Name: Meen Vevichathu Easy
Prep time: 40 min
Total time: 40 min
Ingredients: 250 gms King Fish (washed and sliced into medium pieces); 3 tsp Chilli kashmiri powder; 1/2 tsp Turmeric powder (soak turmeric and chilly powder in enough hot water to make a paste); 1/2 tsp Fenugreek seeds; 1 tsp Mustard seeds; 4 nos Onion (finely sliced, small size); 3 cloves Garlic (chopped fine); 1/2 tbsp Ginger (finely chopped); 2 pieces Kudam Puli (soak in hot water just enough to cover it.); 4 tbsp Coconut oil; 3 stems Curry leaves; Salt (as reqd); Water (enough to cover the fish)

Meen Vevichathu Easy

Panicker`s meen curry

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Prep Time 40

Total Time 40

Cuisine Kerala

Servings people

Ingredients

250 gms King Fish washed and sliced into medium pieces
3 tsp Chilli kashmiri powder
1/2 tsp Turmeric powder soak turmeric and chilly powder in enough hot water to make a paste
1/2 tsp Fenugreek seeds
1 tsp Mustard seeds
4 nos Onion finely sliced, small size
3 cloves Garlic chopped fine
1/2 tbsp Ginger finely chopped
2 pieces Kudam Puli soak in hot water just enough to cover it.
4 tbsp Coconut oil
3 stems Curry leaves
Salt as reqd
Water enough to cover the fish

Instructions

Heat 2 tbsp of coconut oil in a clay / mud chatti till smoking.
Add mustard seeds and fenugreek seeds, let it crackle and the fenugreek seeds turn dark brown.
Stir in chopped onions, few curry leaves, sautT for 2 minutes add ginger and garlic and continue to fry.( about 2 minutes)
Transfer the chilly paste to the pot and fry till the oil floats on top of the masala and you get the fresh aroma of masala.
Add puli water to the masala followed by 2 cups (approximate to cover the fish) water. 6)Allow the water to boil briskly, put in fish pieces and then salt and close with a lid.
Take care not to stir with a spoon.
Pick the chatti and give a gentle to and fro motion.
The fish is cooked when the oil floats on top and the gravy is thick.
:- Serve hot!!!
:- This dish is best prepared in a chatti using firewood. The gravy tastes better the next day. Let the fish remain in the same pot.The puli should be of good quality

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Meen Vevichathu Easy