மீன் குழம்பு / Meen Kulambu / Fish Steaks Cooked in a Spicy Coconut Sauce

This is a updated recipe of one of my post, I have deleted my old post . This recipe is way better than the old post.

Are you looking for a proper fish curry, then this is it. This recipe is given from my mother. she is a pure vegetarian, but she knows to cook fish. She told me to try this fish curry and i did it too..It came out so good..I hope you will try it soon..

Ingredients:

Fish Pieces - 1/2 kg (Any White Fleshed Fish will do)

Tamarind Pulp - 2 tblspn

Coconut Oil- 2 tblspn

Curry leaves a spring

Salt to taste

For Masala:

Coconut - 1 cup

Dry Red Chilli - 5

Shallots / Sambar Onion - 5

Coriander Powder / Malli Podi - 1 tblspn

Cumin Powder / Jeeraka Podi - 1 tsp

Turmeric Powder / Manjal Podi - 1 tsp

Pepper Powder - 1 tsp

Method:

Take all the ingrediants given for the masala in a blender and make into a fine puree.

Add that to a kadai and pour required amount of water.

Add in tamarind and salt and mix well.

Bring this to a boil.

Add in the fish pieces and cook for 10 mins or untill the fish is done.

Heat coconut oil in a pan. Add curry leaves to it and fry them for 30 seconds.

Pour this over the curry and mix well.

Pictorial:

Take all your ingrediants

Use Firm White Fleshed Fish

Ingrediants for grinding

take everything in a blender

and make into a fine puree

Transfer that to a large kadai

add tamarind

and salt

mix well

add fish in

and bring everything to a boil and cook

Heat oil in a kadai and splatter some curry leaves

pour that in

and mix well

Serve