Name: Kadukka Nirachathu - Kerala Style Stuffed Mussels
Prep time: 60 min
Total time: 60 min
Ingredients: 25 Mussels; 2 ½ Moodari; 1 cup Rice flour; Coconut (half portion); 2 Shallots; 1 ½ Cumin seeds; 1/4 tsp Turmeric powder; Salt (to taste); Luke warm water (as required); Oil (to fry); 2 tsp Chilly powder; 1/4 tsp Turmeric powder; Salt (to taste); Water (as required)

Kadukka Nirachathu – Kerala Style Stuffed Mussels

Kadukka Nirachathu - Kerala Style Stuffed Mussels

Kadukka Nirachathu popular malabar snack - Special kadukka nirachathu (Step by Step Photos)

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Prep Time 1

Total Time 1

Cuisine Kerala

Servings people

Ingredients

25 Mussels
2 ½ Moodari
1 cup Rice flour
Coconut half portion
2 Shallots
1 ½ Cumin seeds
1/4 tsp Turmeric powder
Salt to taste
Luke warm water as required
Oil to fry

For marination:

2 tsp Chilly powder
1/4 tsp Turmeric powder
Salt to taste
Water as required

Instructions

Clean the mussels and boil it in hot water to open the shell.
Knead the grinded moodari, rice flour, cumin seeds, salt, shallots, turmeric powder, coconut with water as required to make a smooth dough.
Take a small portion of this dough and fill it inside each mussel shells with the mussel in it.
Steam cook the filled mussel shell for 15-20 minutes and remove the shells.
Mix the ingredients for marination and cover the steam cooked mussel in it.
Heat oil in a kadai and fry the marinated mussels in it by 3-4 at a time.
Serve Kadukka Nirachathu as an evening snack.