Stand beside Leela in a Kerala kitchen as she teaches Sara to make naadan fish curry — all in Malayalam. Gather the ingredients, soak the kudampuli, wash the fish, chop the shallots and follow every step by action and sound. Lots of new kitchen words, and you will understand them because you can picture what is happening. The whole class is in Malayalam — listen for the shape first, let the rest wash over you, and replay it daily for a week. Words and phrases you will hear: മീൻ കറി (meen kari) – fish curry നാടൻ (naadan) – traditional, home-style ചെറിയ ഉള്ളി (cheriya ulli) – shallots ഇഞ്ചി (inchi) – ginger വെളുത്തുള്ളി (veluthulli) – garlic പച്ചമുളക് (pachamulaku) – green chilli മഞ്ഞൾപ്പൊടി (manjalppodi) – turmeric powder കുടംപുളി (kudampuli) – kudampuli, Malabar tamarind കറിവേപ്പില (kariveppila) – curry leaves ഉപ്പ് (uppu) – salt മീൻ കഴുകണം (meen kazhukanam) – the fish must be washed ഉള്ളി അരിഞ്ഞോ? (ulli arinjo?) – did you chop the onions? അറിയില്ലെങ്കിൽ പഠിക്കാം (ariyillenkil padikkaam) – if you don't know, you can learn In this class: • Every ingredient for a naadan fish curry, named in Malayalam • Kitchen verbs — wash, chop, soak, heat, add • Learning by watching: meaning from action, not translation • Spoken questions on the recipe and the steps Quizzes below. Dr. Reshmi R Nair — SpeakMalayalam.