Couple days back hubby bought this fish from the market. For so many days i wanted to try a village style fish curry and i decided to give a try and it turned out really good. If you guys have any traditional fish recipes which taste yum, please send it to me..I would love to give it a try.. You can check out my other fish recipes too, i have so many gravy recipes, my favourites are chettinad fish curry, ajwain fish curry, kerala red fish curry and so many..
Take all your ingredients |
This is ayila/ ayala / mackerel fish |
Start by dry roasting coconut in a pan..I had some chopped coconut pieces, so i used that..You can use grated ones.. |
roast till it turns golden brown |
take it in a blender |
make it into a fine puree |
Take water in a earthern ware pot |
add in curry leaves |
add in 2 slit green chillies |
sprinkle some salt |
add in chilli, coriander and turmeric powder |
add in the fish pieces |
heat it up |
cover and cook till the fish is half cooked, around 5 mins |
Dont over cook the fish, because it is going to cook again… |
remove it to a bowl |
Heat some coconut oil in the same kadai |
add in curryleaves,ginger and garlic |
add in onions |
sprinkle in salt |
saute it |
once it is well cooked |
add in tomatoes |
cook till it turns mushy |
add in chilli, coriander and turmeric powder |
mix well |
add in tamarind pulp |
add in coconut masala |
cook this coconut mix for 5 to 8 mins |
now add in the cooked fish pieces along with the water |
mix well |
cover and simmer |
cook till oil separates |
done |
serve with rice.. |
Hi Aarthi,
Can you tell me why do we have to cook Fish separately with Chilli, Curry leaves and other spice powders then again with ground masala? Can we not add Fish after the raw smell goes from ground masala?
@preethiThis is a way of making this curry..You can do it any way like you want. But this way makes it more tasty.
can v try this method for salmon fish….?
@Anonymousyes u can
Tasty..tasty tasty!!!! Wat else I can say??? I was having some ayala meen pieces left on my fridge and want to try some different curry…just tried ur recipe. ..it came really really tasty…cant stop eating. ..:) keep up the good work
Hi Aarthi .. thus fish curry is awesome and the recipe works like a charm 🙂 Thanks a lot for sharing 🙂
Hi Aarthi, you are my saviour in kitchen as i'm new to this. tried your fish curry recipe with pompfret fish, its really great and tasty with minimum spices. Thanks a lot for sharing.. 🙂
Made it and loved it. thanks for sharing this recipe.
Thank you for the Recipe – can this be made in a normal non stick vessel or has to be this earthern ware pot
yes u can cook this in normal pan