A Simple Kerala Meal With Fish Curry

I had posted a 30-minute Kerala meal for Shaheen's Express Cooking Event a few months back. Its was the most popular post till my Low-Fat Sugar Cookies took over. So here is a sequal, a simple lunch at home with Kerala Fish Curry, Cabbage Thoran and Rice.

Kerala Fish Curry

What I Used:

Kanambu Fish/Mullet or any other medium sized fish - 1/2 kg
Coconut - 2 cups
Chilly powder - 1 tbsp
Pepper powder - 1/2 tsp
Jeera powder - 1/2 tsp
Garlic - 4 cloves
Shallots - 4
Tamarind paste - 1 tbsp
Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp
Curry leaves - 1 strand
Mustard and fenugreek - for tempering
Gingelly oil - 2 tbsp
Salt - to taste

How I Made It:

1. Grind coconut, pepper, garlic, shallots, turmeric and jeera to a paste with some added water.

2. Heat oil and crackle mustard seeds. Fry fenugreek for a while and add a couple of chopped shallots. Then add curry leaves and chilly powder.

3. Add the gound paste, tamarind salt. Half a cup water may be added at this stage if gravy is too thick. Boil for 2 mins.

4. Add the cleaned and cut fish pieces, close and cook for 10 mins.

5. Serve hot with rice and any thoran.

Note: Replacing tamarind paste with one or two kodam puli (cocum) would change the flavour of the curry. But we use kodam puli only in curries that use no coconut.

More Kerala Recipes:

Karimeen Pollichathu

Kerala Fish Fry

Aviyal

Ethakka Thoran/Raw Banana Thoran

Hope Jyothsna does not ban me from her event RCI - Kerala this month. This is my third entry :)