• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Skip to footer

Yummy Tummy

Food that makes your tummy happy!

  • Home
  • About Me
  • Recipe Index
  • Categories
  • Advertisers
  • On Media
  • Contact
  • Privacy
You are here: Home / Fish Recipes / Madras Fish Curry Recipe – Chennai Fish Curry Recipe

Madras Fish Curry Recipe – Chennai Fish Curry Recipe

January 23, 2016 By Aarthi 13 Comments

share this
Share
You all know i try different fish curries each week, this week it was chennai fish curry and it turned out to be delicious. The curry is tangy and spicy and very flavourful.
Similar Recipes,
Goan Fish Curry
Anchovies Fish Curry
Sardine Fish Curry
Chettinad Fish Curry
Malabar Fish Curry
Mackerel Fish Curry
Kottayam Fish Curry
Many More..

The special thing about this curry is, it has no coconut. The tamarind used in this is less too. The flavour comes from the onions and tomatoes used in this. The onion tomato masala and the spice powder added in this will make this curry thick and gravy like.
Hope you will give this a try and let me know how it turns out for you..

Preparation Time : 10 mins
Cooking Time : 30 to 40 mins
Serves: 4 to 5

Ingredients:


For Marinating:
Fish – 500 grams
Chilli Powder – 2 tsp
Turmeric Powder / Manjal Podi – 1 tsp 
Salt – 1 tsp


For Masala:
Oil – 1/4 cup
Mustard Seeds / Kaduku – 1 tsp
Fenugreek Seeds / Vendayam / Methi – 1/4 tsp
Dry Red Chilli – 2
Curry leaves a small handful
Onion – 2 large chopped finely
Tomato – 3 large chopped finely
Green Chilli – 2
Chilli Powder – 1 tblspn
Kashmiri Chilli Powder – 3 tblspn
Coriander Powder / Malli Podi – 2 tblspn
Turmeric Powder / Manjal Podi – 2 tsp
Tamarind – 1 small gooseberry size or 2 tblspn
Salt to taste
Curry leaves – 2 sprigs
Coriander leaves a small handful finely chopped
Water as needed

Method:

Take fish and the marinating spices and mix well. Set aside.

Soak tamarind in some water, squeeze them well and strain it and set aside.

Heat a earthernware pot, add in oil and crakle in mustard, fenugreek, dry chilli and curry leaves.,

Add in onions and green chillies. Add in salt and mix well. Cook till it gets lightly translucent.

Add in tomatoes and cook till it gets mushy, add in the spice powders along with a splash of water and mix well. Cook till oil separates.

Now add in tamarind water and salt, add more water as needed. Bring it to a boil.

Now add in fish and mix well. Bring it to a boil again and simmer for 10 to 15 mins.

Now add in fresh curry leaves and coriander leaves.

Mix well and serve over rice.


Pictorial:
Take all your ingredients
Take your tamarind
soak it in water
squeeze it well and strain it..set aside
take fish pieces in a bowl
add in salt, chilli powder and turmeric powder
mix well adn set aside
Heat oil in a earthernware pot
add in seasoning ingredients
add in onions and green chilli
fry for few mins
add in tomatoes
mix well
cook that down a little
add in spice powders
add a splash of water
now cook this till oil separates
add in tamarind water
mix well
add salt
bring it to  a boil
add fish pieces in
mix well
bring it to a boil
simmer for few more mins
now it is done
add fresh coriander leaves and curry leaves
mix well
Serve
share this
Share

Filed Under: Fish Recipes, Madras, No Coconut, Recent Recipes

About Aarthi

Over the past few years I’ve been on a mission to find and create recipes that I can make from scratch. I hope you enjoy the recipes on this blog as they are tried and true from my kitchen to yours!

Previous Post: « Pineapple Biscuit Pudding Recipe
Next Post: Molten Chocolate Lava Cakes Recipe – Nigella’s Chocohotopots Recipe »

Reader Interactions

Share

Comments

  1. Anonymous

    January 24, 2016 at 10:17 pm

    Hi

    Could you tell me where you bought the beautiful clay pot from?
    Thanks!

    Reply
  2. Aarthi

    February 1, 2016 at 5:59 pm

    @Anonymousi got it in my place..clay pots are easily available in my place

    Reply
  3. Anonymous

    March 17, 2016 at 10:53 am

    Hi I have a black colour clay pot put his to get rid of the smell of mud….from the pot because it comes in the dish I make inside it

    Reply
  4. Aarthi

    March 21, 2016 at 2:04 pm

    @Anonymousjust good a good scrub and use

    Reply
  5. Rashmi Dev

    March 26, 2016 at 9:00 am

    Hi, I like to know whether I cook with any type of fish following with this recipe.

    Reply
  6. Ummaad

    March 26, 2016 at 4:24 pm

    please dip clay pot in vinegar and water and wash it..all smell will be gone.

    Reply
  7. Aarthi

    March 29, 2016 at 1:54 pm

    @Rashmi Devyes u can use any fish

    Reply
  8. mani.blog

    March 29, 2016 at 6:43 pm

    im not getting the curry thick, its watery , if i add less water there is no curry at all .. please tell how to make the curry thick

    Reply
  9. Aarthi

    March 30, 2016 at 4:05 pm

    @mani.blogjust adjust the water little by little. increase the onion tomato mix ratio for more saucy curry

    Reply
  10. Romi

    July 16, 2017 at 9:45 am

    Tried the curry it was amazing, Marinated fish in the curry was yummy. I tried with Emperor Fish. Thanks a lot.

    Reply
  11. Indian woman in London

    June 21, 2018 at 7:04 am

    I made this for dinner last night. Not only was it easy to do but I loved the end result too. I cooked mine with tuna fish as in the UK, we don’t get the variety fish that is available in Asia. Your recipe instructions and ensuing pictures are helpful. Thank you.

    Reply
  12. Radhika

    March 30, 2019 at 6:35 am

    Hi Guys.. Superb Blog.. Purchase products here… Yummy Fish Curry Masala powder, Tasty Sambar Powder, Crispy Rava Dosa Mix, Delicious Gulab Jamun Mix, Instant Jalebi Mix, Tasty Masala Vada Mix

    Reply
  13. Gil

    May 14, 2019 at 2:58 pm

    Excellent curry. Thank you. Reduced the amount of chilli.

    Reply

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Recipe Rating




This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

Primary Sidebar

Search here

WELCOME!
Over the past few years I’ve been on a mission to find and create recipes that I can make from scratch. I hope you enjoy the recipes on this blog as they are tried and true from my kitchen to yours! More About Me…

Recipe Posts on Yummy Tummy

  • Sticky Caramel Apple Pudding Recipe
  • Coconut Waffles
  • Basque Burnt Cheesecake
  • Butter Mochi Recipe
  • Banana Upside Down Cake

YUMMY TUMMY FAVORITES

Search Recipes by Categories

Archives

TRENDING VIDEO

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qB7Punwig-o

PICK YOUR FAVORITE

Oatmeal Recipes

Homemade Oats Flour Recipe / Oats Flour Recipe / How to Make Oats Flour at Home

Eggless Banana Oats & Dates Breakfast Muffins

Eggless Oats Brownies using Whole Wheat Flour

Rolled Oats Upma Recipe

Footer