Recipe: Delicious Nellikka Meen Curry (Gooseberry Fish Curry)

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Recipe: Delicious Nellikka Meen Curry (Gooseberry Fish Curry) Delicious, fresh and tasty.

Nellikka Meen Curry (Gooseberry Fish Curry). The addition of gooseberry In this curry gives a special flavor to the dish that, this fish curry tastes entirely different from the usual ones. I used King fish to make this , you can use any fish and I think this recipe suits well for all types of fish. At last add garam masala, coriander leaves and switch off the flame.

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Curry leaves Oil for seasoning Method: Cut nellika into small pieces removing the skin.

Grind coconut, green chillies, salt, tamarind, ginger together to a paste.

You can cook Nellikka Meen Curry (Gooseberry Fish Curry) using 14 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Nellikka Meen Curry (Gooseberry Fish Curry)

  1. Prepare 250 gms of King Fish - (cleaned and sliced).

  2. It’s as required of coconut oil -.

  3. You need 1/2 tsp of Fenugreek seed -.

  4. Prepare 1 tsp of ginger sliced -.

  5. Prepare 1 tsp of garlic sliced -.

  6. It’s 5 nos of onion small - (sliced).

  7. Prepare 2 nos of chilly green -.

  8. Prepare 2 of curry leaves - springs.

  9. Prepare 1/2 tsp of turmeric powder -.

  10. You need 2 tsps of chilly red powder -.

  11. You need 3 tsps of gooseberry - (grinded without adding water).

  12. It’s 1/4 cup of coconut - (grinded into a paste adding little water).

  13. You need as required of water -.

  14. It’s as required of salt -.

Season this with mustard seeds, red chillies and curry leaves.

Remove seeds from gooseberry and chopped into small pieces.

Add shallots and green chillies and fry for a while.

Remove the fried gooseberries and keep aside.

Nellikka Meen Curry (Gooseberry Fish Curry) step by step

  1. Heat a pan or earthen pot (manchatty) and add oil.

  2. Splutter fenugreek seeds.

  3. Add ginger & garlic slices and saute.

  4. Add sliced small onion, slitted green chillies, curry leaves and saute till onion turns slight brown..

  5. Add turmeric and chilly powder mixed with a tsp of water..

  6. Add grinded gooseberry and saute well..

  7. Add salt, fish pieces and enough water to cook the fish.Cover and cook for 15 mins..

  8. Add coconut paste and allow to boil..

  9. Switch off the flame and drizzle some oil on the top..

  10. None.

Indian Gooseberry/Amla/Nellikka is a good natural source of Vitamin C and is a very powerful antioxidant.

It has carbohydrate, protein, fibre, minerals and vitamins including iron, calcium, carotene phosphorus and B complex.

Most of us are aware of the richness of this fruit.

But sad part is, this is not part of most of our […] Preparation.

Blitz all the ingredients listed under 'For Paste', except the coconut oil, into a fine paste.