Fish Gravy/Meen Kuzhambu Recipe[South Indian Style]/Meen Kuzhambu Recipe with step by step photos...

This is my mom’s special meen kuzhambu, there are different versions of meen kuzhambu made in each house hold. But I love my mom’s meen kuzhambu, even now when I visit my mom’s house, the first thing I ask is fish gravy. My MIL makes a different one which I will be posting later. Here comes my all-time favourite and mouth-watering meen kuzhambu. Meanwhile do check out other interesting Mutton Recipes, Fish Recipes and Chicken Recipes here.

Here’s how to make fish gravy/meen kuzhambu with step by step photos…

Ingredients

Fish [Tilapia/Jilebi]	5 pieces
Onion	1 finely chopped
Tomato	1 finely chopped
Green chillies	3
Garlic	6-8 cloves
Red chilli powder	3 tbsp
Coriander powder	1.5 tbsp
Turmeric powder	1 tsp
Black pepper powder	¼ tsp
Tamarind	One lemon sized ball
Grated coconut (optional)	2-3 tbsp
Coriander leaves	2 tbsp finely chopped
Salt	As needed

For Tempering

Gingelly oil	2 tbsp
Mustard seeds	1 tsp
Cumin seeds	½ tsp
Fenugreek seeds/Vendhayam	½ tsp
Curry leaves	10 -15

Preparation Time: 10-12 minutes                    Recipe Category: Lunch/MainDish
Cooking Time: 25-30 minutes                           Recipe Cuisine: Tamil Nadu, India
Author: Priya Anandakumar

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Preparation

Cut the fish to required size, remove the unwanted portions and wash it really good. Now sprinkle about ½ tsp of turmeric powder, sea salt, mix well and give a good wash.

Grind the grated coconut to fine paste, it is totally optional. Some time I add them and sometimes I do skip it.

Add about 1 ½ to 2 cups of water to the tamarind and extract the juice and set it aside.

Method

Heat oil in a kadai, splutter mustard seeds, add cumin seeds, fenugreek seeds and curry leaves, saute for about 15 sec.

Now add onions, garlic, green chillies and saute until golden brown.

Add the finely chopped tomatoes and saute until mushy.

Now add the tamarind water, red chilli powder, coriander powder, turmeric powder, salt and let it boil really good for about 5-8 min or until the gravy will start to thicken.

Now add the fish pieces and let it cook. The fish cooks really fast in about 5 min.

Add the coconut paste, pepper powder,coriander leaves and let the gravy boil for, another 5-6 min. Finally garnish it with coriander leaves and switch off the stove.

Super delicious, spicy and tangy meen kuzhambu/fish gravy is ready to be enjoyed. Serve it with hot white rice, add 1 tsp of gingelly oil before serving.

Suggestions:

Use pearl onions/sambar vengayam for making this gravy, since I did not have them I used the regular onions.

As I said earlier adding coconut is totally optional.

Use only gingelly oil for unique flavour and taste.

 Meanwhile do check out other interesting Mutton Recipes, Fish Recipes and Chicken Recipes here.

I have used Tilapia/Jilebi to make the gravy, you can replace it with any other fish as per your wish.

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