Simple fish fry made with Wild Salmon fillet. These are available in walmart under frozen aisle. In my quest to find a perfect match in Tamil, I ended up going here, seems it belong to this species "Eleutheronema tetradactylum"  which in tamil is Kaala / காலா. Check this link

http://www.fishbase.org/comnames/CommonNamesList.php?ID=340&GenusName=Eleutheronema&SpeciesName=tetradactylum&StockCode=354

http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=340

Even though I've had this in different styles, still was little skeptical about trying it in Indian style with its flesh being all reddish orange. But to my surprise it was pretty good and suited well for our Indian style fish fry. These fillets are quite dense with firm texture, very fleshy. Once cooked the flesh turns to light pink, very flaky, mild and mellow.

Kaala Meen Varuval / Salmon Fish Fry / Meen varuval / Fish Fry / Chepa Vepudu / Blackened Salmon / Kala meen / PaniKaala / Indian Salmon

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இறால் கீரை பொரியல் ~~~ Sauteed Greens with Shrimp / Prawns.

In our family we always mix match variety of greens with any meat or seafood. A simple boring saute becomes more vibrant and extra tasty when combined with any form of seafood. Back at home, mom always make Siru keerai with prawns which is not possible here, so I have to use plain boxed frozen spinach which adapts well to the recipe. Fresh baby prawns adds tons of juicy flavour but again very hard to find here. You can either use cooked salad shrimps or use regular jumbo shrimps. I have used medium sized uncooked shrimp, cleaned and deveined and sliced horizontally into two pieces.

Era Keerai Poriyal / Eral Poriyal / Keerai Poriyal / Spinach with Prawns / Spinach shrimp Poriyal / Spinach Prawn Curry / Thoran / Dry Fry / Saute / Vepudu

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Score: 8.0, Votes: 1

Kudamilagai ~ Capsicum/ Bell Pepper, Kozhi ~ Chicken, Varuval - Dry Fry is a simple, spicy chicken curry made with everyday spices easy to find around your kitchen pantry, an excellent side dish for pulao/pulavs, fried rice or even our routine staple sambar/rasam/curd. Green Bell pepper with her sharp chili aroma weds chicken on a cold winter afternoon with spice powder showers is a delight and keepsake forever.

Bell pepper Chicken Curry / Capsicum Chicken Curry / Kozhi Varuval / Green Capsicum Chicken Fry / Chicken with Bell Peppers

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Madurai region in Tamilnadu is known for its popular Vilambu Naidus cooking style who mostly dominate that area. No one can deny drooling over those Madurai Sri Muniyandi Vilas traditional menus.... Naatu Kozhi kuzhambu, Varutha kari, Samba arisi biryani. These items are typical homestyle traditional touch non-veg curries and gravies, served at the vilas which mostly known as a local mess. All these items are prepared with homegrown poultry, fresh veggies, fresh ground masala, tempered with sesame oil and traditonal spices. Here is my version of one such Naidu style Naatu Kozhi Kuzhambu which we enjoyed with mutton biryani.

Naatu Kozhi Kuzhambu / Cornish Game Hen / Cornish Rock cornish Hen / Country Style Chicken Gravy / Madurai Sri Muniyandi Vilas style / Kulambu / Kolambu / Gravy / Restaurant Style

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Sukka/ Chukka refers to dry stir fries and can be made with either meat or veggie. My favorite choice of meat is chicken and I'm soooooooo addicted to my moms chicken sukka recipe which is a regular at my home on Sundays, if I were to choose sambar as the main course. This recipe is basically smothered with black pepper, fennel and cumin powder and heavily seasoned with curry leaves. Give it try and surprise those hungry taste buds with lip smacking hot masala.

Chicken Chukka / Sukka / Chicken Dry- Fry / Chicken Varuval / Chicken Sukka Varuval / Chicken Chukka Varuval / Chicken Milagu Sombu Varuval / Chicken fennel Masala

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Score: 7.4, Votes: 5

A box of tofu will last only for few days in the refrigerator and I'm under pressure not to repeat the same tofu preparations, so what do you expect out of me??? Adding them to regular curry preparations is what I resort to.... its sooo versatile and adapts well to any dish without spoiling the original flavour. Shrimp curry is one dish which I make at least once a week and adding leftover tofu blocks in the curry helps my family slowly adjust to tofu diet and also incorporate this nutritional powerhouse in a regular meal.

Tofu Curry / Firm Tofu Shrimp curry / Extra-firm Tofu / Stir-fry / Shrimp Tofu Masala / Prawn Masala / Prawn Tofu Curry / Eral Varuval / Era Curry / Eral Tofu Curry / Eral Masala

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Here's my version of semi-homemade Take out style Thai Red Chicken Curry. This instant version is soooo easy and satisfying that with use of right brand products, you can have a fulfilling restaurant quality curry in no time. Sometimes shortcuts are indeed justified...

Making fresh curry paste is time-consuming and never turns out that good.. moreover hunting for those Thai produce is very daunting. If found.. could cost you little over budget and storing those fresh produce is a hustle and definitely we are going to have wastage and spending too much on them is not worth, unless you're going to use everyday. So, after quite a lot of flops and wastage, I've  managed to identify the best of Thai Curry Paste and few other extras. Please try to look for those specific brands mentioned here or else forget the whole idea, as most of them are very pungent and end up in trash.

Gaeng Gai / Thai Chicken Curry / Thai Red Curry Sauce / Authentic Thai / Thai Curry Sauce / Curry Paste / Restaurant / Take-out Style / Asian Curry Sauce

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Score: 8.0, Votes: 1

Anchovies are called Nethili in Tamil. These are tini tiny fishes edible both in fresh and dried form. The dried ones are called Nethili Karuvaadu, which I've used for this recipe, coated with masala and pan fried until crisp.

Fresh Anchovies can be found in regular grocery markets under tinned foods packed with salt and preservatives. These can be used for kuzhambu preparations.

Dried Anchovies are found in some Indian stores with all masala coated in the refrigerated section, ready to use. I found mine (Plain salted dry fish) in a Chinese store. Look for "Ocean's Best" brand, these are good.

Nethili Meen Fry / Nethili Fry / Nethili Karuvadu Varuval / Anchovy Fry / Dry Fish / Anchovies / Karuvaadu / Nethli / Meen

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Score: 8.0, Votes: 2

Simple fish varuval (shallow fry) with lemony flavour using fresh water Lake Trout. This is just like any other fish varuval and just sharing to let you know that this fish is quite edible in Indian style and taste similar to Salmon. Moreover want to add on all these fish varieties to my recipe database. This fish will also taste similar to Rainbow trout which is from the Pacific, our friend Mrs.Kavi has shared a cute picture here. The skin looks kind of silvery with light orange flesh, which when cooked turns pale orange.

Fish varuval / Salmon family / Meen Varuval / Chepa Vepudu / Machili / Dry Fry / Shallow Fry / Fresh Water Trout / Lake Superior Trout / Rainbow Trout

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_trout

http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=248&lang=English

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