Recipe: Perfect THOOTHUKUDI STYLE FISH CURRY / MEEN KOLAMBU

THOOTHUKUDI STYLE FISH CURRY / MEEN KOLAMBU. Meen Kulambu / Fish Kulambu is a staple food in Southern parts of India. There are several variants of Fish Curry recipe which involve combinations of. Fish curry is a one of the favorite Indian curry for non veg lovers.

Kuzhambu means curry in Tamil and Meen means fish. There are different styles of meen kuzhambu. But this one is simple with nothing to grind and feels like home. You can cook THOOTHUKUDI STYLE FISH CURRY / MEEN KOLAMBU using 17 ingredients and 11 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of THOOTHUKUDI STYLE FISH CURRY / MEEN KOLAMBU

1. Prepare 200 grams of Seer fish or King fish.
2. It's 2 of onions.
3. It's 1 of Tomato.
4. You need Half of Coconut.
5. Prepare 1 cup of Tamarind water.
6. It's 1 tbsp of Red chilli powder.
7. You need 2 tbsp of Coriander powder.
8. You need 4 of Garlic pods.
9. You need 12 of Peppercorns.
10. You need 1 tsp of Cumin seeds.
11. You need 2 tbsp of Sesame oil.
12. It's as required of Water.
13. Prepare To of Tamper--.
14. It's 1 tsp of Mustard seeds.
15. Prepare as required of Curry leaves.
16. It's 2 tbsp of Chopped onion.
17. You need 2 of Dry Red chillies.

Some dishes are really comfort food. It differes from person to person. This spicy, tangy and aromatic coconut based curry is prepared using baby shark fish / Sura(in Tamil). This fish has very less bones, so kids love to eat without any fuss.

THOOTHUKUDI STYLE FISH CURRY / MEEN KOLAMBU step by step

1. Prepare a paste by grinding the coconut and onion..
2. Heat 1tbsp oil in a pan and add the Tomatoes and let the tomatoes fry in the oil.
3. Add in the onion and tomato paste.
4. Add in the tamarind water, red chilli powder, coriander powder, salt and mix everything together..
5. Add enough water for the curry and let the curry to boil..
6. Once the curry is boiling, add in the fish pieces.. close the pan and let the fish pieces cook for 5 minutes.
7. In the meantime, add in the garlic pods, pepper corns, cumin seeds in a blender and blend them coarsely.
8. To Tamper: Heat some oil in another pan, add in the mustard seeds, curry leaves, dry red chillies, chopped onions and fry till the onions turns brown.
9. After 5 minutes, the fish pieces were cooked soft. Now add the coarsely blended spices and the Tamper..
10. Cover the pan, Let the curry to cook in low flame for 1 minute and turn off the stove. (Dont over cook, if u over cook the the flavours of the spices will leave).
11. Tuthukoodi style meen kolambu is ready to serve..

Sura fish fry is a hit in our family; soon will try to post the recipe. This is a south indian style fish curry. Thallipu vadagam is one of the spices used in tadka. You wont get it anywhere other than Search This Blog for. Madurai Meen Kuzhambu / Fish Curry.