Malabar Fish curry / Kerala style fish curry

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This classic Kerala fish curry is cooked in an earthenware pot that is called a “manchatti” in Malayalam.I can cook this curry with such confidence because I grew up having it.You can use any fresh, fleshy fish of your choice to make this dish.The curry tastes best the day after cooking it.Serve it with hot plain boiled rice. It is truly delicious!!


Ingredients
1  King fish   -   1/2 kg
2  Garlic crushed -  5 nos
3  Shallots - 8 nos
4  Tomato - 2 small
5  Green Chilly - 3 nos
6  Tamarind - Lemon sized
7  Coriander powder - 1 tbsp
9   Red Chilli powder - 1 tbsp
10 Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp
11 Salt - to taste
12 Coconut - 1               
13 Curry leaves - 1 sprig
14 Shallots (thinly sliced) - 2 tbsp
15 Coconut Oil  - 2 tbsp


 Preparation

1. Soak tamarind in one cup of water.
2. Extract coconut milk out of one coconut by grinding in mixer with 3 glass of water.
3. Place manchatti(clay pot) and add coconut milk.
4. Add sliced shallots, green chilli, tomatoes, crushed garlic crushed, spice powders, salt and tamarind pulp.
3. Mix well and keep it in medium flame.
4. Stir well occasionally and when the gravy starts to reduce, add cleaned fish pieces.
5. Turn the heat to low and cook until the pieces are done and the gravy thickens.
6. For tempering the gravy, heat oil in a pan and add shallots.when it becomes golden brown, add curry leaves.
7. Serve with rice.


  • Ginger (English) / Inji (tamil) / Inchi (malayalam) / Allam / Allamu / Sonthi (telugu) / Shunti / Alla / Ashi Shunti / Ardraka (kannada) / Adrak / Adu / Soonth (hindi) / Ada (Bengali) / Aadu / Soonth (Gujarati) / Alley (Konkani) / Aale (Marathi) / Ada (Oriya) / Adrak (Punjabi) / Soonthi (Tulu) / Adrak / Adhrak (Urudu) /

    for more details, click the name of the curry leaves
  • Curry Leaves (English) / Kariveppilai / Karivempu (tamil) / Kariveppila (malayalam) / Karivepaku / Karepaku (telugu) / Karibevu / Baisoppu / Karibevina Soppu (kannada) / Kadi Patta / Kathnim / Mitha Neem / Curry Patta / Gandhela / Bareanga (hindi) / Curry Patta / Barsanga / Kariphulli (Bengali) / Mitho Limdo / Meetho Limbado / Goranimb / Kadhilimbdo (Gujarati) / Karbapathi / Beva Palo (Konkani) / Kadhi Patta / Karhinimb / Poospala / Gandla / Jhirang / Pandheri Kunthi (Marathi) / Bhrusanga Patra / Barsan / Basango / Bhuraunga (Oriya) / Kadipatti 

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