Name: Fish Curry (Suitable For Small Fishes)
Prep time: 20 min
Total time: 20 min
Ingredients: ½ Kg Any tasty small Fish (like Kozhuva); 1 tsp Mustard seeds; ¼ tsp Fenugreek seeds (Uluva); ½ cup Button onions (sliced, Kunjulli); 1 no Tomato (sliced, medium); 6 nos Kudam Puli (soaked in water); 4 nos Green chillies (half slit); ½ cup Grated coconut; Salt (As reqd); 6 tbsp Coconut oil; Curry leaves; 2 tsp Chilly powder; 2 tsp Coriander powder; ½ tsp Turmeric powder; 6 nos Garlic pods; 6 nos Button onions

Fish Curry (Suitable For Small Fishes)

A Yummy Fish Curry in true Kerala Kottayam Style

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Prep Time 20

Total Time 20

Cuisine Kerala

Servings people

Ingredients

½ Kg Any tasty small Fish like Kozhuva
1 tsp Mustard seeds
¼ tsp Fenugreek seeds Uluva
½ cup Button onions sliced, Kunjulli
1 no Tomato sliced, medium
6 nos Kudam Puli soaked in water
4 nos Green chillies half slit
½ cup Grated coconut
Salt As reqd
6 tbsp Coconut oil
Curry leaves

For making chilly paste:-

2 tsp Chilly powder
2 tsp Coriander powder
½ tsp Turmeric powder
6 nos Garlic pods
6 nos Button onions

Instructions

Grind together the ingredients for making chilly paste(chilly powder, coriander powder, turmeric powder, garlic, button onions).
Grind grated coconut.
:- No need to make into a very smooth paste, grind it a bit coarsely.
To an earthen pot, add coconut oil.
Splutter mustard and fenugreek seeds.
Add sliced button onions and sautT well.
Add green chilly and saute.
Add tomato and sautT well.
Add the grinded chilly paste mixed with some water and sautT well.
Add enough water for the fish to get cooked along with salt and Kudam Puli.
Let it boil well.
Add the fish.
Cover and cook.
When the gravy is of medium consistency, add the coconut paste and mix well by rotating the pot.
Add curry leaves.
Switch off the flame as soon as the gravy starts boiling very well.
Sprinkle a tsp of coconut oil over the curry.
Garnish with lot of curry leaves.

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Response (6)

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KARISHMA March 23, 2010

GR8 RECIPE…..VERY GOOD TASTE AND EASY TO MAKE. THOUGH I ADDED CANNED COCONUT MILK INSTEAD OF FRESH COCONUT PASTE IT WAS FINE.

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swapna ajay January 5, 2008

Thankyou for this tasty reciepe

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venu shankar June 27, 2008

worderfull nice and delecious

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sudheer July 30, 2008

Very tasty … Only thing is there was no enough coconut oil at my home 🙂


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biju September 15, 2008

Tried u r recipe-came out very well-thank u

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mahmood chalil August 20, 2008

fantastic.expecting new items from your hands.

thanks

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Fish Curry (Suitable For Small Fishes)