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You can cook Arikadukka - Stuffed Mussels… A Malabar Special Snack.. using 19 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Arikadukka - Stuffed Mussels… A Malabar Special Snack..
  1. Prepare 1 Kilogram of Mussels Fresh with shells.
  2. It’s 1 1/2 Cups of Parboiled rice.
  3. Prepare 1 Cup of rice Cooked.
  4. It’s 1 1/2 Cups of coconut Grated.
  5. It’s 12 of Shallots roughly.
  6. It’s 1 Teaspoon of Ginger.
  7. It’s 5 of Chilly Green.
  8. Prepare 2 Sprigs of Curry Leaves.
  9. It’s 1 1/2 Tablespoons of Fennel seeds.
  10. It’s 1 Teaspoon of Cumin.
  11. You need of Water as needed while grinding.
  12. You need 1 Teaspoon of Turmeric powder.
  13. Prepare 3 Tablespoons of Red Chilli powder.
  14. Prepare 1 Tablespoon of Kashmiri Chilli powder.
  15. It’s 1/4 Teaspoon of Fennel powder.
  16. It’s 1 Teaspoon of Curry Leaves finely chopped.
  17. It’s to taste of Salt ( – If needed or adjust as we have al.
  18. Prepare 2 Tablespoons of Water.
  19. Prepare of Oil - for deep frying.

This video explain how to make Malabar Delicacy Arikadukka / Kallumme kaya Nirachathe / Stuffed Mussels. You can serve this as a snack/ appetizer and Iftar dish(nombuthura vibhavam)അരികടുക്ക. Arikkadukka or stuffed mussels (Kallummakkaya nirachathu as people from Kannur (North Kerala) calls it). In this particular recipe, Mussels are stuffed Well, this was the first time ever that I prepared this dish all by myself.

Arikadukka - Stuffed Mussels… A Malabar Special Snack.. instructions

  1. Wash and soak the rice for about 6 – 8 hours. Drain the rice and coarsely grind it by adding little water and salt, until you get thick dough. Transfer it to a bowl..

  2. Roughly chop ginger, shallots and green chili and coarsely grind these with grated coconut, fennel seeds, cumin, and curry leaves..

  3. Clean the mussel shells by scrubbing all the dirt under running tap water..

  4. Using a knife, slowly slide in the knife through the slit and open them slowly by not breaking the shells apart. Once it’s open, pull out the hairy substance from the flesh. Wash them clean under tap water, rubbing it gently..

  5. Add this to the grind rice mixture and mix well. Now take a small ball out of the dough and stuff it into the shells. Take off any excess dough and shape them neatly. Fill all the shells in the same way..

  6. Steams cook them for about 25 – 30 minutes, in 2 -3 batches and let It cool. (When hot the dough will be sticky)..

  7. Prepare a thin marinade with items listed out in ‘For Marinating’. Once cooled, remove the dough from the shell and dip in the marination and deep fry in oil on a medium flame..

Usually, while preparing arikadukka, the labour is divided between people so. Kadukka Nirachathu or Arikadukka as some call it is a very popular snack in the Malabar region. Arikadukka are Mussels stuffed with a mixture of ground raw rice paste, shallots and spices and then steamed and fried with the shell on. This is a much sought after item on the "salkaram"(party) as well. Arikadukka is the speciality of the Malabar region. "Arikadukka" is a delicacy prepared by mussels, which is stuffed with subtly spiced We got some fresh mussels here and I tried this snack that I had bookmarked from Sree recipes and followed the recipe exactly except for some minor changes.