Spicy Kerala Fish Curry (Meen Curry)
Hot and Spicy Kerala Fish Curry (Meen Curry) will give a sumptuous treat to your taste buds. A variant from the usual fish curry, the dish incorporates tangy tamarind extract. Fish curry tastes best with hot rice or cooked tapioca. Fish is nutritious and hence must be included in your daily menu. The fish used for Spicy Kerala Fish Curry (Meen Curry) can range from seer fish to any fish that is fleshy. Fish curries cooked in red chilly and spices usually tastes best the next day. We have included a simplified version of the recipe. Enjoy the dish.
Ingredients
- 250 gm Fish
- Tamarind A small ball in hot water, Puli
- 1 no Onions sliced, big
- 1 no Tomato sliced, big
- Curry leaves A small bunch
- 3 tsp Red chilly powder
- 1/2 tsp Coriander powder
- 1/4 tsp Turmeric powder
- 1/4 tsp Fenugreek powder Uluva
- 2 tbsp Coconut oil
- 1/2" piece Ginger
- 4 nos Garlic pods
- Salt As reqd
- Mustard seeds A Pinch
- Fenugreek seeds A pinch, Uluva
Instructions
- Clean the fish (Meen), drain and keep aside.
- Mix together the red chilly powder, coriander powder, turmeric powder, and fenugreek powder with little water, to make a smooth paste.
- Heat oil in a pan.
- Add mustard seeds and when they start spluttering, add fenugreek seeds followed by the sliced onions, ginger, garlic, tomatoes, curry leaves and the paste and fry till the oil separates.
- :- You could use a cup of small onions instead of big onions.
- Add a tsp of vinegar if desired. ( optional)
- Add tamarind extract and check the level of sourness.
- Add enough water to cover the pieces.
- Cook on a gentle heat.
- When the pieces are almost cooked, increase the heat and cook till the gravy thickens and the oil is visible.
- :- Serve hot with rice.
- hey all...here r some tips to improve the taste of ur fish curry.....
- When u make fish or meat curries, try to make the curry one day before, so that the Meen curry will absorb all that masala and taste better the next day.
- If u like the smell of coriander leaves in your Meen curries, you can add some in this fish curry too.
- Last but not the least, Kukum star (Kudampuli) is a very good substitute for tamarind in Meen Curry.
- :- Enjoy the Meen Curry. Meen Curry goes very well with hot rice.
Notes
You can visit this link Fish Curry with Tomato. You can also visit this link Fish Biryani.
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hi all thanks for the feed back…
here r some tips…
1) if u really think the curry is too hot, reduce chilli/ or add two tea spoon of coconut milk.
2)when u make fish or meat curries,try to make the curry one day before, so that the curry will absorb all that masala and taste better.
3)if u like the smell of corriander leaves ( cilentro ) in ur curries, u can add some in this fish curry too.
4) last but not the least, kudampulli ( coccum) is a very good substitute for tamarind..
I tried it and was very good. It would be nice if u use coccum instead of tarmind.
looking at all the comments we tried this recipe, but though we eat very hot foods, it was a bit too much, i think the red chilli that we get here compared to India differs greatly in quality, any way we had to add coconut milk to it to ease up a little, but except for that it was VERY GOOD, and we would try this again fo couse half the chilli powder. Thanks
real spicy …real taste..evryone should try this recipe…
Thanks for the receipe!. It was good!.
Delicious!
I cant believe with such a simple recipe i managed to make an yummy delicious fish curry, anyway i used kodampuli. Thank u so much..
I will try this fish curry..it is A mouth watering recipe..thanks a lot! cheers!
Maneka,
The curry was simply excellent. I had guests and served it, and WOW, everyone just loved the curry. Thanks for this wonderful recipe.
Regards,
Nimi
Dear,
It is really great. Being in Nigeria, i almost forgot the taste of india. But thanks to you for the receipe….i once again started enjoying the kerala style foods. Only thing we do not get the type of fish that we get in kerala. I made the curry with the fish that is available here in nigeria.
Regards
Manoj
Hi,
Three years to my marriage, and this is the first time I have cooked such an yummy fish curry. Your recipe is simple and worth. thanks a million. My Hubby loved it…cheers!!!
It is toooo good. Thank you
yummy, you made us remember our mummy.
very good recipe..cheers!!!
Hi It was the first time that i tried making fish curry as my own.. It tunred out very good.. All my friends and colleagues liked it very much. Thanks a lot
This is the first time iam making fish curry , it came out very good and it was very easy to make . Thanks a lot
i tried it. it was superb.
