Recipe: Yummy Kerala fish curry

Kerala fish curry. Kerala style fish curry made with Kodampuli - Malabar Tamarind and Sardines (Mathi Meen). Spicy fish curry made with coconut milk. Recipe with step by step pictures.

Thenga Paal Meen Curry ll Kerala Fish Curry. Kerala fish curry or Meen curry can be prepared in many ways. Here you can try a traditional fish curry recipe without using coconut or coconut milk. You can cook Kerala fish curry using 13 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Kerala fish curry

1. Prepare 2 of large white fish fillets (I used whiting you can also use cod, seabass or bream).
2. Prepare 6 of shallots.
3. You need 2 of long red peppers.
4. It's 1 of thumb size ginger piece.
5. Prepare 2 cloves of garlic.
6. It's 1 of red chilli.
7. Prepare 1 tsp of nigella seeds.
8. Prepare 1/2 tsp of cumin seeds.
9. It's 1 tbsp of chilli powder.
10. It's 1 tsp of turmeric.
11. You need 1 tsp of ground nut or sesame oil.
12. You need 200 ml of coconut milk.
13. You need 1 can of chopped tin tomatoes.

Kerala fish curry is a very hot dish made of fish pieces cooked in a mixture of spices. It's extremely popular in Kerala, a Southwestern coastal state of India, where fish is abundant, but fortunately, you. 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 cook it for a subtly spiced and flavourful curry.

Kerala fish curry instructions

1. Finely chop the the shallots, peppers, chilli, garlic and ginger.
2. In a hot pan toast the nigella and cumin seeds in the hot oil until they start to pop.
3. Turn the heat down to medium and add the chopped vegetables. Sauté for 5mins.
4. Make a paste by mixing the chilli powder and turmeric with a dash of water.
5. Stir in the paste.
6. Now stir in fish (cut in chunks). Mix in the tomatoes and coconut milk and simmer for 20mins to reduce..
7. Serve with a chapatti, saag paneer and some chutney 😋.

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. Kerala curry is a famous fish curry from the southern Indian state of Kerala. Kerala fish curry is a spicy traditional Kerala cuisine also called Meen mulaku curry. "Meen" is the Malayalam word for fish and "mulaku" means chilli.