Recipe for Kerala Fish Curry /Meen Curry
Ingredients:
Seer Fish ( Ney meen) /King Fish ( Aiykoora) : 1/2 kg /1.1 lb (cut into pieces)
Kudampuli /Kukum star /Fish Tamarind : 2-3 pieces
Small Red Onions /Shallots : 6-8 nos (sliced)
Garlic : 5 cloves (chopped)
Ginger : 2 inch pieces (chopped)
Kashmiri Chilly powder : 1 tbsp
Red Chilly powder : 2 tbsp or to your spice level
Turmeric powder : 1/2 tsp
Fenugreek powder : 1/2 tsp
Coconut oil : 2 tbsp
Mustard seeds :1 tsp
Curry leaves : a sprig
Salt to taste
Method of Preparation:
1. Clean and wash the fish and drain off the excess water.
2. Wash the Kudampuli(fish tamarind)and cut them into small pieces and soak in 1/4 cup of water.
3. Heat a pan (preferably in ‘Kalchatti’ an earthen pot) on low flame.
4. Pour coconut oil and add mustard seeds,When it start splutter,add the sliced shallots and saute till turns to translucent & golden brown.
5. Add chopped garlic and chopped ginger,curry leaves and saute for a minute.
6. Add red chilly,turmeric,fenugreek powders and fry for a minute.
7. Add 2 cup of water,soaked kudampuli/fish tamarind with its water and allow to to boil.
8. Add fish pieces and cook for 20-30 minutes on low flame until the gravy thickens.
9. Remove from fire and garnish with curry leaves and keep covered for 10-15 minutes.
10. Serve hot with boiled rice or Kappa puzhukku/Mashed Tapioca & Enjoy!!
Notes:
For best result prepare the curry overnight and serve next day. It tastes Yummy!!
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Sangeetha
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this is my second time here on Ushnish's recommendation…
loved your blog n will come back to see more of it..
lovely click…am drooling
Oh your fish is interesting, that will be something new in my household……thanks, for visiting me, do try my fish sometime and let me know how you like it, customize the recipe any way you want to fit the taste bud of your family…..
Hi,
u make me feel hungry…fish curry is really tempting.Ur parotta….wow…perfect….i think ur a expert in making it:)
eniku sherikkum vishakkuva, i should try this now 🙂
great click dear
kappa and meen…mm an unforgettable combination…
Hey you know! we call kappa as cheeni in kayamkulam. Your meens looks good but I have never tried this way of cooking.
I also prefer man kalam for preparing meen.
My mom cooked fish curry all the time when I was in Thailand. I've never done it myself though, I meant from scratch like this. I always use ready-made curry paste when I cook curry here in the U.S. so I'm so excited to give this recipe a try, thanks for sharing!
p.s. Maybe with tofu and lots of veggies:)
nice click dear………yummy curry.
Enthina ingane kothipikkunnathu eda!
looks yummy!
Droolworthy fish curry dear, absolutely fabulous..
Kothipikkalle…..i love it with nadan rice .
Oh….yumm yummm…nice pic dear.
im going to thrissure in next week and will be back after a long time only.. :)wr u in thrissure..im from thalikulam(near thriprayar)..i dnt know whether i will be active in blogging after reachin home or not.. :)munkoor jamyam aanutto.. 😛
love to have it with your previous post porottaaa…both looks amazing dear.. 🙂
looks delicious, dear…my fav….great with kappa!
looks very yummy…must be very delicious with hot steamed rice..
Thanks Sangeetha, hope you had a great Diwali too!
Dear Sangeetha
Looks great …More fish the merrier, you keep posting, I keep cooking
Nice one…
Droolz! Fish curry! I can't stop drooling here! It's delectable!
great…kappayum meenum, best combi 🙂
Yummy and spicy meen curry…kudampuli itta meen curry is not common in our area…will try this out…
kothiyavunnu kutti!!!!!
really yummy!!
Wow fish and Kerala …inseparable. I can't make a nice one like the kerala kulambu. Bookmarked yours. Nice recipe.
Great Job…..absolutely yummy….
That's an yummy and spicy looking fish curry….will try this soon…
Perfect click,it would taste wonderful with rice as well as idly.Great going dudette.
Yummy with hot rice,,,,
Great Click!