Fish Curry Recipe with Step by Step pictures. Meen kuzhambu Recipe made with a spicy coconut masala and tamarind cooked till thick. This taste amazing with rice.
Meen Kulambu Recipe
I should admit to you a truth my friends. I am not a expert in cooking fish dishes, i never liked fish recipes, we don't cook fish recipes often, most of the fish recipes which i try has been a flop for me, THESE ALL HAPPENED BEFORE MARRIAGE.
Once i got married to a total fish addict. I started learning fish recipes slowly. Once of the basic recipe is fish curry, I make it in my style, but my hubby was not very keen into that curry. So he thought me how to make the perfect fish curry in the world. And i should admit the truth that it was yum, i started eating fish lovingly from that day onwards.
How to Make Fish Curry
- Take all the grinding ingredients in a blender and add water. Grind into a smooth paste.
- Now take drumstick, brinjal, tomato in a kadai and add some water.
- Add in salt, turmeric and tamarind and mix well. Cover and cook this for 10 mins.
- Add in the ground masala and mix well. Add water if needed.
- Once it reaches to a boil. Set the flame to simmer and let it cook for 5 to 8 mins.
- Now add in the sardine pieces and simmer for 10 more mins.
- Throw in a handful of curry leaves and mix well. Let it simmer for 2 more mins.
- Now switch off the flame and let it sit covered till ready to eat.
- Serve with hot rice.
He would say that a fish curry should not be bland, it should be spicy, tangy, salty, aromatic, flavourful all at the same point. Also adding these veggies makes it more flavourful. So now i make this often for my hubby and i would wait for him to take his first mouthful, to hear his wordings. During my first attempts he would say "not bad", now he says " yum". Yay i won.. So i am sharing you my hubby perfect fish curry recipe.
Pro Tips for Meen Kuzhambu
- If you have sour raw mango add it into the curry and skip the tamarind part.
- This curry gets more flavour and taste the next day when it is reheated.
- Adjust the spice, tart and salt level as per your taste.
- You could use any fish of your choice.
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Fish Curry Recipe | Meen Kulambu Recipe
Ingredients
- Sardine Fish / Chala Meen - 20 pieces cleaned & washed
- Brinjal - 1 medium size cubed
- Drumstick - ½ a long one slit in middle and cut into pieces
- Tomato - 1 medium size cubed
- Salt to taste
- Turmeric Powder / Manjal Podi - 1 tsp
- Tamarind Pulp - 3 tblspn or to taste
- Curry leaves - a handful
- To grind :
- Coconut - 1.5 cup
- Chilli Powder - 2 tblspn or to taste
- Coriander Powder / Malli podi - 1 tblspn
- Shallots / Sambar Onion / Chinna Ulli - 4
- Garlic - 2 cloves
- Whole Pepper / Mullu Milagu - 1 tsp
- Water as needed to grind
Instructions
- Take all the grinding ingredients in a blender and add water. Grind into a smooth paste.
- Now take drumstick, brinjal, tomato in a kadai and add some water.
- Add in salt, turmeric and tamarind and mix well. Cover and cook this for 10 mins.
- Add in the ground masala and mix well. Add water if needed.
- Once it reaches to a boil. Set the flame to simmer and let it cook for 5 to 8 mins.
- Now add in the sardine pieces and simmer for 10 more mins.
- Throw in a handful of curry leaves and mix well. Let it simmer for 2 more mins.
- Now switch off the flame and let it sit covered till ready to eat.
- Serve with hot rice.
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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 for Meen Kulambu
- Fish Pieces - ½ 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
How to make Meen Kulambu
- 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.
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looks tempting..
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Very nice meen curry
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Flavorful curry....
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Delicious Fish Curry..Looks so perfect...
preethiDhinesh
Looks perfect curry. I make this way too..
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Suja Manoj
Yummy fish kulambu,nice recipe.
Lubna Karim
Wow...that's an delectable gravy....
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Lip smashing gravy..looks great.
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good u make sandwich in non-veg too.. i tried ur keerai masiyal and we loved it. i'll post in my blog next time i make this.. Thanks for sharing 🙂
Saha
Super , thanks
Dipti Joshi
Never made fish curry with vegetables. Will try this recipe soon.
Rumana Ambrin
Very delicious fish curry..
Coral crue
wow this looks very tasty! and it has vegetables in it too. bonus!
Soumya Murali
Hello,
I have never thought of fish curry using brinjal. Thanks for the idea 🙂
Definitely I will cook this and taste..
Hamaree Rasoi
Simply awesome looking fish curry. Kudos to your husband for preparing this wonderful dish.
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pria
literally i feel hungry , just the sight of this fish curry is making my mouth water. Looks so yummy dear. Nowadays canned sardines are at my rescue, and i have one in my draft too
kulwant
i have never tried sardines till now , gonna try it , nice blog 🙂
bindu suresh
I tried fish curry with vegetables... it came out with good taste. my bubby and kids liked a lot .thanks for the recipe. nice blog
keerthi
I HAVE TRIED THIS RECIPE DAY BEFORE YESTERDAY. IT WAS SUPERB.I GOT GOOD COMMENTS FOR THIS RECIPE FROM MY HUSBAND
marutha
I tried it. Taste is very super. Thanks
madhu
Am jus 19 nd makng ds dish was lik a dream cme true ...t was perfctly gud ....tank u fa ds wndrful reciepe...
jayasubha
Is there no oil in this recipe?
Aarthi
@jayasubhaYes you need no oil
Anonymous
Nice
Anonymous
This came out very delicious yesterday! I added garlic and some fish curry powder for additional spiciness. Thanks so much for sharing!!
God bless you for your kindness and making us all super chefs!
Anonymous
what to do to get fish curry thick?? when i tried its always watery... im nt getting gravy consistency like in the picture....
Aarthi
@Anonymousadding less water to the ground masala will give you thicker gravy
Anonymous
good one
Anonymous
Delicious
Anonymous
What hs to be added to get more amount of gravy? Coconut?
Anonymous
I too tried same.. But it's watery. What to be done to get consistency like in the picture?