The Pink Café

We are fish eaters, or better way to say is core non vegetarians.  Prawns are one among our loved sea foods, I think most of the fish lovers are obsessed with this, and I have seen even vegetarians who starts with fish tries Prawns as their first experience.  This is a tangy stir fry with Onions, Green bell peppers and tomatoes.  Ingredients: Prawns, de-shelled, deveined and cleaned - 1 cup Green bell peppers sliced - 1/2 cup Onion sliced - 1/2 cup Cumin seeds - 1 tsp Spring onions chopped - 1 tbsp Green chillies, slit - 2 Tomatoes pureed - 1/4 cup Tomatoes chopped - 1 small Lemon juice - 1 tbsp Garlic chopped - 1 tbsp Ginger Sliced - 1 inch Tomato Ketchup- 1 tbsp Soy sauce - 2 tsp Oil for sautéing (I used coconut oil) Masalas Chilly powder - 1 tsp Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp Garam Masala - 1/4 tsp Salt to taste Method: In a pan pour coconut oil and sputter the cumin seeds. Add garlic and ginger and sau...

Biriyani, of course the most loved one pot dish of India, and this biriyani is most loved at my home, which has the authentic Malabar biriyani flavor and aroma. Although this is taken from Malabar biriyani concept, I have made some customization to suit to my family's taste. If it is a biriyani day, I am relieved from many of my duties making other side dishes and especially the waiting time in my table to get people for lunch. These days, I don't even have to call my boys for lunch, as the participation would be so proactive, starting from preparation, which in normal days are like waiting for them in the table for half an hour and then the last option to get them to table is raising my voice :P This biriyani is famous among my friends circle too, and has a name too; The 28 ingredient dish. Basically all biriyanis would have all these ingredients, but when I listed the ingredients for the first time, they seem to be overwhelmed by that. Apart from the time taken to gather...