Drumstick Fish curry with step by step pictures. Delicious fish curry made with drumstick and coconut masala.

Drumstick Fish Curry Recipe
This is the fish curry which my friends mom gave me and this is what i talked about in this fish masala powder post. This is one of the easiest fish curry recipe, because you just need the fish curry masala to make this, you can either make it at home or use store bought ones.
About Meen Kuzhambu
Drumstick is also known as moringa. While the rest of the world has lauded moringa as a superfood, it has long been a staple of the South Indian diet. Moringa is also the botanical name (Moringa Oleifera) for drumstick, which gets its name from Murungai (Tamil) or Muringa (Spanish) (Malayalam). While it grows in most parts of India, it is
most likely more common in Southern India. It's also popular in Burma, Cambodia, and Thailand, where the drumstick is frequently cooked with seafood in curries. Drumstick trees are deeply rooted in Southern Indian folklore and legends.
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Ingredients for Drumstick Fish Curry
Drumstick :
The Drumsticks are tapered at each end. Moringa pods are bitter with a somewhat sweet taste; their muted flavor allows for a variety of seasoning options.
Tamarind :
Tamarind flavour can range from sweet and sour to tangy and tart, depending on the other ingredients it is combined with. Sweet ingredients, such as sugar, can, for example, take the sting out of sour tamarind flavours. The sourer the taste, the less ripe the tamarind.
Green Chilli :
The green chillies in cooked or raw form give a fiery hot flavor. To reduce the fiery hot flavor the seeds and inner membranes could be removed which is effective at reducing the heat of the pod.

Fish Drumstick Curry Preparation
- Take tamarind in a bowl and cover with little water. Soak it for 10 mins. Squeeze it and strain it. Set aside.
- Take grinding ingredients in a blender and puree till smooth. Set aside.
- Take drumstick, water, curry leaves, salt, green chillies, ground masala and mix well. Bring it to a boil and simmer for 10 mins till the veg is done.
- Now add in fish and cook covered on a low flame till the fish is done.
- Heat oil in a small pan, add in curry leaves and pour this over the curry.
- Serve over rice.
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Drumstick Fish Curry Recipe
Ingredients
- Fish - 500 grams cut into chunks
- Drumstick / Murungaikai - 2 cut into pieces
- Tamarind - a small gooseberry size
- Green Chillies - 3 slit
- Curry leaves a handful
- Salt to taste
- Coconut Oil - 2 tblspn
- For Masala:
- Fresh Coconut - 1 cup grated
- Shallots / Sambar Onion - 6
- Fish Curry Masala - 3 to 4 tblspn
Instructions
- Take tamarind in a bowl and cover with little water. Soak it for 10 mins. Squeeze it and strain it. Set aside.
- Take grinding ingredients in a blender and puree till smooth. Set aside.
- Take drumstick, water, curry leaves, salt, green chillies, ground masala and mix well. Bring it to a boil and simmer for 10 mins till the veg is done.
- Now add in fish and cook covered on a low flame till the fish is done.
- Heat oil in a small pan, add in curry leaves and pour this over the curry.
- Serve over rice.
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Drumstick Fish Curry Step by Step
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Start by making the masala..Take coconut in a blender |
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Add in some peeled shallots |
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Add in fish curry masala (Recipe here ) |
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Puree till smooth |
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The puree has to be thick and smooth..Set aside |
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Now take tamarind in a bowl |
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cover with little water and let it soak for 10 mins |
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squeeze and strain the pulp |
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In a earthernware pot, take cut drumstick |
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cover with water |
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sprinkle over lots of curry leaves |
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and some salt |
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add in the puree |
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and the tamarind juice |
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now add in some slit green chillies |
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mix well |
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Bring it to a boil |
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Cook till drumstick is cooked |
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Add in fish pieces |
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mix well |
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cover and simmer for few more mins |
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now the fish is done |
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Heat some oil in a pan |
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add in curry leaves and let them sizzle |
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pour it in |
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mix well |
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Serve |

Anonymous
Excellent! Could feel the Aroma and Taste!!!
safiya
Made it !! Yummy recipe!!
word wipe
They look so delicious. Definitely will make it