A PINCH OF HING

Wash the fish and cut it into pieces.  Apply 1 tsp of turmeric and salt according to taste keep aside. Grind 1 onion, 1/2 cup of grated coconut,  5 garlic cloves, 1'' ginger,  10 curry leaves in a very fine paste. In kadai add grinded paste and saute it for 2 to 3 minutes. Now add a pinch of asafoetida, 1 tsp turmeric  powder,few curry leaves,two green chilly,  1/2 cup of fresh coconut milk,1 tomato  along with 1/2 cup of water and bring it to boil. Mix it thoroughly till it starts to leave out the oil. Now add fish pieces to it and let it boil for 5-10 minutes.  After adding fish do not over cook as the meat  will separate from the bones!, without cover any lid cook the fish pieces. Once the fish pieces are cooked. Remove the kadai from the heat.  Drizzle a teaspoon full of coconut oil and cover it. Serve with steamed rice.

Ingredients:     For the syrup: 1 cup water 1 cup sugar 1 lemon juice Ingredients:    For the cake: 1 cup semolina ½ cup sugar 1½ cup yogurt ½ cup vegetable oil 1 teaspoon vanilla extract ½ teaspoon baking soda 1 teaspoon baking powder 1 teaspoon cardamom powder ½ teaspoon salt Preparations: Preheat the oven. Grease a baking dish with cooking spray or vegetable oil and sprinkle some semolina on it. For the syrup.... Boil the water and sugar in a small saucepan until the sugar completely dissolves. Remove the pan from the heat and stir in the lemon juice. Set aside and let cool completely. For the cake.... In a large mixing bowl, Add yogurt,sugar and oil and mix well . Add the remaining ingredients all at once and stir very well until all of the ingredients are evenly incorporated and the batter is smooth. Leave it for 5 min.After 5 min.give a nice stir and Bake 30 min. just until the center of the cake is set and the top turns brow...

 Ingredients: 500 gms -Anchovies 1/2 tsp turmeric pd 1/2 tsp Kashmiri chilly pd 1/2 tsp rice flour Salt to taste Oil for frying Preparations:   Cleaned them one by one by removing the intestines. In a bowl, combine all the masalas. Add the cleaned Anchovies to this masala and give a nice toss. Mix well and keep in refrigerator for 1 hr for good marinating.  Now heat oil in a pan and add the anchovies And shallow fry them in batches, turning them once in between until they crispy, drain well. Serve with hot rice or as a snack with some sweet chili sauce.