Meen Kulambu Recipe

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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 Meen kulambu

• 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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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 Kulambu

• 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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Meen Kulambu with Step by Step pictures. Meen kulambu made with a spicy coconut masala and tamarind cooked till thick. This taste amazing with rice.

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Prep Time: 10 minutes minutes

Cook Time: 20 minutes minutes

Servings: 4 servings

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

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  Take all the grinding ingredients in a blender and add water. Grind into a smooth paste.
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  Now take drumstick, brinjal, tomato in a kadai and add some water.
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  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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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

1. Take all the ingrediants given for the masala in a blender and make into a fine puree.
2. Add that to a kadai and pour required amount of water.
3. Add in tamarind and salt and mix well.
4. Bring this to a boil.
5. Add in the fish pieces and cook for 10 mins or untill the fish is done.
6. Heat coconut oil in a pan. Add curry leaves to it and fry them for 30 seconds.
7. Pour this over the curry and mix well.