Kerala style fish curry
Kerala style fish curry. Kerala style fish curry made with Kodampuli - Malabar Tamarind and Sardines (Mathi Meen). Streaks of oil will start appearing from the mixture. To begin making Kerala Style Fish Curry Recipe, firstly clean and cut fishes.
Fish simmered in coconut milk is a favourite for any Keralite and one can make it easily at home. Marinate the fish to perfection and This fish curry was originally prepared at the tribal households in Wayanad. Unlike the regular fish curries, tamarind leaves are used in this for the. You can have Kerala style fish curry using 14 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you cook it.
Ingredients of Kerala style fish curry
- It's 2 of Mackerel Big sized.
- It's 7-8 of Shallots finely chopped.
- It's 1 tsp of Ginger finely chopped.
- It's 6-8 cloves of Garlic.
- Prepare 3 of Green chilies slit.
- It's 1 of Tomatoes chopped small.
- You need 3-4 of Malabar tamarind.
- It's of Chilli powder.
- You need of Turmeric powder.
- Prepare of Coriander powder.
- It's of Salt.
- You need of Mustard seeds.
- You need of Coconut oil.
- Prepare of Curry leaves 2 sprig.
I will not call this Kerala Style Fish Curry as an authentic Malabari style fish curry, but it is pretty darn tasty. I did make a few alterations with the recipe, but the overall taste was pretty much spot on! Overcooking makes the fish tastes rubbery. Kerala Style Fish Curry with Coconut.
Kerala style fish curry step by step
- Wash and clean the mackerel and cut into 3 pieces including the head.....
- Marinate in 1tbsp chilli powder, turmeric and salt....let it rest for 1/2 hr.
- Soak the Malabar tamarind in 1/4up water.
- Heat an eartherware vessel add a tbsp of oil....once hot tip in mustard seeds and let it splutter..immediately add shallots,ginger,garlic,greenchillies and a sprig of curry leaves and saute till you get a nice aroma.
- Tip in a tbsp of chilli powder+1.5 tbsp coriander powder and saute for few secs......
- Pour 1.5cup of water once it comes to a boil add in Malabar tamarind along with it's water and few curry leaves and let the gravy cum to a rolling boil.... Now add the fish pieces and add salt......
- Put the flame to low and cook for 10mins closed, stirring in between till the gravy reduces a bit and becomes thick....finally juz before taking off from the flame pour a tsp of oil into the curry in a cicular manner through the sides of the pot and tip in rest of the remaining curry leaves.
- Keep it undisturbed for atleast an hour or more before serving.....This curry tastes best the next day......
Kerala Fish curry cooked in red chilli, spices and well flavored with cocum. It is the typical Kottayam style red fish curry. Also called as mulakitta meen curry / meen vevichathu. This Kerala fish curry had come out well using King Fish, Seer Fish, Malabar Travelly and Salmon. Kerala fish curry is a very hot dish made of fish pieces cooked in a mixture of spices.