Kerala Tharavu Roast / Duck Roast

Duck for me was always Kuttanadan Tharavu Roast. The dish is so famous and is a must during Christmas celebrations in South Kerala. This Christmas I was keen to make the Duck and Appam combination for the Christmas breakfast. Procuring duck was definitely a challenge, I went to a couple of houses where it was said they sold ducks, they took my details but never got back. Finally it was Licious to the rescue!

I never ate duck before making this dish, you can therefore imagine my apprehension of trying a recipe or for that matter even handling the meat. But it was so easy to make this dish and it was a great combination with the Palappam. Do try this easy recipe the next time you think of making duck.

Tharavu Roast / Duck Roast

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This is one of the very famous dish from South Kerala. The flavour is so amazing and goes well with appam, rice or parotta.

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Prep Time 10 mins

Cook Time 45 mins

Total Time 55 mins

Course Main Course

Cuisine Indian, Kerala Cuisine

Servings 4 servings

Ingredients

  

• 1 kg Duck curry cut pieces
• 20 nos Shallots
• 2 inches Ginger
• 10 nos Garlic
• 3 nos Green chilli
• 2 tbsp White vinegar
• 2 tsp Peppercorn
• 2 tsp Garam masala
• 2 sprig Curry leaves
• ½ cup Vegetable oil preferably coconut oil
• 2 nos Onions thinly sliced
• 1 sprig Curry leaves

Instructions

 

• Put the shallots, ginger, garlic, green chilli, vinegar, peppercorns, garam masala and salt in a mixie jar and pulse it thrice. The ingredients should look crushed, not ground.
• In a deep vessel add the duck pieces and the crushed ingredients. Mix them well with your hand. Add in two sprig of curry leaves and 5-6 glasses of water. Cook this on a low flame for 30 minutes.
• When the water has reduced to almost 1- 2 glasses, take the duck pieces out and reserve the gravy.
• Heat the oil in a pan and fry the sliced onions till they are golden brown. Remove them from the oil and keep aside.
• Add the duck pieces into the same oil and fry for 5 minutes. Remove the duck pieces from the oil and add it to the reserved gravy along with half of the oil.
• Cook this until the gravy thickens, add the fried onions and garnish with curry leaves.

Keyword Duck Curry, Duck Recipe, Duck Roast, Kerala Duck Recipe, Tharavu, Tharavu Roast