Name: Meen Vattichathu
Prep time: 30 min
Total time: 30 min
Ingredients: 1/4 kg Any small fish (preferably natholi, mathi, chemmeen etc); 2 nos Onion (chopped); 12 cloves Garlic (chopped); 1 inch Ginger (chopped); 1/2 tsp Chilly powder; 1/2 tsp Turmeric powder; Salt (As reqd); 4 pieces Coccum (soaked in salt water for 1/2 hour, Kudampuli); 8 nos Green chillies (slit); Curry leaves (Few); 2 cups Coconut (grated); 1 tbsp Coconut oil

Meen Vattichathu

Easy South Kerala recipe

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Prep Time 30

Total Time 30

Cuisine Kerala

Servings people

Ingredients

1/4 kg Any small fish preferably natholi, mathi, chemmeen etc
2 nos Onion chopped
12 cloves Garlic chopped
1 inch Ginger chopped
1/2 tsp Chilly powder
1/2 tsp Turmeric powder
Salt As reqd
4 pieces Coccum soaked in salt water for 1/2 hour, Kudampuli
8 nos Green chillies slit
Curry leaves Few
2 cups Coconut grated
1 tbsp Coconut oil

Instructions

Clean and put fish in a pan(man chatti preferred).
Add chopped onion, ginger, garlic, chilly powder, turmeric powder, salt, kudampuli, 1/2 cup water and allow to boil for 10 minutes.
Meanwhile roughly grind coconut with green chillies and curry leaves without adding water(Do not grind too much, only for crushing green chilly).
Mix this with fish and allow to boil for 5 minutes.
Remove from the stove and pour coconut oil and more curry leaves. Mix again and cover it for 5 minutes. Now it ready to be served.

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Meen Vattichathu