Olden days are golden days. When I see these generation kids, I feel these words are absolutely true. Maybe our parents felt the same when they saw our generation. My mom used to tell me a lot about her childhood days like active all the day by climbing trees, playing games, roaming in the streets and studying when they were interested, going everywhere by walk or by bullock carts, as in those times there are only radios and no television all the adults used to sit after dinner and chit-chat enjoying the fresh air after long hard working day and kids used to play in the moon light. I love to listen about my Mom's grand father and my Mom used to tell me about him, but I remember only a few thinks about him. He is a big non-vegetarian lover in my Mom's family and used to hunt quail/Kamju pitta with stones while they are flying and catch fish. He used to grow all kinds of vegetable and flower plants and rise ducks and hens and he love distributing the veggies, eggs and flowers to the people he knew all the way to his daughters home.
Coastal Andhra is famous for sea food recipes and Kalagalupu kuralu is common in Coastal Andhra whether it is purely vegetarian or non vegetarian. Kalagalupu kura means mixed curry of 2 or more vegetables OR one vegetable and meat or sea food. Coastal Andhra is also famous for sea food like shrimp, fish, crab. Mostly shrimp can be cooked with many veggies like Beerakaya/Ridge gourd, Vankaya/Egg palnt, Anapakaya/Bottle gourd, Bendakaya/Ladies finger, Mamidikaya/Mango, Mulakada/Drum stick......
Serves - 4
Ingredients:
- Shrimp - 1 lb
- Beerakaya/Ridge gourd - 1, Large (Peel the skin and chop into small pieces)
- Onion - 3, chopped
- Green chilies - 4, slit lengthwise
- Ginger-garlic paste - 2 tsp
- Red chili powder - 1.5 tsp or to taste
- Garam Masala - 1/2 tsp or to taste
- Salt to taste
- Curry leaves - 1 spring
- Coriander leaves - 4 Tbsp, chopped
- Oil - 2 Tbsp
Preparation:
- Clean shrimp and cook in a pan by adding 1 tsp chili powder, turmeric powder, 1 tsp ginger-garlic paste and little salt until prawn are done and there is no water. (No need to add oil)
- To the same pan, add oil and heat it. When oil is hot enough add curry leaves, green chilies, onion, turmeric and little salt and cook till onion turn brown.
- Add ginger-garlic paste, red chili powder and cook for 2 minutes.
- Add beerakaya/ridge gourd and cook with lid on. Ridge gourd will oozes water which will be sufficient to cook it. (Otherwise add little water)
- When ridge gourd is done add prawn, garam masala and cook for another 2 minutes and switch off the stove.
- Garnish with coriander leaves and serve with rice or roti.
Few days back, I came across a quotation which made me think a lot. Maybe many people know this quotation and I to read it before 1 or 2 times, but this time it made me think alot. I really don't know why?
I cried that I had no shoes, until I met a man who had no feet.
I don't know who told this, but a heart touching simple sentence which make us strong when we think about that. Sometimes we all feel that only we have all the problems in the world, but if we stop and look around us, we can see many smiles which are hiding problems whether they are big or small.
I myself sometimes feel that I am facing a big problem, but after few days or months when I look at that problem I feel silly and laughing at myself. You know why, because it is an old silly problem and I already have a new another silly problem in front of me. I finally came to know that every problem will have a solution and we have to think about that solution, but instead of that we think about the problem most of the time. For some problems we can't find solution, but time will solve every problem. Some problems will not solve easily but make us strong. Teach us how to laugh during hard times. So problems are good I think (just kidding).
Even sometimes we feel trying new food as a big problem. Me too sometimes afraid of trying new food and ..... Oops, I know your are waiting to know my tasty Andhra Royyala Veppudu and I am telling about something....
I learned this spicy Shrimp fry from my Mom, which is a best accomplishment for rice. Preparing this recipe will be very easy like other shrimp recipes.
Ingredients:
- Shrimp - 1 lb
- Onion - 2, Medium
- Ginger-garlic paste - 1 tsp
- Coriander powder - 1 tsp
- Cumin powder - 1/2 tsp
- Red chilli powder - 2 tsp or to taste
- Garam masala - 1 tsp or to taste
- Cooking oil - 5 tbsp
- Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp
- Salt to taste
- Coriander leaves - 1/4 cup, chopped
- Curry leaves - 1 spring
For Marination:
- Ginger-garlic paste - 1 tsp
- Red chilli powder - 1/2 tsp
- Salt - little
- Coriander powder - 1/2 tsp
- Cumin powder - 1/2 tsp
- Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp
Preparation:
- Peel the skin and clean the shrimp.
- Marinate the cleaned shrimp with all the ingredients under marination for 20 minutes.
- Make onions into coarse paste. (Don't make them into smooth paste)
Preparing the fry:
- Heat a pan, add the marinated shrimp and cook until they are done and all the water that oozes out from shrimp is evaporated. No need to add oil.
- Dish-out the shrimp and to the same pan add oil and when oil is hot add onion paste and cook till it turn golden brown. (Cook on medium to low heat to prevent burning)
- Add ginger-garlic paste and cook there is no raw smell.
- Add coriander powder, cumin powder, red chilli powder, salt and garam masala and mix. Add 2 to 3 tbsp water to prevent spice powders from burning and cook for a minute.
- Add cooked shrimp, coriander leaves and mix and cook for another 2 minutes.
- Serve with rice.
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