Manchatti Meen Kuzhambu Recipe - Coconut Fish Curry Recipe


I have quite a few fish recipes on my blog and this one is a addition to that. Hubby got a huge kilos of fish yesterday. He got it directly from the fisherman, so it was very very cheap.. It was so fresh, I freezed few of them and cooked some immediately for dinner, This is what i made yesterday for lunch and i am sure we are gonna eat fish for the following days as well.

Similar Recipe,
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Many More..



Hope you will give this a try and let me know how it turns out for you.



Preparation Time : 10 mins
Cooking Time : 35 to 40 mins
Serves: 5 to 6

Ingredients:

Fish - 500 grams cut into pieces
Salt to taste
Turmeric Powder - 1 tsp

For Gravy:
Onion - 1 large chopped finely
Tomatoes - 3 large chopped finely
Green chilli - 3 slit
Chilli Powder - 1 tblspn
Coriander Powder- 2 tblspn
Turmeric Powder- 1 tsp
Garam Masala powder - 1 tsp
Tamarind Pulp - 2 tblspn or to taste
Salt to taste

For Grinding:
Coconut - 1/4 cup
Curry leaves a small handful
Ginger - 2 cm piece
Green Chilli - 2

For Seasoning:
Oil - 4 tblspn
Mustard Seeds - 1 tsp
Curry leaves a handful
Garlic - 6 cloves peeled 
Black Pepper - 1 tsp

Method:

Take fish in a bowl, add salt and turmeric and mix well. Set aside.

Take grinding ingredients in a blender and puree smooth. Set aside.

Heat oil in a earthernware pot. Add in seasoning ingredients and let them sizzle.

Add in onions and cook that till golden.

Add in tomatoes and chillies and cook that till mushy. Add in spice powders and salt and mix well. Cook that for a min more.

Add in water as needed and bring it to a boil. Simmer for few mins.


Add in fish and mix well. Cook for 5 to 6 mins. Now add in coconut masala and tamarind and cook till oil floats on top.


Serve.


Pictorial:
Take fish in a bowl


add salt and turmeric. Mix well


Set aside


Take coconut in a blender


add in curry leaves and ginger


add green chillies


puree till smooth
heat oil in a pan..add seasoning ingredients


let them sizzle


add onions


cook till it is lightly golden


add tomatoes and green chillies


cook till it gets mushy


add spice powders


mix well


add water


bring it to a boil and cook for 5 mins or so


add fish pieces and cook that for few more mins


add coconut masala


mix well


add tamarind


boil it and cook till oil separates


done


Serve

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