Ingredients:
Kanambu Fish / Mullet or any other medium sized fish with firm flesh – 1/2 kg
Grated coconut – 1 cup
Chilly powder – 1 tbsp (adjust to tate)
Pepper powder – 1/2 tsp
Jeera powder – 1/2 tsp
Garlic – 4 cloves
Shallots, ulli – 4-6
Tamarind paste – 1 tbsp
Turmeric powder – 1/2 tsp
Curry leaves – 1 strand
Mustard and fenugreek – for tempering
Gingelly oil (Indian Sesame oil) or coconut oil – 2 tbsp
Salt – to taste
How to Make Kerala Fish Curry:
1. Grind coconut, pepper, garlic, shallots, turmeric and jeera to a paste with some added water.
2. Heat oil and crackle mustard seeds. Fry fenugreek for a while and add a couple of chopped shallots. Then add curry leaves and chilly powder.
3. Add the gound paste, tamarind salt. Half a cup water may be added at this stage if gravy is too thick. Boil for 2 mins.
4. Add the cleaned and cut fish pieces, close and cook for 10 mins.
5. Serve hot with rice and any thoran.
Note: Replacing tamarind paste with one or two kodam puli (cocum) would change the flavour of the curry. But we use kodam puli only in curries that use no coconut like the Kerala red fish curry.
More Kerala Fish Recipes:
Karimeen Pollichathu
Kerala Fish Fry
Nethili Fry
jeera powder in fish curry you must be jocking.
no i am not "jocking". what's so funny anyway? this is how we make kerala fish curry. did you learn about fish curry recipes from the same place you learnt English?
Thank you Nags. I will try this today. I am from California. It is very difficult to make the south Indian gravy but I will try.
Keep posting 😉
Anjali
Thank you for such an easy and tasty recipe. Much appreciate it! Cheerio, Sumant
Thanks for your prompt reply Nags, will definitely let you know when I get down to trying it!!
Hi there, I see you are from Singapore so wanted to know where you buy your fish. Being mainly vegetarian, who occasionally likes to eat fish, I wondered if the fish in places like Giant and Fairprice needs to be cleaned at home or if they come ready to cook?? would really appreciate some advice here, thanks in advance.
PS I come across your blog often when searching for recipes, it is a lovely blog, very useful and beautifully presented!
Hi there, its so sad that I can't actually help you with this question because I stopped cooking all non vegetarian dishes after marriage. My husband is a vegetarian so I have limited eating non veg when we eat out. Having said that, I am sure you can buy those cut fish pieces from the supermarket, lightly wash them and use them for all fish recipes. They definitely are fresh and pre-cleaned before cutting. Try and let me know, won't you? 🙂
fish curry looks very yummy!…nice new look!
Thanks Arogyam, I have made the edit. Glad you liked the Kerala fish curry 🙂
Hi Nags,
Thank you so much for this delicious recipe.Prepared this meal today and had a great lunch.The fish curry is very tasty. I got seer fish , so prepared with it! My heart was full of gratitude when my hubby loved the curry.
(May I bring a point to your notice.. if you dont mind.. The chilly powder , though mentioned in the ingredients, is not mentioned in the procedure. So I added it along the tamarind paste.)