Easy Fish Curry With Coconut Milk Recipe – Kerala style paal meen curry
2012-06-11- Cuisine: Kerala
- Course: Curry
- Skill Level: Moderate
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- Yield: 1 Kg
- Servings: 15
- Prep Time: 45m
- Cook Time: 20m
- Ready In: 1:15 h
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Even though the coconut milk spicy fish curry goes well with a variety of breads, the curry tastes amazing with boiled Palakkadan Matta Rice which is other wise known as Red Parboiled Rice.
Ingredients
- Fish (can be any fish, but king fish & pomfret tastes very delicious) - 1 kg
- Coconut milk taken from 1 coconut - 3 cups
- Gambooge (Kudampuli)
- Red chilli powder - 2 tbsp
- Turmeric powder - 1/2 tbsp
- Salt to taste
- Tomato - 1 medium size cut into 6 pieces
- Curry leaves
- Green chilli cut into half - 4
- For seasoning:
- Coconut oil - 2 tbsp
- Fenugreek seeds - 3 pinch
- Shallots finely chopped - 6
- Curry leaves - 6
Method
Step 1
Mix coconut milk, chilli powder and turmeric powder in a clay pot.
Step 2
Add salt to taste, sliced tomato, green chilli, curry leaves and Gambooge into coconut milk mixture and allow to boil.
Step 3
After the gravy is boiled for 5 minutes slide fish pieces to this gravy.
Step 4
Allow the fish to cook for 10 minutes. If the fish is cooked properly switch of the flame and season the curry.
Step 5
To prepare the seasoning: Heat oil in a pan and splutter the fenugreek seeds. Then sauté shallots into golden brown and add curry leaves to this.
Step 6
Add this seasoning to the curry. Delecious coconut milk fish curry is ready to serve.