Saturday means it should be fish in my house, i usually make this and this curry. Because my hubby like a coconut based fish curry than a curry without it..But i wanted to try a malabar fish curry for a long time. So when i googled for the recipe, i found this one. It was quite a easy one to prepare. This curry has coconut as a base one, so i thought that my hubby wont miss his normal curry.
This one has ginger in it, so it has a mild ginger flavour which was pleasant in this curry. I used a white firm fleshed fish in this and it didn't have much bone at all, so this curry was really good.
For a tasty fish curry, there should be a perfect amount of salt, spice and tart in it. So taste the curry and adjust the spicyness, tangyness and seasoning to your taste. My hubby always tells me that fish curry should have a little extra tangyness and spiciness, Because it is mixed with rice so it can take a extra of those ingredients. So hope you find this tip useful and let me know if you try this recipe.
Preparation Time : 5 mins
Cooking Time : 15 to 20 mins
Serves : 4 to 5
Recipe Source: Marias Menu
Ingredients:
Fish - 300 grams (any firm fleshed fish, i used therachi fish)
Coconut - 1.5 cup grated
Turmeric Powder / Manjal Podi - ½ tsp
Chilli Powder - 1 tblspn or to taste
Ginger - 1 tsp finely grated or chopped
Green Chilli - 1
Tamarind - a small lemon size or 3 tblspn of tamarind pulp
Shallots / Sambar Onion - 3 peeled and sliced thinly
Mustard Seeds / Kaduku - ½ tsp
Curry Leaves a sprig
Coconut Oil - 1 tblspn
Salt to taste
Method:
Take coconut and turmeric powder in a blender and puree till it is smooth.
Add the pureed coconut to a earthernware kadai or any kadai.
Add in ginger, chilli powder, salt, tamarind pulp, green chilli and some water. Mix well.
Bring this to a boil, add in fish piece and simmer for 8 to 10 mins till the fish is cooked.
Now make seasoning, heat oil and crackle in mustard, shallots and curry leaves. Pour this over the curry and mix well. Cover the pan with a lid till serving.
Serve with rice.
Pictorial:
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| Take all your ingredients |
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| First step, take coconut in a blender |
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| Add in turmeric powder |
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| Puree them |
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| Add it to a kadai |
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| Wash the blender with some more water and pour it into the kadai |
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| Mix well |
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| Add chilli powder |
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| Add grated or finely chopped ginger |
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| Add in a green chilli |
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| Season with some salt |
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| Add tamarind pulp |
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| mix well |
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| Bring it to boil |
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| Add in fish pieces |
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| Cook till the fish is tender |
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| Curry done |
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| Heat some coconut oil |
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| Add in mustard seeds |
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| sliced shallots |
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| and some curry leaves |
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| pour this over the curry |
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| Mix well |
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| Serve |
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Anonymous
Awesome recipe.. Thanks for sharing
lathastephen
@Anonymous We can add 1- 1 and 1/2 tsp of coriander powder while adding chilli powder.
Sajini
No...coriander definitely not a ingredient here...it won't taste perfect as malabar fish curry
Anonymous
My wife wondered how you prepared such a nice recipe. simply super dish. thakxX
Anonymous
Hi,I like ur reccipe.
Wl try to make it today
Thankss
Arun prasath Nagarajan
Tried malabar fish curry today. This recipe is quite simple to follow and tasted really Great!. Keep up your good work!
Sajini
I have seen many wrong recipes of malabar fish curry on net...this is exactly close to my grandma's recipe...we are from malabar region (Thalaserry northern kerala)...you are amaking:)
Anonymous
Can I use seer fish for this curry??
Yardley Pal
Hi Aarthi, I love your recipes and follow them diligently. I have tried out your tomato chutney, onion and tomato chutneys and they have come out very well. I will definitely try out the fish curry. It looks delicious. Thank you for coming out with these simple recipes, they are a great help and a boon to most women, I'm sure !!!!!!. Keep up the good work.