Kallummekkaya Fry /Mussels Fry

 This serves for 3 people.

Ingredients: 

Marination :

Mussels cleaned - 200 gm
Ginger garlic paste - 1 tsp
Chilli powder - 1 tsp
Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp
Pepper powder- 1 tsp
Lemon juice - 2 Tbsp
Salt - as required.

Tampering

Onion - 1 no
Chopped ginger - 1 tsp
Chopped garlic - 1 tsp
Chopped green chilli - 1 Tsp
Curry leaves- 1 stem
Mustard seeds- 1 tsp
Dries Red Chilli- 2 nos
Salt - as required.
Oil  - For deep frying

Method of preparation:

1) Marinate the mussels with pepper and lemon juice and sit for 15 minutes. Add chilli powder, turmeric powder and ginger garlic paste to this and mix well keep it aside for 30 minutes.

2) Heat oil in a pan Once it is hot enough , deep fry the mussels, and drain the excess oil.

3) In another pan heat oil and splatter some mustard seeds. To this add dried red chillies and curry leaves.
4) Add the sliced onions, chopped ginger , chopped garlic and chopped green chillies to the pan and sauté it till deep brown
5)Put some salt if necessary.
5) Now transfer the fried mussels to the pan and mix it and cook for 2 more minutes by mixing in between.

Serve hot. It is a side dish for rice, appam and chappathi.