Kerala Fish Curry with Coconut {Recipe}

Kerala fish curry is amazing in its taste, flavour, and simplicity. While the fiery red, spicy red fish curry is more popular in Kerala, this version which amma makes that has coconut ground into the base of the fish curry is my favourite. This fish curry with coconut goes really well with rice and all you need is a papadom to go with the meal. While the curry tastes good with any type of fish, I’d recommend white fish with a firm flesh for optimum taste. The curry tastes good as you keep it longer and if you make it in the traditional mud pots in Kerala, the flavour is excellent. You can keep it at room temperature for up to a day and refrigerate for up to three days.

Ingredients:
Kanambu Fish / Mullet or any other medium sized fish with firm flesh – 1/2 kg
Grated coconut – 1 cup
Chilly powder – 1 tbsp (adjust to tate)
Pepper powder – 1/2 tsp
Jeera powder – 1/2 tsp
Garlic – 4 cloves
Shallots, ulli – 4-6
Tamarind paste – 1 tbsp
Turmeric powder – 1/2 tsp
Curry leaves – 1 strand
Mustard and fenugreek – for tempering
Gingelly oil (Indian Sesame oil) or coconut oil – 2 tbsp
Salt – to taste

How to Make Kerala Fish Curry:

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 like the Kerala red fish curry.

More Kerala Fish Recipes:
Karimeen Pollichathu
Kerala Fish Fry
Nethili Fry

Comments

Priya

August 21, 2009 at 6:54 am

Nags u kerala fish curry have copied and posted here..pls check it out..http://recipeshere.blogspot.com/2008/09/macchi-ka-salan.html

Nags

July 29, 2009 at 1:40 am

Ruby – there is chilly powder in the list of indredients, the 3rd item 🙂

Ruby

July 28, 2009 at 4:21 pm

how does ur curry look red in colour when u haven't added chilly powder….

Games

March 18, 2009 at 12:49 pm

Great recipe…. i love fish curry… but can some one please prepare it for me… am too lazy to prepare it for myself. lol….

Sig

January 13, 2008 at 11:33 pm

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 😀

Miri

January 14, 2008 at 5:58 am

The fish curry looks amazingly delicious!

Pravs

January 13, 2008 at 1:57 pm

Love the look of the meen curry. Will def try this curry.

Bharathy

January 13, 2008 at 8:38 am

Very coincidental!!!I am drafting another simple meal!!!:O
Awesome post!!!

Seena

January 12, 2008 at 1:13 pm

kanambu curry? wow, get me some..:)
randu divasam munbu valyoru kananmbu vangi grill cheythu akathaakki..:D
ini adutha thavana curry thanne..

Rajitha

January 11, 2008 at 11:04 pm

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!’ 😀

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