Kuttanadan Duck Kuruma – Traditional taste of Kerala

Here’s to the season when traditional dishes arrive on the table.  some much loved recipes

Festivities bring traditional dishes to the table.  Here are a simple and easy to cook recipes with touch of tradition

Kuttanadan Duck Kuruma Ingredients

• Duck -1
• Onion -4
• tomato – 3
• Ginger – 1 piece
• Garlic -1 pod
• Green chillies – 4
• Curry leaves – 2 sticks
• Kashmiri chilli powder – 3 tsp
• Coriander powder – 1 tsp
• Turmeric powder – 1 tsp
• Vinegar – 1 tsp
• Salt to taste
• Spicy masala pepper powder – 1 tsp
• Perumjeera – 1 tsp
• Fenugreek 1/4 tsp
• Mustard seeds – 1/2 tsp
• Cloves -4
• Cardamom -2
• Cinnamon – 1

Method

• Clean and cut duck into medium sized pieces
• Add salt to taste and saute in a frying pan for 10 minutes so that oil oozes our from the skin.
• Leave the oil and take our the duck pieces and keep aside
• Heat oil in a pressure cooker,add chopped onion,ginger,garlic,green chillies and curry leaves and saute for a while until softened
• Add chopped tomatoes and stir till the tomatoes soften.
• Add the crushed spicy masala and stir.
• Finally add chilli,turmeric and coriander powder.
• Mix thoroughly and keep on a low fire for a few minutes.
• Then add the duck pieces,salt to taste and enough boiled water and close the lid.
• Once the duck is cooked (after 3-4 whistles) and the gravy thickens,remove from fire.
• Transfer the duck with a dark thick gravy in a dish,decorate with curry leaves and serve hot

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