Welcome to Kanyakumari Kitchen ! Famous recipes (foods) of kanyakumari.  These mouth watering dishes will take you to the seventh heaven. Note down this recipe and try it once and i am sure it will become the favorite food of your family. Take this kanyakumari kitchen to your home. And now start to note down this mouthwatering dishes. These dishes are presented by Mr. P .Rajkumar from Kanyakumari. He is currently working in a Five star Hotel as COMMIS II . Thanks To Mr.Rajkumar for his contribution to our site. We wish you a nice cooking :-) Some of the dishes we have presented are :  Meen Kolambu (Main Course) | | Coconut Rice | | Valakkai Porial (Vegetable Course) | | Semiya Payaasam (Dessert) | | Avial (Vegetable Course) |
| Meen Kolambu (Fish Curry) | How to Do ? | | Ingredients | | | Fish | 800 gm | | Limejuice | 2 nos | | Coconut | 225 gm | | Garlic | 6 pod | | Ginger | 1 piece | | Tomato | 450 gm | | Poppy seeds (Papali seed) | 6 top | | Tamarind | 2 top | | Oil | 1/2 cup | | Mustard seeds | 1/4 top | | Onion | 350 gm | | Curry Leaves | few | | Corriander Powder ( Malli ) | 1 Teaspoon | | Chilli powder | 2 Teaspoon | | Cumin Seeds ( seeraham) | 3/4 Teaspoon | | Fenugreek Seeds ( Venthayam) | 3/4Teaspoon | | Salt | To Taste | | - Wash the fish and marinate with salt and lime juice.
- Put the grated coconut ,ginger , garlic, tomatoes and poppy seeds in the blender.
- Soak the tamarind and remove the pulp and keep aside
- Heat the oil and add mustard seeds to it ,when it crackle add the onions (should be golden brown), add the turmeric, coriander and chilly powder and stir fry,
- Add the coconut mixture and saute stirring constantly .Then add tamarind water ,salt and water. Being to boil and simmer for 3 minutes .slowly put the fish piece and turn the heat to low. Sprinkle with a mixture of fenugreek and cumin seeds which were tempered .Cook until the fish is done .Serve hot and it is best with boiled rice.
| | Coconut rice | How to Do ? | | Ingredients | | | Rice | 1 Kg | | Coconut | 1 1/2 nos | | Bengal Gram (Kadaklai Parupu) | 5 gm | | Red chillies | 5 gm | | Mustard seeds | 1 tablespoon | | Green chillies | 4 nos | | cashew nut | 10 nos | | Oil | 50 ml | | Salt | To taste | | Water | 2 Lit | | - Wash and soak the rice .Add salt and put the soaked rice in the boiling water.
- Grate coconut
- Heat Oil and fry cashew nut
- Fry grams and spices
- Mix all together to the rice ,serve hot.
| | Semiya Payasam | How to Do ? | | Ingredients | | | Vermicelli (semiya) | 55 gm | | Milk | 250 gm | | Fat | 30 gm | | Sugar | 55 gm | | Saffron (Kunguma Poo) | A Pinch | | Sultanas (Kismis) | 30 gm | | Cashew nut (Munthiri) | 30 gm | | Cardamom (Yelakai) | Few | | - Heat fat and fry vermicelli
- Add milk and being boil quickly
- add sugar and remove from fire
- Fry cashew nut and sultanas and add to the payasam with crushed cardamom
- serve hot or cold
| | Avial | How to Do ? | | Ingredients | | | Drumstick | 225 gm | | Potatoes | 115 gm | | Yam ( Senai Kilangu) | 115 gm | | Raw banana | 115 gm | | Beans | 115 gm | | Carrot | 115 gm | | Coconut | 1/2 | | coconut oil | 50 ml | | Green chillies | 5 gm | | Turmeric | A Pinch | | Cumin (Jeeragam) | A Pinch | | Curd | 115 gm | | Curry Leaves | Few | | Salt | To Taste | | - Wash and peel vegetables and cut them into long pieces
- Grind together coconut ,gr.chillies and cumin to a fine paste
- Beat the curd well
- Boil vegetables in sufficient water with turmeric and salt
- Add ground ingredient , beaten curds and curry leaves bring to boil
- Pour fresh coconut oil and remove from fire .Serve hot.
| | Valakkai Porial | How to Do ? | | Ingredients | | | Raw Banana | 250 gm | | Coconut | 1/2 no | | Green Chillies | 3 nos | | Turmeric | A aspinch | | Curry Leaves | Few | | Urad Dal (Uluntham Parupu) | 1/2 top | | Channa Dal (Kadalai Parupu) | 1/2 top | | Onion | 2 nos | | Mustard Seeds | 1/2 tablespoon | | Oil | 2 tablespoon | | Salt | To Taste | | - Peel and cut bananas into cubes
- Add enough water to it and add salt
- Grate the coconut and keep aside
- Heat oil, when the oil is hot add urad dal, channa dal ,after some time add mustard seeds and gr.chillies then add curry leaves and then add grated coconut and salt.
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