Re: Our Guest this week - Queer
Just for Queerio, and I shall pretend to cook this, but in truth there will be a Keralite chef flown in to prepare the meal:
Served on a massive banana leaf, the meal will begin with appetizers:
Appetizers
Nenthraka Varuthathu - banana slices seasoned with turmeric water and deep fried
Achappam - flower shaped snack made of rice flour and coconut, black sesame seeds and cumin seeds.
Kidilan Konju Varuthathu - king prawns marinated in a spicy paste of chillies, onions fried and served with shallots
Crispy Vendekka – fried okra tossed with curry leaves, mustard seeds and tangy dried mango
Soup
Muringakah Soup - prepared from drumsticks, potato flavoured with shallots, garlic, ginger and curry leaves with special care.
Main Course and Side Dishes
Meen pappas - fillets of fish stewed with coconut milk and kokum. Mustard seeds and curry leaves add extra flavour.
Kozhikode chicken - chicken curry cooked with yoghurt, tomatoes and curry leaves - finished with a touch of coconut milk.
Moru Kachiathu - sweet mangoes and green bananas cooked in yoghurt with green chillies, ginger and fresh curry leaves and served warm.
Cheera Parippu Curry - fresh spinach and toor dal cooked in a thick garlic sauce, tomatoes and green peppers, flavoured with curry leaves and tempered with mustard seeds.
Avial - expertly spiced dish of seasonal vegetables, yoghurt and coconut.
Rasa Vangi – aubergines/eggplant cooked in a thick tomato and onion sauce, flavoured with curry leaves, chilli and coriander
Rotis (breads) and Rice
Paratha - wheat dough layered and coiled in to a coir mat shape then cooked on the griddle.
Appam - soft pancake made from yeast fermented rice batter, with a soft spongy middle, which is laced with crispy edges.
Tamarind rice - Rice tossed gently with tamarind juice (a sweet and sour fruit), cooked with cashew nuts, peanuts and dried red chillies.
Desserts
Payasam - rice pudding is richly flavoured with jaggery, cardamom, saffron, dried fruits and nuts.
Semiya Payasam - pudding made of vermicelli, milk, ghee and garnished with cashew nuts and raisins.
Unnakai - mashed plantain dumplings filled with coconut, raisins, and cashew nuts and served with homemade vanilla ice cream.
And to complete this gastronomical extravagance, brought out on a covered silver platter, the piece de resistance
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A serving of hajmola :@:
Bon appétit!