil - 1 tbspChopped shallots - 1tbspCurry leaves - 1 sprigWhole red chilli broken - 2 nosMethodClean, wash and cut the beef into medium pieces. Add salt, cover with a banana leaf and simmer in a low flame till the fish is cooked, add coconut milk, mix lightly and remove from fire. Add this paste to the curry and simmer, add beaten curd, mix well, heat it and remove from fire.Tempering Heat one tsp oil in pan. Add salt and mix it with hot water to make a soft dough.Pidiyum irachiyum (Rice dumplings and meat dish)Ingredients For Pidi Roasted rice flour - 1 cupCumin - 1/4 tspGrated coconut - 1/4 cupShallots - 4-5 nosSalt - To tasteHot water - 1 cupMethodGrind coarsely the shallots and cumin together. Close the pot and keep for a while.Heat one tsp of oil in a pan and roast the coconut with fennel until it turns light golden in colour.

Tempering Heat oil, add curry leaves, red chilli and shallots, fry well and add to the curry. Steam it in an idli steamer and keep aside. Mix it with rice flour and grated coconut. Add mustard seeds, curry leaves, chopped shallots and red chillies. The migrated community introduced the dish to Central and Northern Kerala in a variety of tastes. Serve hot with rice. The local people treated them with the Hindu community delicacies kozhukkatta (rice dumplings). Its origin dates back to 4th century, where a group of Christians under the leadership of Thomas of Knanay (Knanayi Thomman) arrived at Muziris Port. Cook it in a pressure cooker with crushed ginger, garlic, ½ tsp turmeric, 1 tsp chilli powder, curry leaves, salt and sliced onions.Chef Soju Philip, executive chef Ramada Resorts Kochi. Grind the coconut with turmeric, shallots, garlic and cumin into a smooth paste. Remove from fire and grind it and keep aside.Add the cooked rice pidi into the meat curry along with the coconut milk.

They were warmly welcomed by the King of Venad with  72 rights. Add chopped green chillies and sliced shallots, saute till brown in colour. Peel and quarter the jackfruit seeds, cut the drumstick into finger size. A complete meal, it is very popular in Central Travancore and Malabar regions of Kerala. Add the sliced onions and fry well. There are two other dishes — meen thekathiyathu and charu curry —  cooked in the traditional manner and are unfortunately, vanishing as generations progress.Heat oil, splutter mustard, curry leaves.Fry well and add to the curry and cover. As the guests were non-vegetarians, the chieftain asked the hosts to cook some meat dish for them. It is also an offering on auspicious days of Christian religious festivals. Add all dry spices, saute for a while and add chopped tomatoes. Check the seasoning; simmer for a while till the gravy thickens. Add turmeric, chilli powder, soaked Malabar tamarind and mango pieces with a cup of water. Boil all the vegetables with two cups water, salt and turmeric till half done. Saute the remaining chopped ginger and garlic.When I tasted this wonderful dish for the first time at an ancestral Syrian Christian home, the 85-year-old grandma there sporting the traditional attire mundum chattayum (traditional Kerala Christian woman attire of a white dhoti artistically folded in the back and a white long blouse) was more than happy to share with me the story behind the dish. Simmer and add the fish. Serve hot . A compete meal by itself, pidiyum irachiyum  can be served as any meal of the day