Lunch Combo 1 - Veg + Fish Fry

For me the this combination is a childhood memory! This curry is totally my mom's recipe. Not sure if this is being made in your houses too but I like to name it my mom's speciality. Every house has their own recipes I bet. Even the same curry might be made in different styles. I will be posting some Lunch combo ideas from my kitchen making it easy for you all. Here is one combo, rice, pumpkin n dry bean curry, lady's finger stir fry and fish fry to go with it.

Pumpkin and Dry Beans Curry: 
Ingredients:
Pumpkin                                                  500 gms
Unakkapayar/Dry Beans                         1 cup
Turmeric Powder                                    ¼ tsp
Red Chilly Powder                                  2 tsp
Coconut                                                   1 cup
Jeera                                                        1 tsp
Mustard seeds                                         1 tsp
Dried Red Chilly                                    1
Coconut Oil                                            1 tbsp
Curry Leaves
Salt
Water

Method:
1. Wash and cook the dry beans/unakkapayar. I normally keep this with enough water on pressure cooker for 2 whistles.
2. Once the pressure is gone, open the cooked and add chopped pumpkin, turmeric powder, red chilly powder, salt and boil until the pumpkins are soft and mushy.
3. Now, grind coconut and jeera with little water to a paste.
4. Add this to the cooked pumpkin and bean. Mix well and when it starts to boil, switch off the flame.
5. In a pan, heat coconut oil, sputter mustard seeds, add one dried red chilly and some curry leaves.
6. Pour this on top of the curry and serve hot with rice

Okra Stir Fry/Vendakka Mezhuku Piratti

Ingredients:

Lady's finger/okra                                   250 gms

Onion chopped                                       1

Green Chilly                                           2

Coconut Grated                                      1/4 cup

Coconut oil                                             1 tbsp

Mustard seeds                                        1 tsp

Dried Red Chilly

Curry Leaves

Salt

Method:

1. Cut the okra into small slices.

2. In a pan add 1 tbsp coconut oil, sputter mustard seeds, curry leaves and red chilly.

3. To this, add chopped onions and green chilly.

4. Saute this for 2 mins.

5. Now add the sliced okra and sauce until half done.

6. Add the grated coconut and saute until well done.

Fish Fry

Ingredients:

Any fish, I used mackerel

Red Chilly Powder                              2 tsp

Turmeric powder                                 1/4 tsp

Tamarind Pulp soaked in water           3 tbsp

Fennel Seeds                                       1 tsp

Curry Leaves

Salt

Method:

1. In a bowl, mix all the ingredients and marinate the fish for 15 mins.

2. In a pan heat coconut oil and fry the fish until well done.

Enjoy the best lunch :)