Fish curry/ Meen Kuzhambu
Fish curry/ Meen Kuzhambu

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Recipe for Tamilnadu style fish curry / meen kuzhambu recipe. With step by step pictures and video. Authentic Meen Kuzhambu recipe without coconut in Chettinad style. It is very quick to make with freshly ground spices and goes well with rice, idli/Dosa.

To get started with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can cook fish curry/ meen kuzhambu using 13 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Fish curry/ Meen Kuzhambu:
  1. Take 500 gm fish(rohu)
  2. Get 2 tsp vadavam
  3. Make ready 3 spring curry leaves
  4. Get 2 tsp cumin/jeera powder
  5. Prepare 4 onion (chopped)
  6. Make ready 5 Tomato (chopped)
  7. Take 1 Small Lemon size tamarind
  8. Prepare 2 tsp coriander powder
  9. Get 4 tsp mixed curry masala
  10. Take 1/2 tsp red chilli powder
  11. Take 1/2 tsp turmeric powder
  12. Take To taste salt
  13. Make ready 5 tbsp gingely oil

Simple fish curry prepared with boneless tilapia fish and onion tomato based masala. I prefer tilapia fish that too boneless but you can always use any fish with or without bones. Tomatoes added in this recipe gives tangy taste to the curry that goes well with white rice. Meen kuzhambu prepared in chettinad will seem to be very simple and easy to prepare but the real taste will depend on the care with which it is made.

Steps to make Fish curry/ Meen Kuzhambu:
  1. Soak tamarind in 1 cup water for ½ hour. Strain and extract from pulp.Clean and wash fish. Set aside.
  2. Heat oil in a wide skillet. Add vadavam after it cracks add curry leaves.
  3. Now add onions and jeera powder saute till golden brown.
  4. Add tomatoes and cook till mushy and raw smell disappears.
  5. Next add salt,turmeric and red chilli powder. Saute till oil separates from skillet.
  6. In a blender add mixed curry masala and coriander powder. Take half of the sauted mix and grind to smooth paste.
  7. To the remaining onion tomatoes in pan add strained tamarind water and ground paste.
  8. Wash the blender with water and pour into curry. Check salt and tanginess. Cover and allow to boil 15 minutes.
  9. Gently drop the fish into the curry and allow to cook covered for 5 minutes. No not stir the fish pieces may break.
  10. Serve hot with plain rice.

Tomatoes added in this recipe gives tangy taste to the curry that goes well with white rice. Meen kuzhambu prepared in chettinad will seem to be very simple and easy to prepare but the real taste will depend on the care with which it is made. But I tried lot of recipes for fish curry, but nothing is good like yours. I am from karaikudi,after my marriage i was missing my hometown food. Chettinad Sura Meen Kuzhambu aka Shark Fish Curry is a quintessential curry dish from the South Indian Cuisine that goes with Chettinad spices Serve Chettinad Sura Meen Kuzhambu along with Steamed Rice and Kachumber Salad for a weekday meal.

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