Name: Mathi Meen Peera (Fish Thoran)
Prep time: 30 min
Total time: 30 min
Ingredients: 1 kg Mathi (Sardine); 1/2 kg Small onion (Kunjulli); 2 tbsp Ginger (chopped); 6 Green chillies (crushed - Kantharimulaku is the best); 4 pieces Kukum star (kudampuli); 2 cups Coconut; 1/2 tsp Turmeric powder; 2 tbsp Coconut oil; Salt (As rqrd)

Mathi Meen Peera (Fish Thoran)

Mathi Meen Peera (Fish Thoran) an authentic nadan kerala dish

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Prep Time 30

Total Time 30

Cuisine Kerala

Servings people

Ingredients

1 kg Mathi Sardine
1/2 kg Small onion Kunjulli
2 tbsp Ginger chopped
6 Green chillies crushed - Kantharimulaku is the best
4 pieces Kukum star kudampuli
2 cups Coconut
1/2 tsp Turmeric powder
2 tbsp Coconut oil
Salt As rqrd

Instructions

Clean and wash the fish using salt and lemon juice and cut it into small pieces.
Slice small onions after removing the skin.
Handmix grated coconut, sliced onion, chopped ginger, crushed green chillies or kanthari mulaku and turmeric powder.
Put the fish pieces in a pan or meen chatti, add salt, tamarind (kudampuli), coconut mixture and mix it well.
Add little water and cover the pan with a lid and cook in medium flame until all the water gets evaporated.
Sprinkle 2 tablespoon coconut oil over the dish just before removing it from fire.
:-Serve hot with rice

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Response (4)

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seeda September 24, 2011

Thanx 4 the recipe. This is the exact way what we are making mathi thoran at home.

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Promise July 15, 2008

This is the real deal!! Nice recipe

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jk June 20, 2010

Thanks a lot for the recipe. This helped me to prepare meen peera without asking my in-laws..

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anjana December 21, 2008

its very recipe…..u dont use garlic ……..??to add garlic….then the perfect meen peer wll ready ……

5 from 4 votes (4 ratings without comment)

Mathi Meen Peera (Fish Thoran)