Recipe: Appetizing Kottayam Fish Curry || Meen Mulakittathu

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Kottayam Fish Curry || Meen Mulakittathu. Tried it and everyone loved the fish curry. I used the sardines in the tin but came out so tasty. Love the addition of fenugreek seed powder.

Kottayam fish curry recipe which is also called as Meen Mulakittathu is a very simple recipe using fish tamarind. only very few ingredients are used to make a delicious Kerala Kottayam style meen curry.

When we talk about the fish curries, there are so many variants of the curry made across different regions of Kerala.

Clean the fish in salt and water, and keep it aside after draining the water completely.

You can cook Kottayam Fish Curry || Meen Mulakittathu using 15 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Kottayam Fish Curry || Meen Mulakittathu

  1. Prepare of Fish -3/4kg(preferably king fish/Seer Fish/Vanjaram).

  2. It’s 2 of big piece kudam puli.

  3. It’s 1 of big piece Ginger.

  4. It’s of Garlic-4.

  5. It’s of Curry leaves-2 strings.

  6. It’s of Green Chilli-4(slits).

  7. You need of Salt-2tsp.

  8. You need of Water-3cups.

  9. Prepare of Chilli Powder-2tbsp.

  10. It’s of Turmeric powder-1/2tsp.

  11. You need 1/4 tsp of Fenugreek powder.

  12. Prepare of Mustard seeds-1/4tsp.

  13. You need of Fenugreek seeds-10.

  14. Prepare of Dry red chilli-2 (slits).

  15. Prepare tbsps of Coconut Oil-3.

Then heat oil in a deep bottomed pan (or) earthen pot, and rotate the pan to evenly spread the oil on all sides of the pan.

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Kottayam Fish Curry || Meen Mulakittathu step by step

  1. Clean and wash fish. Cut into medium pieces..

  2. 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…

  3. 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..

  4. 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.

  1. Check the salt. Allow to cool for sometime.. It will be more good if it sits for bit long.

Serve with kappa (Tapioca Curry)..

People from northern Kerala calls it Malabar fish curry / Kozhikodan fish curry, while those towards the Travancore region, calls it Kottayam style fish curry and some calls it simply Meen Mulakittath.

Clean the fish with water and cut them into medium pieces.

Soak Kudampuli in a cup of water and set aside.

Take the earthern Pot (meenchatti), heat coconut oil and add mustard seeds.

Hi Maria, superb recipe, have been waiting for kottayam fish curry recipe since ages.