As already stated my family and I are fond of duck, nothing tastes as heavenly as duck. I have already blogged few recipes with duck and this is another completely different dish prepared with the combination of Black Pepper.

This is an easy, simple, delicious and less time-consuming dish. Let us move on to the recipe…

Duck Pepper Fry / Vaathu Milagu Varuval

Ingredients:

• Duck / Vaathu meat – ½ kg
• Red chilies – 3 nos
• Cumin seeds – 1 ½ tsp
• Fennel seeds – 1 ½ tsp
• Coriander seeds – ½ tsp
• Black Pepper – 2 tsp
• Ginger – garlic paste – 2 tsp
• Onions – 1 ½ nos
• Tomatoes – 1 no
• Mustard seeds – ¼ tsp
• Fenugreek / Vendhayam seeds – ½ tsp
• Curry leaves – two strings
• Garam Masala – 1 tsp
• Salt to taste
• Oil – 3 tsp

Duck meat in marination

With onions and tomatoes

With ginger-garlic paste

Duck meat getting cooked

Getting cooked with water

Getting Simmer

Duck Pepper Fry / Vaathu Milagu Varuval

Preparation:

• Peel and finely chop the onions and tomatoes.
• Dry roast cumin, coriander, ¼ tsp of fenugreek, black pepper and fennel seeds, wait until the raw smell goes off. Keep it aside.
• Clean and cut the duck meat into medium size.
• Grind the dry roasted ingredients together to a coarse paste by adding little water.
• Marinate the duck meat with the grounded masala, along with salt and turmeric powder for 20 mins.
• Heat oil in a pressure cooker, add the mustard, fenugreek seeds and curry leaves. Wait until they crackle.
• Add the onions and cook until they turn golden brown.
• Add in the tomatoes and cook until they are mushy.
• Add in the ginger-garlic paste and cook until the raw smell goes off.
• Add in the marinated duck meat, cook for few mins until they turn brown in color.
• Check for salt and pour in a cup of water, pressure cook for 5 whistles.
• Once the pressure released open the lid, and cook in medium flame until the gravy becomes dry.
• Garnish with coriander leaves.

Serve hot with steamed rice or as a side dish for briyani.

Note: Duck meat consumes time for cooking compared to chicken.