Hi.I tried this recipe yesterday and it came out really good.Thankxxxx for the recipe.
the king fish is known as neimeen in kerala and vanjram in tamilnadu.
I tried with Salman fish. Exellent. It is very simple to prepare. Thanks.
thanks a lot.. everytime I make fish it turns out really hot, thanks for the early comments I added almost a tspn less chilly, the curry came out excellent. I had guests coming in and everybody appreciated.
Hey the curry turned out to be delicious.We used sardines but didnt add the coconut milk and also used much less chilli, but it was spicy and tasty nonetheless. Anyone looking for a good fish curry can try out this one.
very good, too hot
Wow Maneka…this is an excellent fish curry. Typical Kerala style. I added one tsp less of chilly powder though and also a couple of tbsps of coconut milk at the end just to flavor it a notch although its totally flavorful even without it. Plus its super simple ! Yummm…….its gonna sit untouched till tomorrow coz fish curry tastes best a day after its made right ? Thx for this one, Maneka.
Excellent Dish & Thanx for sharing it.We loved it.
tried and surprised my wife for easter…..thanks
curry was excelent….try to put some more worth recieps like this… my kids and parents liked it very much..
yumm..yummm..really hot but treats the buds as u said…thanks…give ur contact for some help in cooking!!!!!!!!!!!!!
adipoli ketto….realy spicy!!!u can try this hot fish curry if u realy like to have something hot…
Nice and spicy! Reduce chilli powder if you cant take the spice.
Its nice yaaaaaaaaaaaar!!!!!!!!
tried this reciepe with kappa….it is hot but very tasty … now i can`t imagine kappa with out this fish curry….u try this and u know that i am right…
Maneka,the curry was very excellent..I used to wait for my husband to taste and comment.He is very picky..His mom and grandma tells its very difficult to satisfy him with food.he wants a tasty and healthy food..As soon as he tasted this curry,he couldn`t stop praising me .he was very impressed .thank you
oh it was excellent….i just tried this coz my husband and brother wanted to have something hot..but i tell u it was the best curry i ever had…though me make fish curries, there r some diffrents in each one…but u just made my husband to say that , mine is the best than my mother in law`s curry!!!!!!!!!!happy new year…
hey maneka, the curry was just too good…we r newly married couple and riya is struggling a lot with cooking….last sunday i decided to help her out in the kitchen.i tried this website for a good recipe and was impressed with ur`s…i made the curry and it was owesome…earlier we planned to keep the curry for two days since we both r working…but we sill don`t know how the pot became empty in a day!!!!!!!!!thanks….riya wanted to write a msg for u..i think she sure `ll…
I was looking for a curry without kudampili.. and this worked out.. heavenly.. thanks a lot for this
Awesome recipe, i loved it…
I really enjoy this recipe and your site. Very helpful…Thanks
ohhhhhh becos of u innu wifinte cheethavileenu rakshapettu
Thanks a lot. Great recipe. I have tried fish curry, It came very well.
Tried this recipe-easy to make and came out well. came out very well.Thanks a lot for this recipe!
Thanks for posting this nice recipe…Appreciate your effrots…
Great recipe. Took hardly 10 minutes to make. The taste was awesome..Good Job..
Sorry…it was delicious….too good..
Cooked this for my family last night-we all really enjoyed it – full of flavour. Cheers
Lovely recipe. Easy to prepare and yet so delicious.Ende ammayeeammade meenkariye kaalum nannaiyirunnu 😉
It`s so easy to prepare and yet so delicious.My family and even my neighbours loved it. Ende ammayeeammade meenkariye kaalum assalaayarinnu.
hi today I tried your receipe with kudampuly and it came out real well.thanks a lot for this excellent recipe. I love kerala fish curries.Keep postin such curries in future.thanks once again.
wow wonderful recipe.I used puli .I didn`t had fried fenugreek powder.Still the curry tasted alot.Yep we had some friends on our house,everybody appreciated it and we enjoyed alot.
Usually I used to try different fish curry receipe, but nothing tasted like this.So this had become my gold std.Thanks for sharing.
Mini
its too good…everybody shud try this out..keep it up maneka
Hi,
That was excellent recipe. Helped me to impress my wife. You made my day.
BTW where can we get this kokum ?
Cheerio
-Raju
Tooooo good!!!!!!
Excellent!!! I usually have a hard time with fish curries…but everyone loved this recipe!!!
Thanks