Friday, August 21, 2009

STUFFED MUSSELS(ARIKKADUKKA), KALLUMMAKKAYA NIRACHATHU


INGREDIENTS
Medium size mussels – 15-20 no.s

For Stuffing dough

Rice flour - 3 cups
Grated coconut - 1 cup
small onion - 6 no.s
Green chilly - 3 nos
Ginger - 1 small piece
Aniseed - 1 teaspoon
Jeera / cumin seeds - 1/2t spn
Salt - to taste

Masala batter

Rice powder -2 tbsp
Red chili powder - 2 teaspoon
Crushed pepper -1 tsp
Turmeric powder - 1/2 teaspoon
Garlic flakes - 2 no.s
Aniseed - 1/2 teaspoon
Salt - to taste

Preparation Method

Wash the mussel shells well. Open the shells with a knife ,drain all the water. Clean the inside part to remove any dirt there.
Grind the ingredients for the dough, except the rice flour, to a smooth paste with water. Add to the rice flour and make a dough.
Stuff this dough into the mussel. Steam the stuffed mussels in a steamer, iddli cooker or use a pressure cooker in which a utensil for steaming is placed and steam mussels in it, covered with a lid.
Steam for15 minutes. When fully cooked, take off the steamer and place to cool. Then scoop out the stuffed mussels from the shells.
Grind all the ingredients for masala batter together with little water and make a thick batter. Dip or lightly coat the steamed mussels in this batter.
In a fry pan add enough oil to deep fry. Add mussels to the oil and fry till crisp and golden brown in colour.

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