Nethili Meen Avial Recipe with step by step pictures. Anchovies avial recipe made with anchovies(nethili), coconut masala. Kerala style nethili meen avial recipe.
Nethili Meen Avial Recipe
This is such an easy recipe. It can be cooked in minutes, I mean it took me around 7 mins to cook this dish leaving the cleaning time of the fish. Anchovies are one cute little fish that takes very less time to clean. Unlike other fish you don't have to peel the skin or chop away the fins or something like that..This fish needs just pulling away the head and taking away the inners. Don't forget to wash it in plenty of water.
This avial has so much lovely flavour going in there. It has raw mangoes in it, which gives this entire dish a perfect sourness and the spicyness comes from green chillies and you can get the flavour of coconut and curry leaves too. I got this recipe from my neighbour who is from kerala, so this is a typical keralan dish.
How to Make Nethili Meen Avial Recipe (Anchovies Avial Recipe)
- Grind all the ingredients in the list to a rough puree. Don't make it into smooth paste.
- Now take anchovies, raw mango, green chilli, curry leaves, salt in a kadai.
- Add the ground masala in and mix once.
- Cover with a lid and put it over heat.
- Let it cook for 5-7 mins. Don't stir it, just shake the pan. If you stir it the fish will get broken.
- Heat coconut oil and add in curry leaves.
- Pour this tempering over the fish and mix well carefully.
- Serve this with rice.
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Nethili Meen Avial Recipe ( Anchovies Avial Recipe )
Ingredients
- Nethili Meen / Anchovies - 2 cup approximately 40 cleaned
- Sour Raw Mango - 6 pieces cut lengthwise thinly or use a tblspn of tamarind paste
- Curry leaves - 1 spring
- Green Chilli - 3 slit
- Salt to taste
For Grinding:
- Coconut - ½ cup
- Dry Red Chilli - 3-4
- Shallots - 3-4
- Coriander Powder / Malli Podi - 1 tblspn
For Tempering:
- Coconut Oil - 2 tblspn
- Curry leaves - 1 spring
Instructions
- Grind all the ingredients in the list to a rough puree. Don't make it into smooth paste.
- Now take anchovies, raw mango, green chilli, curry leaves, salt in a kadai.
- Add the ground masala in and mix once.
- Cover with a lid and put it over heat.
- Let it cook for 5-7 mins. Don't stir it, just shake the pan. If you stir it the fish will get broken.
- Heat coconut oil and add in curry leaves.
- Pour this tempering over the fish and mix well carefully.
- Serve this with rice.
Video
Nethili Meen Avial Recipe Step by Step pictures
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| Take all your ingredients |
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| Fresh Anchovies bought at the market which is cleaned |
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| Grinding ingredients |
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| Take everything in a mixer |
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| and make into a rough puree |
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| Now take a kadai. Add Anchovies and Raw Mango in |
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| add green chillies |
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| curry leaves |
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| Salt |
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| and the ground masala |
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| mix well |
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| Put it on heat and cover with a lid |
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| Let everything cook for 5-7 mins |
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| Heat coconut oil and add curry leaves in |
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| pour this over the avial |
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| mix well |
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| Serve |
tamilsasikitchen
Lovely aarthi... Looks delicious..
Will try it soon with frozen anchovies....Happy Independece Day
Sharmilee! :)
This one sounds interesting...yummy aviyal
Vikis Kitchen
Nice curry dear. Makes me hungry:)
Anonymous
hi Aarthi
your recipes are too good thanks for sharing.can I use dry Nethili for this recipe.
naaz
Suja Manoj
Superb combo,my favorite.
Suja Manoj
Superb combo,my favorite.
Aarthi
@Anonymousyes u can use dry nethili too
Anonymous
your step by step description of cooking method is fantastic. it is easy for us to follow. Keep up the good work.
Esh
Very good one Aarthi...Try with a smaller Nethili it will be much more tasty...
Anil kumar
Add Drumsticks in length cut open too, Will add more tase.