Kottayam Style Fish Curry | Kottayam Meen Curry
Among the myriad of culinary delights, Kottayam Meen Curry stands out as a gem in the treasure trove of Kerala's traditional recipes.
Ingredients
- 1 kg King Fish or any fleshy fish
- 2 tbsp Chilly powder
- 1 tbsp Paprika
- 1/2 tsp Turmeric powder
- 1/2 tsp Fenugreek seeds Uluva/Methi
- 1 tsp Mustard seeds
- 5 nos Shallots Kunjulli(chopped)
- 6 nos Garlic cloves Crushed
- 1/2 inch piece Ginger Crushed
- 5 nos. Split green chilies
- 5 pieces Kukum star Kudam Puli
- 1/4 cup Coconut oil
- 10 stems Curry leaves
- 3 cups Water
- As reqd Salt
Instructions
For Preparing The Gravy:
- Heat about a quarter of a cup of coconut oil or vegetable oil in a frying pan or chatti.
- Add mustard seeds and when they splutter, add the chopped onions, crushed ginger and garlic, few curry leaves, split green chilies and stir fry.
- Add salt and cook until the gravy is thick. Keep this aside.
For cooking the fish in the gravy:
- Take a fairly large frying pan.
- Prepare a bed of curry leaves.
- Arrange the pieces of fish on this bed.
- Pour the previously prepared gravy over this. The pieces of fish should be completely covered.
- Add the remaining curry leaves and kudumpuli pieces, cover with a lid and cook slowly. Do not stir.
- :- If necessary, you can lift the frying pan by it`s handle and give it a gentle rotating or rocking motion during cooking to spread the gravy evenly. Stop cooking when the fish pieces are cooked sufficiently and the gravy is thick.
- :- This kottayam meen curry preparation is best after it sits for a day or two to allow time for the spices to get into the fish. The meen curry gets better as it stays in the chatty.
- :- Enjoy the fish delicacy with kappa or rice.
Notes
You can check this link for a tasty fish curry Fish Curry with Coconut. You can also check this link Fish Biryani.
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What are the items which u mentioned previously ground?? which to be added?
I wonder what is Paparika?
good….but tooo hot…
its good but very hot , plz whoever going to try , only put 1 tb of red chilly and 1 tb or paprika and 2 green chillies
this is god but whoever going to try pls put only 1 tb of chilly powder 1 tb paprika and 2 green chillies as this recipe is too hot
Good ….not bad at all.
it s really good.
I was searching for real fish curry.. kottayam fish curry, now after viewing your recipe i made it…. IT WAS EXCELLENT, everybody loves it. but one thing you dont need to use 10 stems of curry leaves need only 4 or 5 stems maximum…. anyway its an excellent curry
MMMMhhhhhhh… it taste so good…
u r doing a great help for the people who are away from their parents and forced to live independantly. Thanx a lot..
Nisha
i dont cook that often but still curry came good thanks
It was quiet nice. After a long time… I feel the taste of our kerala food here in Malaysia…. Tq….. Keeping the curry in clay pot (Chatti) to absorb the water from the curry.. so that it become more tasty…
adipoli meen curry ….kore nalayi oru nadan taste meen curry vakkan try cheyyunnu…ithavana shariyayi …thank U very much
anybody pl tell me what is `paprika`
Paparika is similar to chilli powder. You can get it from any american stores.
HAI,
NJAN ORU KOTTAYAMKARAN AANU. NANGALUDE NATTILE MEEN KARRY VEKKAN ELLAVARKKUM PARANJUKODUTHATHATHINU THANX.
ANOOP
I tried this recipe. It came out excellently. Thanks a lot.
Really it was good. Thanks a lot
Adipoli Cury!
Very good recipe. Tastes real good the 2nd day.
aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh superb!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Must try recipe,tastes just gr8.Absolutely fantastic.thankyou
Excellent ,Try this out——–
this recipe was really good.my husband really liked it
mariammaammachi meencurry kalakky …………kappayude kude super…
Ah adipoli taste aa mone….
I made this curry for my beloved husband, which was the first of its kind i made for him & he loved it. Thanks for the post.
I loved it. Tastes awesome. King fish is a bit tough to get here so I buy salmon. But it tastes just fine. Looks like this recipe is what is going to get done in my kitchen the max. Thanks a tonn!
The Fenugreek is missing in the main body of the recipe, it would be good to specify if this is ground, or remain whole and when this has to be added to the cooking process
Many thanks
Just like mom use to make and guess what …… I made it!! Thanks Pachakam and thanks Mariyamma Aunty.
assalayittundu….thanks a lot aunty.
this is a brilliant recepie,as many said ,its bit too hot so try to cut down chilli powder ,and also dont even think about mixing papprika powder ,instead of that grid few (piriyan mulakku) ,i am sure author actually meant piriyan mulakku ,not papprika but many misunderstand piriyan mulakku and papprika ,its happend in this case as well .try this and u wouldnt be disappointed for sure.
Very good recipe. I tried this with King Fish and my fish curry was excellent.
An excellent recipe to try. Goes very well with Kappa.