Hello everybody, it is Louise, welcome to our recipe page. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a special dish, kottayam fish curry || meen mulakittathu. One of my favorites food recipes. This time, I will make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
This is a traditional kerala fish curry. The exquisite coastline and backwaters of Kerala are blessed with rich fishing grounds. It contributes a significant percentage to the total fish production.
Kottayam Fish Curry
To get started with this recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can cook kottayam fish curry || meen mulakittathu using 15 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Kottayam Fish Curry || Meen Mulakittathu:
- Get Fish -3/4kg(preferably king fish/Seer Fish/Vanjaram)
- Get 2 big piece kudam puli
- Prepare 1 big piece Ginger
- Get Garlic-4
- Get Curry leaves-2 strings
- Get Green Chilli-4(slits)
- Make ready Salt-2tsp
- Make ready Water-3cups
- Prepare Chilli Powder-2tbsp
- Take Turmeric powder-1/2tsp
- Prepare 1/4 tsp Fenugreek powder
- Make ready Mustard seeds-1/4tsp
- Get Fenugreek seeds-10
- Get Dry red chilli-2 (slits)
- Prepare tbsps Coconut Oil-3
You can explore a well detailed recipe of Kottayam Fish Curry. This fish curry is one of the most sought after items at my house in Kerala. I missed making it for such a long time and the reason: my husband Check out Meen Manga Curry. As the names suggest, Meen Mulakkitathu is a basic fish curry that is cooked with kudum puli (Malabar Tamrind) and red chili powder.
Steps to make Kottayam Fish Curry || Meen Mulakittathu:
- Clean and wash fish. Cut into medium pieces.
- Heat manchatty(earthernware pot/mud pot) and add coconut oil and splutter mustard seeds,fenugreek seeds and dry red chilli along with curry leaves.. - Then add thin long slices of ginger,garlic and green chilli..
- Saute for 1 minute and lower the heat. Make a paste of chilli powder,turmeric powder and fenugreek powder with little water. - Add the paste to the manchatty. - Saute until the raw smell goes.
- Then pour hot water and add salt.. - Then add kudam puli and boil well.. - - Finally add fish and cook for about 20 minutes in medium heat
- Check the salt. Allow to cool for sometime.. It will be more good if it sits for bit long. - - Serve with kappa (Tapioca Curry).
The curry has a vibrant red colour that comes from the chili powder. Fry the dry red chilly and add the ginger. Kottayam is a region in State of Kerala, land of the Gods! And this dish is a very fine example of that wonderful cuisine that we Being from Kottayam, this is a very traditional Syrian Christian dish…called Meen (Fish) Mappaas and best made with our freshater fish, Karimeen (Pearl. Saute until shallots turn golden brown.
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