Kerala dry fish curry

Kerala dry fish curry. Hello friends, Welcome to Kechu's Home and Kitchen channel. Today I am going to show you how to prepare Kerala style Dry fish curry in Kannada. Kerala fish curry or Meen curry can be prepared in many ways.

Unlike other Kerala recipes, Kottayam fish curry does not have lots of gravy; it is more like a fried masala with fish. Kottayam fish curry is cooked with minimal water and without coconut which is usually a major ingredient in all Kerala recipes. Lightly roast cumin and coriander seeds. You can have Kerala dry fish curry using 15 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Kerala dry fish curry

1. You need 1 tbsp of chopped ginger.
2. It's 2 tbsp of tamarind pulp.
3. You need 1/2 cup of chopped onions.
4. It's 1/2 cup of coconut milk.
5. Prepare 1/2 cup of fresh grated coconut.
6. It's 2 medium of dry red chilly.
7. You need 1 tbsp of red chilly powder.
8. Prepare 1 tbsp of soaked rice.
9. Prepare 1 tsp of cumin seeds.
10. You need 2 tbsp of coriander seeds.
11. It's 1/2 tsp of turmeric powder.
12. Prepare 2 tbsp of oil.
13. You need 1 of salt to taste.
14. Prepare of 1\2 cup of chopped onions.
15. You need 100 grams of small dry fish.

Mix with dry red chillies, soaked rice and grated coconut. Grind it to a smooth paste. Dry Fish Curry is among the most popular fish recipes in Kerala. Its strong and rich flavour has made it extremely famous among our visitors as well.

Kerala dry fish curry instructions

1. Apply salt,turmeric powder and red chilly powder to the fish pieces and keep aside for 15 minutes.
2. Iightly roast cumin and coriander seeds,mix with dry red chillies,soaked rice and grated coconut.
3. Grind it to a smooth paste, soak tamarind in a half a cup of hot water. Heat oil in a pan.
4. Add chopped onions and chopped ginger,cook on a high flame till brown. Stir in fish pieces and add 2 cups of water.
5. Bring it to a boil. Stir in coconut and spice paste. mash tamarind dissolved in water to make a pulp.
6. Strain and add to the gravy.simmer for 2 minutes and finish with coconut milk..
7. Add fish pieces and cook on a medium flame for 7 to 8 minutes or till the fish is done.
8. Serve hot.

Kerala style dry fish curry is unique in the use of spices and the recipe below has been compiled from kitchens across the State. So every saturday he buys fish and ask me to cook. What he insist me is to make this fish curry which i ofcourse his recipe. But as a food blogger, i want to try something new every time, not the same curry again and again. So i make him new curries.

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