Malabar Meen Varutharacha Curry

Ingredientsfor 3 servings

• 250 g Any fleshy fish washed and — drained
• 250 g Onion — finely sliced
• 2 Cloves Garlic — crushed
• Ginger A small piece — crushed
• 2 nos Green chillies — slit
• 1 nos Tomato medium — chopped
• 1/2 tbsp Chilly powder
• 1 tbsp Coriander powder
• Turmeric powder A pinch
• 1/4 Of Coconut — grated
• 2 nos Shallots — sliced (Kunjulli)
• 1/4 cup Water
• 1/4 tsp Fennel seeds (Perumjeerakam)
• 1 nos Cardamom (Elakka)
• Cinnamon A small piece (Karugapatta)
• 1 nos Clove (Grambu)
• Curry leaves, a few
• Coconut oil, to taste
• Salt, to taste

Preparation

1. Step 1

   For preparing malabar meen varutharacha curry, first heat a pan and add grated coconut, shallots, fennel seeds, cardamon, cinnamon, clove and cook well in medium flame until coconut goes golden brown.

2. Step 2

   Remove the vessel from fire and add 1/4 cup water. Grind the coconut mixture to a fine paste and set aside.

3. Step 3

   Get a deep bottomed pan and heat coconut oil.

4. Step 4

   Add sliced onions, garlic, ginger, green chillies, tomato and cook well.

5. Step 5

   Into the fried masala, add chilly powder, coriander powder and turmeric powder. cook in low heat.

6. Step 6

   Add drained fish pieces and required water for cooking. season with salt to your taste and cook in low heat with a covered lid.

7. Step 7

   When the fish pieces are done, add ground coconut mixture and curry leaves. Boil the curry once and remove from fire.

8. Step 8

   Malabar meen varutharacha curry is ready. Serve hot.