Fish cooked in spices, coconut milk, and cocum. It is the typical Trichur style fish curry. A great combination with rice 🙂 It's one of my favorite recipe passed down from mom and grand mom.
Kerala Style Fish curry with coconut milk (Meen vevichathu)
Fish cooked in chilly, coconut milk and cocum. A great combination with rice 🙂 Recipe adapted from my mom.
Ingredients
- ½ Kilogram fish
- 5 shallot / small onion
- 1 Teaspoon ginger
- ½ Cup Thick coconut milk
- 1 Cup Medium thick coconut milk
- 4 green chilli
- ½ Teaspoons turmeric powder
- 2 Teaspoons Chilly powder
- 2.5 Teaspoons coriander powder
- 4 Cocum ( Kudam Puli)
- curry leaves
- salt
Instructions
- Soak cocum (kudampuli) in 4 tablespoon salted luke warm water for 15 - 20 minutes.
- Heat oil in a pan. Saute small onion , ginger , green chilly and curry leaves.
- Once onion turned light brown, add turmeric, chilly and coriander powder. Keep it in low flame. Saute it well.
- Add thick and medium coconut milk. Add water in which cocum was soaked. Taste the mixture and add soaked cocum pieces as required. Add enough salt. Keep it in low flame.
- Bring it to boil and then add cleaned fish pieces. Cook it till fish gets cooked and gravy is consistent. It would take around 20 minutes.
- Garnish with fried small onions and curry leaves.
Nutrition
Serving: 246gCalories: 319kcalCarbohydrates: 8gProtein: 27gFat: 21gSaturated Fat: 18gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 1gCholesterol: 63mgSodium: 244mgPotassium: 618mgFiber: 3gSugar: 3gVitamin A: 300IUVitamin C: 7mgCalcium: 33mgIron: 3mg
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do we add thick milk along with medium milk. wont it get curdled?
@Rinu, You can add thick and medium milk together. Make sure that , you keep it in low flame throughout. And just stir it in between.
Looks Yum!
Thanks Alagu :)
Hi! can I substitute kudampuli with tamarind paste?
Sorry Uma, I haven’t tried with tamarind paste. But I think it should be okai