[Spice Odyssey]

This is a traditional style which is very popular in local households..

Fish - 1/2 kg
Coconut - 1 no
Drumsticks(Muringakkai) - 2 pieces
Green chillies - 2 nos
Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp
Chilly powder - 1 tsp
Small onions(Kunjulli) - 6 pieces
Salt - As reqd
Curry leaves - A few



1)Clean the fish well with lime and salt.

2)Grind together coconut, green chillies, turmeric powder, chilly powder and small onions.

3)Choose the proper vessel for cooking the dish(any clay dish is good).

4)Boil the water and add the paste to the water followed by fish and drumsticks.

5)Keep it on flame for another 20 mins.

6)Add salt to taste.

7)Add curry leaves.

8)Keep the entire curry for some time on the flame

The drumstick fish curry is ready
Serve with rice.......:-)

[john.sw]

No wonder this recipe is very popular in local households...

Those Drumsticks (Muringakkai) are known as "the natural Viagra".

[jyotirmoy]

john.sw, on Nov 2 2007, 10:11 PM, said:

No wonder this recipe is very popular in local households...

Those Drumsticks (Muringakkai) are known as "the natural Viagra".

Once our Kushwant Singh wrote about the medicinal properties of plant products that have some relation to the shape.
Did you notice a tree which bears fruits which looks like battons? Wonder what happens when one eats them

[iwanttogoback]

you don't have photos of this fruit do you jyoti?

[jyotirmoy]

There will be plenty of these in spring and I will take a photo and post it. Till then it is left to the reader's imagination

[john.sw]

The tomato, fondly known as the "love apple," has long been thought to enhance the libido.

Some families in England think tomatoes are terribly vulgar and won’t have them in the house.

I wonder what they, and Kushwant Singh, would make of these chillies!

[Hyderabadi]

john.sw, on Nov 3 2007, 06:01 AM, said:

I wonder what they, and Kushwant Singh, would make of these chillies!

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That would be REALLY painful I guess, but who knows, it's a wierd world.

Edited by Hyderabadi, 03 November 2007 - 09:58 PM.

[Spice Odyssey]

Ohh... they are 'hot' !!!

[jyotirmoy]

john.sw, on Nov 3 2007, 10:01 AM, said:

The tomato, fondly known as the "love apple," has long been thought to enhance the libido.

Some families in England think tomatoes are terribly vulgar and won’t have them in the house.

I wonder what they, and Kushwant Singh, would make of these chillies!

I typed something and then deleted some of you and Kushwant Singh can understand.

When the Spanish "heros" reached the south American shores they found the tomatoes and believed it to be poisonous. The crew of a ship bringing back the loot tried to poison the Captain by feeding him tomatoes.... for obvious reason it did'nt work out.

[Hyderabadi]

jyotirmoy, on Nov 3 2007, 12:03 PM, said:

The crew of a ship bringing back the loot tried to poison the Captain by feeding him tomatoes.... for obvious reason it did'nt work out.

(I've done some editing too.. )

[gautam]

BTW, the drumsticks are at their tastiest when they are wee little things, thinner than a pencil. Then they get chewier, wnen the winged seeds develop, developing progressively from a pleasant to an unpleasant fibrous state, and a bland to strong tasting sour-ish pulp. I wonder how the doctrine of signatures would relate to these changes?

Regarding the peppers: 1) there is an exact female counterpart and seeds are available.

2) I have the seeds of the male version, many phenotypes from CU collection; Hyderabadi can get some from me if he wishes.

3) I am quite serious about this: these should not be grown/distributed in India, because silly jokes as to whether circumsison is natural or not will lead to sanguinary riots.