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Orange Chromide (‘Pallathi’ in Malayalam) is a small fresh water fish found in paddy fields and rivers of Kerala. There are many black dots on the fish and one dot will be visible clearly. Pallathi fish to be deep fried to consume as it has lots of tiny bones. This fish recipe can be used for any podimeen (small fish) like Netholi/ Kozhuva/ Chooda (anchovy fish) fry recipes in Kerala style.

Notes
1. Add coconut oil to marinate the fish instead of water for better marination.
2. Don’t add any other masala or ginger, garlic etc for frying small fishes. It will change the fish’s taste.

Pallathi varuthathu | Kerala style Orange Chromide (small fish) fry recipe

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Serves: 4 Prep Time: 15 Minutes Cooking Time: 15 Minutes

Ingredients

To marinate
1. Red chilli powder - 1 Tablespoon
2. Turmeric powder - 1/4 Teaspoon
3. Pepper powder - 1/4 Teaspoon
4. Salt - To taste
5. Coconut oil - 1 Teaspoon
To fry
6. Coconut oil - 1/4 Cup
To garnish
7. curry leaves - 2 Sprigs
8. Green chillies - 3 Nos (Slitted)

Instructions

1. Mix ingredients from 1-5 well.
2. Add Pallathi fish and rub the marinade well on the it.
3. Keep it marinated for sometime.
4. Heat coconut oil in a pan and fry Pallathi fish both sides crispy.
5. After frying, add some curry leaves and green chillies in the remaining oil and garnish. This step is optional.

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Dear lazy Chapati lovers (like me 😉 ), who doesn’t like to make an easy and quick yet delicious side dish for Chapati in no time? Then this recipe will save you. 3 minutes… Yes, just 3 minutes needed to make this curry with only 5 ingredients. This is a sauteed onion side dish recipe unlike other curries it doesn’t need any fancy ingredient still it tastes yummy and yes crunchy too.

Notes

Don’t cook onion too much. We need crunchy onion.
Use coconut oil – that’s the best oil for this recipe.

Best combination

Chapati

Ulli vaattiyathu | Easy chapati side dish in 3 minutes | Easy chapati curry recipe

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Serves: 3 Prep Time: 2 Minutes Cooking Time: 3 Minutes

Ingredients

1. Onion - 2 Medium (Sliced)
2. Coconut oil - 1 Tablespoon
3. Curry leaves - 2 Sprigs
4. Red chilli powder - 1 to 1.5 Teaspoon
5. Salt - To Taste

Instructions

Saute onion with salt for 1 minute.
Add coconut oil and saute for 1 minute with a sprig of curry leaves.
Add red chilli powder and again saute for 1 minute in low flame.
Switch off the flame and add one more sprig of curry leaves and mix.
Easy side dish is ready to serve with Chapati.

https://youtu.be/EsOdk0qvlEE

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