Sankara Meen Kuzhambu Recipe/Red Snapper Fish Gravy/Fish Curry/Meen Kuzhambu-South Indian Style Meen Kuzhambu with step by step photos

 Sankara Meen Kuzhambu/Red Snapper Fish Gravy is aromatic, spicy and tangy fish gravy. I love fish gravy and this is my mom’s version of making Sankara Meen Kuzhambu. We do not add coconut to this meen kuzhambu, but if you want you can grind 4-5 pieces of coconut and add it towards the end. Do try out this Sankara Meen Kuzhambu and post your comments here. Meanwhile do check out other interesting Fish Recipes here, Chicken Recipes here and Mutton Recipes here.

Here’s how to make Sankara Meen Kzuahmbu with step by step photos...

Ingredients

Sankara Meen/Red Snapper	500gm [6 pieces]
Tamarind/Puli	One small clementine /kamala pazham size ball
Shallots/Sambar Vengayam *	15-20
Green Chillies	2-3 slit and cut
Red Chilli Powder	3 tbsp
Coriander Powder	1.5 tbsp
Turmeric Powder	½ tsp
Salt	As needed
Coriander/Kothamalli	2 tbsp finely chopped

*Instead of shallots you can use one big onion finely chopped

For Tempering

Gingelly Oil/Nallaennai	2 tbsp
Mustard Seeds/Kadugu	½ tsp
Cumin Seeds/Jeeragam	½ tsp
Fenugreek Seeds/Vendhayam	1 tsp
Vegaya Vadagam/Thallippu Vengaya Vadagam*	½ ball [about 2 tbsp]
Curry Leaves/Karuvepillai	10-15

*If you do not have Thallippu Vadagam, then use mustard seeds 1 tsp and cumin seeds 1 tsp when tempering

Preparation Time: 25-30 minutes                 Recipe Category: Main Course/Lunch

Cooking Time: 30-35 minutes                        Recipe Cuisine: Tamil Nadu, India

Author: Priya Anandakumar

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Method

Wash the Sankara Meen thoroughly with water 2-3 times and drain the water. Add rock salt to the fish and mix really well. Add water again and wash it one more time and drain the water.

Soak the tamarind/puli in 2 cups of water for about 10-15 minutes.

Peel the onions, slit the green chillies and keep everything ready.

Extract the tamarind juice and filter it. Add one more cup of water and extract the juice completely and filter it.

Now squeeze the tomato in the tamarind water really well so that it is completely squashed.

Add 3 tbsp of red chilli powder, 1.5 tbsp of coriander powder, ½ tsp of turmeric powder, required salt to the tamarind water.

Mix everything really well and keep it ready.

Heat 2 tbsp of gingelly oil/nallaennai in man chatti/clay pot/pan.

Splutter mustard seeds, cumin seeds, then add vendhayam/fenugreek seeds, thalippu vadagam, curry leaves and fry for 20 seconds.

Now add shallots/sambar vengayam, green chillies, little salt and saute well until they turn translucent.

At this stage add the prepared tamarind water and mix really well.

Let it boil really well for about 5-7 minutes, until all the raw smell vanishes.

The kuzhambu will become a little thick by now, at this stage add the sankara meen to the gravy.

Give a gentle stir and let it boil for another 5-7 minutes or until the oil starts to float on the top.

Finally add 2 tbsp of finely chopped coriander leaves/cilantro and switch off the stove.

Delicious, finger-licking and tempting Sankara Meen Kuzhambu is ready to be enjoyed.

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