How to Cook Yummy Meen Peera - Meen Pattichathu

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Meen Peera - Meen Pattichathu. Recipe for meen peera or meen pattichathu. I love Kerala-style fish cooked with coconut and if asked what I'd like for dinner, I'd either opt for the Kerala Fish Fry or this meen peera or meen pattichathu. You can use a variety of fish with bones for this recipe but it works especially well with netholi (also called uzhuva or large anchovies).

Meen Peera or Meen Pattichathu is a popular Kerala Style fish preparation where sardines are cooked with shredded coconut and aromatic spices.

Kerala has many different varieties of fish curry preparation.

You'd have by now seen Kottayam Style Red Fish Curry, Fish Molee,.

You can cook Meen Peera - Meen Pattichathu using 11 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Meen Peera - Meen Pattichathu

  1. You need 1 Kilo of Fish (I used King ).

  2. Prepare 1 1/2 Cups of Coconutgratedcoco.

  3. Prepare 1 Pinch of Jeera.

  4. Prepare 6 - 7 of GreenchilliesGreen.

  5. You need 2 of Tomato.

  6. It’s 2 Tablespoons of Lemon Juice.

  7. Prepare 2 of Ginger ".

  8. It’s 8 of Shallots.

  9. It’s To Taste of Salt.

  10. Prepare Bunch of Curry leaves.

  11. Prepare 2 Tablespoons of Coconut oil.

Step-By-Step pictures to prepare Meen Peera/ Meen Pattichathu : Kerala Style Fish With Shredded Coconut Meen Peera Pattichathu is a popular dish in Kerala.

The fish that is commonly used for the dish is either sardines, cut into small pieces or small anchovies.

Ideally this dish should be prepared a couple of hours in advance so that the fish pieces absorb all flavours by the time it is served.

Meen Peera is a Kerala Style Fish Recipe with shredded coconut.

Meen Peera - Meen Pattichathu step by step

  1. Grind the coconut, shallots, ginger, turmeric, and chillies together into a coarse paste with some added water..

  2. Add the cleaned fish, ground coconut paste, Tomato, Lemon Juice and salt to a wide pan and mix gently until combined. (You can substitute Tomato /Lemon Juice with Kudam puli - to retain the color I prefer tomato/Lemon juice) ** Mango is another great substitute – and taste much better ****.

  3. Bring this mixture together with a spatula and press down firmly, keep flame on low and cook covered until the fish is cooked and soft - depending on the type of fish used, this will take anywhere between 15-20 mins..

  4. When done, add the coconut oil and curry leaves, mix gently, and keep covered until ready to serve.

I love Kerala-style fish cooked with coconut and if asked what I'd like for lunch, my first options will be either Kerala Style Fish Curry or this meen peera or meen pattichathu.

You can use a variety of fish with bones for this recipe but it works especially well with sardines (also called mathi or chaala).

Meen Peera Vattichathu or Fish With Coconut is a very popular dish in Kerala.

Small kind of fish cooked with grated coconut,green chili and cocum King Fish Ney Meen Peera Pattichathu Recipe / നെയ്യ്മീൻ പീര പറ്റിച്ചത് is a traditional Kerala fish recipe which is my family's favorite dish.

It is an excellent and very popular seafood dish.