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.
Course Side Dish
Cuisine kerala
Prep Time 10 minutesminutes
Cook Time 25 minutesminutes
Total Time 35 minutesminutes
Servings 4serving
Author Jane Jojo
Ingredients
½Kilogramfish
5shallot / small onion
1Teaspoonginger
½CupThick coconut milk
1CupMedium thick coconut milk
4green chilli
½Teaspoonsturmericpowder
2TeaspoonsChillypowder
2.5Teaspoonscorianderpowder
4Cocum( 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.