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11 January 2008

A Simple Kerala Meal With Fish Curry

I had posted a 30-minute Kerala meal for Shaheen's Express Cooking Event a few months back. Its was the most popular post till my Low-Fat Sugar Cookies took over. So here is a sequal, a simple lunch at home with Kerala Fish Curry, Cabbage Thoran and Rice.

Kerala Fish Curry





What I Used:

Kanambu Fish/Mullet or any other medium sized fish - 1/2 kg
Coconut - 2 cups
Chilly powder - 1 tbsp
Pepper powder - 1/2 tsp
Jeera powder - 1/2 tsp
Garlic - 4 cloves
Shallots - 4
Tamarind paste - 1 tbsp
Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp
Curry leaves - 1 strand
Mustard and fenugreek - for tempering
Gingelly oil - 2 tbsp
Salt - to taste

How I Made It:

1. Grind coconut, pepper, garlic, shallots, turmeric and jeera to a paste with some added water.

2. Heat oil and crackle mustard seeds. Fry fenugreek for a while and add a couple of chopped shallots. Then add curry leaves and chilly powder.

3. Add the gound paste, tamarind salt. Half a cup water may be added at this stage if gravy is too thick. Boil for 2 mins.

4. Add the cleaned and cut fish pieces, close and cook for 10 mins.

5. Serve hot with rice and any thoran.



Note: Replacing tamarind paste with one or two kodam puli (cocum) would change the flavour of the curry. But we use kodam puli only in curries that use no coconut.

More Kerala Recipes:

Karimeen Pollichathu

Kerala Fish Fry

Aviyal

Ethakka Thoran/Raw Banana Thoran

Hope Jyothsna does not ban me from her event RCI - Kerala this month. This is my third entry :)


Tried & Tasted By Nagalakshmi V at 12:34
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32 Comments:

  1. I see that you changed the look of your blog. Looks good Love the background colour. Inne kodipikua - alle?? Drooling!! Need I say more
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  2. fish curry looks very yummy!...nice new look!
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  3. Iam vegetarian...so not going to be able to comment on the fish curry.....but gimme cabbage thoran, rice and some curd...and Iam all set any time of the day.
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  4. Hmmm! Fish curry , rice and thoran....heavenly combo..with some papadoms too!!

    lovely rich colour to the fish!!

    Hey you seem to be changing the blog colours too often like me.. :P ..this is nice...
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  5. Love the colour of that fish curry...lovely entry :-)
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  6. I love this fish cury. Now just need a whole heap of rice to enjoy them.
    I never make fish curry at home as i am the onlyone who likes it.
    So have to wait till i am back home in kerala to eat this.
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  7. This looks so mouthwatering Nags!
    I love that with plain rice...simply superb
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  8. You changed the look again! It looks very nice now. Beautiful pic too.:-)
    Don't eat non-veg, so no comments on that.;-)
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  9. Fish curry looks yummy. My husband is from goa, an so we make it in similar manner. can u tell me which fish found in the usa will taste good in this curry
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  10. it is fun to come to ur blog and see that u have changed something yet again!! looks nice..and since i can't comment on the meal ..all i can say is 'hi!' :D
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  11. Nags this looks so delicious and the rice with the fish curry looks so fluffy and light. :-)
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  12. kanambu curry? wow, get me some..:)
    randu divasam munbu valyoru kananmbu vangi grill cheythu akathaakki..:D
    ini adutha thavana curry thanne..
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  13. Very coincidental!!!I am drafting another simple meal!!!:O
    Awesome post!!!
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  14. Love the look of the meen curry. Will def try this curry.
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  15. Oh my, how did I miss this? I could just drink that gravy up... Great job N... I better post an RCI entry soon, before you post every mallu dish out there :D
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  16. The fish curry looks amazingly delicious!
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  17. Great recipe.... i love fish curry... but can some one please prepare it for me... am too lazy to prepare it for myself. lol....
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  18. how does ur curry look red in colour when u haven't added chilly powder....
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  19. Ruby - there is chilly powder in the list of indredients, the 3rd item :)
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  20. Nags u kerala fish curry have copied and posted here..pls check it out..

    http://recipeshere.blogspot.com/2008/09/macchi-ka-salan.html
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  21. Hi Nags,
    Thank you so much for this delicious recipe.Prepared this meal today and had a great lunch.The fish curry is very tasty. I got seer fish , so prepared with it! My heart was full of gratitude when my hubby loved the curry.
    (May I bring a point to your notice.. if you dont mind.. The chilly powder , though mentioned in the ingredients, is not mentioned in the procedure. So I added it along the tamarind paste.)
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  22. Thanks Arogyam, I have made the edit. Glad you liked the Kerala fish curry :)
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  23. fish curry looks very yummy!...nice new look!
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  24. Hi there, I see you are from Singapore so wanted to know where you buy your fish. Being mainly vegetarian, who occasionally likes to eat fish, I wondered if the fish in places like Giant and Fairprice needs to be cleaned at home or if they come ready to cook?? would really appreciate some advice here, thanks in advance.
    PS I come across your blog often when searching for recipes, it is a lovely blog, very useful and beautifully presented!
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  25. Hi there, its so sad that I can't actually help you with this question because I stopped cooking all non vegetarian dishes after marriage. My husband is a vegetarian so I have limited eating non veg when we eat out. Having said that, I am sure you can buy those cut fish pieces from the supermarket, lightly wash them and use them for all fish recipes. They definitely are fresh and pre-cleaned before cutting. Try and let me know, won't you? :)
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  26. Thanks for your prompt reply Nags, will definitely let you know when I get down to trying it!!
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  27. Thank you for such an easy and tasty recipe. Much appreciate it! Cheerio, Sumant
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  28. Thank you Nags. I will try this today. I am from California. It is very difficult to make the south Indian gravy but I will try.

    Keep posting ;)
    Anjali
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  29. jeera powder in fish curry you must be jocking.
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  30. no i am not "jocking". what's so funny anyway? this is how we make kerala fish curry. did you learn about fish curry recipes from the same place you learnt English?
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  31. Yummy :) Did u use black pepper / white pepper?
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  32. black pepper! hope you try and like the kerala fish curry recipe :)
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