Recipe: at dinner Malabar Fish Curry with Spiced Coconut Milk Extraction

Recipe: at dinner Malabar Fish Curry with Spiced Coconut Milk Extraction Delicious, fresh and tasty.

Malabar Fish Curry with Spiced Coconut Milk Extraction. North Malabar Fish Curry seldom uses Fish Tamarind or Pot Tamarind (Kudampuli). Instead ordinary Tamarind (Valampuli) soaked in hot water and squeezed to get the pulp solution is used. This curry is different in the fact that some whole coriander seeds and spice is added to fresh grated coconut and ground to a smooth paste.

Since, we are making it Malabari-style, the fish in doused in a creamy gravy of coconut milk simmered with the choicest of Malabari spices like mustard seeds, curry leaves, coriander seeds and whole.

Malabar fish curry is typically a kerala style meen Kuzhambu… where the gravy is flavored with fresh coconut milk.

This recipe of Sandhya @onesillymummy was in my mind ever since she posted on Instagram … Sandhya was kind enough to share the recipe with me and that's it… all i had to do is make those fishes swim in it.

You can have Malabar Fish Curry with Spiced Coconut Milk Extraction using 15 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Malabar Fish Curry with Spiced Coconut Milk Extraction

1. It’s 500 g of firm fleshed fish.

2. Prepare 2 tbls of tamarind pulp.

3. You need 3 tbls of coconut oil.

4. Prepare 1 tbls of Ginger finely chopped.

5. It’s 3 of green chillies finely chopped.

6. Prepare 2 tbls of curry leaves.

7. You need 3 tbls of Kashmiri red chilli powder.

8. Prepare 1 1/2 cup of salt to taste.

9. It’s 1 cup of fresh grated coconut.

10. You need 4 of medium onions finely chopped.

11. You need 1 tsp of vinegar.

12. You need 5 of dried red chilli.

13. It’s 3 tbls of coriander seeds.

14. Prepare 1/2 tsp of Roasted cumin seeds.

15. Prepare 1/4 tsp of Roasted fenugreek seeds.

The half fried fish is simmered in spicy coconut milk gravy that imparts a special flavour to this curry recipe.

The curry is mildly spiced with pepper powder and chopped green chillies only.

Chilli powder is not at all used in this curry and so those who want more hotness can add more green chillies or can add green chilli paste instead.

Malabar Style Meen Kuzhambu with step by step pictures.

Malabar Fish Curry with Spiced Coconut Milk Extraction step by step

1. Marinate the fish with salt and vinegar, and keep aside for 15 minutes. In a grinder add grated coconut, coriander seeds, dried red chillies, roasted cumin and fenugreek seeds and add sufficient water, then blend it and make a smooth paste. Then squeeze out the milk from this spiced coconut mixture. The spiced coconut milk extraction is ready..

2. Add 2 tblspoon coconut oil in a earthern pot, heat and add the sliced ginger, green chillies and curry leaves and saute till the ginger is soften and very fragrant. Then add spiced coconut milk extraction and mix it well, after few minutes then add tamarind pulp and also add kashmiri red chillie powder. Bring to a boil. allow to simmer a few minutes till the smell of raw spices is gone..

3. Now add the marinated fish and salt. Simmer on low flame for 15 minutes. When done cover and remove from heat. Now heat 1tbls coconut oil in a small pan. Add chopped onions and curry leaves, stir and fry till golden brown and crispy..

4. Pour the fried onions and curry leaves over the fish curry. Our Malabar Fish Curry is ready. Serve with hot rice..

Coconut Oil ,Fish Curry and then the rest is history.

No introduction needed for this delicacies from Kerala.

Yummy Fish curry prepared with a tamarind and coconut-based gravy and then tempered with coconut oil, the aroma is simply amazing.

Kerala Fish Curry is a traditional Malabari dish and is a tad spicy curry.

But, most importantly, it has a signature taste of kudampuli (Dried Malabar tamarind) and curry leaves.