Sunday, July 18, 2010

Meen vattichathu - Kerala red fish curry


Fish cooked in chilly sauce along with gamboges is a Kerala delicacy. It is an inevitable dish for lunch in most Kerala homes.
The pungent smell of gamboges that strike the nose, when opening the lid of the curry pot will appetite even a full loaded stomach!

Ingredients
  1. Fish pieces – ½ kg
  2. Gamboges (soaked in water) – 4 nos
  3. Button onions (sliced) - 3 pods
  4. Garlic cloves (crushed) - 5 pods
  5. Ginger (sliced) – 1” long piece
  6. Kashmiri red chilli powder - 2 tbsp
  7. Coriander powder – 1 tsp
  8. Turmeric powder – ½ tsp
  9. Oil - 3 tbsp
  10. Curry leaves - a few
  11. Water - 2 cup
  12. Salt - to taste
Method
  1. Make a fine paste of all the spice powders by adding some water.
  2. Heat oil in a pot and add onion, garlic, ginger and curry leaves.
  3. Fry them till onion is brown in color.
  4. Add the spice paste, and fry until the raw smell goes.
  5. Add the soaked gamboges, 2 cups water and salt to taste.
  6. When it boils add the fish pieces and cover the pot with a lid.
  7. Cook in low flame till the curry is in medium thick consistency and fish is done.

16 comments:

  1. Wow! That looks so good, my mouth waters here:-)

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  2. Fish currry adipoli. Nice one.

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  3. uuuuh.. i AM DROOLING. LOVE THIS CURRY VERY VERY MUCH... cAN U PLS PASS THAT BOWL TO ME.. I CAN FINISH IT IN NO TIME.

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  4. Slurppp, mouthwatering fish curry, looks utterly delicious..

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  5. very delicious and colourfull curry...

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  6. Looks delish...love the colour of it

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  7. just had dnner still cant take my eyes off fro the picture. such delicious dish. yum

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  8. Very tempting deary!!!! I am just drooling over the color & the texture of that yummilicious prep!!!!! Hugs )))

    Ash....
    (http://asha-oceanichope.blogspot.com/)

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  9. wow what a red color.. really delicious one

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  10. Omg tis is such a comfort food....loved de recipe n de pic...very inviting.

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  11. yummy.. luks delicious,nice red color
    first time here .. u have a lovely space and good collection of recipes.. happy to follow u ...if u find time do visit my blog

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  12. First time here u got a neat blog with wonderful recipes and impressive pictures!!!

    Loved all your chicken recipes, will try some of those recipes soon.

    Very glad to follow you dear:)

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  13. Yum curry! Thanks for following and comment! Have a nice Day!

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  14. Mouthwatering fish curry, looks yummy and tempting.
    Thanks for dropping by. You have a wonderful blog too.

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