Recipe: Appetizing Meen Peera

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Meen Peera. Meen Peera is a Kerala Style Fish Recipe with shredded coconut. 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 "Fish stir fry with coconut" is an exclusive Kerala fish curry.

Its also an easy to prepare fish curry with minimum steps.

Usually Keralites prepare Meen peera with the small fish Anchovy (locally called as Chooda or Natholi).

You can have Meen Peera using 11 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Meen Peera

  1. Prepare 1/2 kg of fish like Kozhuva -.

  2. It’s 1 1/2 cups of Coconut scrapped -.

  3. It’s 3 of Kodumpuli -.

  4. It’s 10 of Shallots -.

  5. Prepare 10 of Garlic -.

  6. It’s 6 of Green chillies -.

  7. You need 1 tsp of chillies Crushed red -.

  8. It’s 1 tsp of Turmeric powder -.

  9. It’s 10 of Curry leaves -.

  10. You need 1 1/2 tbsps of Coconut oil -.

  11. Prepare to taste of Salt.

Some time even small sardines are also used.

Meen peera is usually served as a side dish for boiled rice.

Step-By-Step pictures to prepare Meen Peera/ Meen Pattichathu : Kerala Style Fish With Shredded Coconut.

Meen peera is a Kerala tradition fish recipe with shredded coconut.

Meen Peera step by step

  1. Clean the fish and marinate with 1/2 a lemon or 1 tbsp vinegar.after 15-20 minutes wash it with water and drain..

  2. Meanwhile split the kodumpuli and soak in 1/2 cup hot water.Crush the shallots,garlic,green chillies & curry leaves..

  3. In an earthenware/steel vessel put the crushed items,coconut scrapped,turmeric,chillies,salt and mix together with your hand..

  4. Add the fish and the kodumpuli with water to this and mix again..

  5. Heat the stove & place the vessel on it.Cover with a lid & cook on medium heat..

  6. After 5 minutes open the lid and toss the curry by holding both sides with mittens.If you r not familiar with this,just use a spoon to turn the curry.cover the lid and cook till all the water dries.adjust salt..

  7. Off the stove and add the coconut oil & close the lid.after 2 minutes remove the lid and stir with a spoon.your Meen Peera is ready to serve..

  8. U can make this with sardines,chemmen & squid rings also..

Small type of fish like sardines, anchovies etc are used for making this dish.

Meen Peera or Fish Peer, a typical Kerala non vegetarian side dish.

A typical Kerala dish that goes well with rice.

Meen means fish and Peera means shredded/ grated coconut.

Traditionally the fresh caught fish is cooked with freshly grated coconut and a few spices.