RICE HALWA
Ingredients :Raw rice ½ kg.
Coconut ( grated ) 12 cups
Jaggery 2 kgs
Ghee or dalda ( hydrogennerated oil) ¼ kg.
Coconut cut into all pieces 1 cup
Powdered dry ginger ½ tsp
Cumin seed, powdered ¼ tsp.

Method of preparation

Soak the rice for 12 hours, wash and drain. By adding water little by little grind the rice till soft. Add 4 bottles of water to it and strain through a coarse cloth. Pour 2 bottles of water to the grated coconut, take the milk and strain, and add to the above batter. Melt the jaggery with one bottle of water and strain and add this also to the mixture. Pour these into a caldron, keep it on fire and stir continuously. As it thickens add the ghee or dalda and keep on stirring. Last of all, add 2/3 of the coconut pieces, dry ginger and cumin seed powder. When halwa is ready, pour into a greased dish and spread the remaining coconut pieces on the top .

FISH CURRY IN COCONUT MILK

INGREDIENTS

Fish Slices : 500 gm
Oil : 2 tbsp
Onion long slices : 1/2 Cup
Ginger Sliced : 1 tbsp
Green chillies half-slit : 3 Nos
Coriander Powder : 2 tsp
Chilli Powder : 1 tbsp
Mustard : 1/4 tsp
Turmeric powder : 1/2 tsp
Pepper Powder : 1/4 tsp
Curry leaves : few
Garlic ( small variety) : 12 cloves
Vineger,salt : to taste
Grated Coconut : 1 Cup
( Take 1/2 cup of thick coconut milk or 1 tsp. of wheat flour or white flour (maida ) mixed in 1/4 cup of cow's milk)

Method of Preparation

Grind the ingredients 6-10 to a paste. Heat oil and saute onion slices first and then ginger. Add green chillies and saute. Add the masala paste & fry. Put curry leaves and garlic. When sauted, add fish piences,vinegar and salt. Pour sufficient water and cook with the pan covered. When the gravy is half-reduced, stir in the coconut milk or cow's milk in which flour is mixed. Keep the pan open and let the curry simmer on slow fire. Tilt the pan ow and then to mix the curry and to prevent the coconut milk from curdling.

Note : Green peas and carrots can be added alsong with the fish.