Fish Recipes

Kozhuva Irumbanpuli Peera Vechathu/Anchovies simmered with Coconut

Anchovies/Kozhuva are known by different names in kerala, like netholi, chooda, podi meen etc. The fresh anchovies are use to make this dish. The frozen anchovies will not give you the authentic taste of the recipe. Meen peera/pattichathu is normally cook along with coconut scrapings and kudumpuli/ Fish Tamarind. But today for a change I am going to make this recipe along with bilimbi/irumban puli as a souring agent. Its

Sinigang Sa Miso

Siningang is sour soup dish that many Filipinos love to eat. Sinigang sa miso is another version of sinigang because this recipe used fish instead of pork. Sinigang sa miso compared to the typical sinigang which uses pork has richer flavor. The savory taste of the fish comes from miso or soybean paste. Miso gives this dish an added flavor. I often cooked sinigang sa miso when I want to

Kerala Fish Molly Recipe (Fish Cooked in Coconut Milk)

Fish Moly is very simple and easy coconut based curry. Its a very light curry, very close to the recipe of stew. In this curry the main ingredients are fish and coconut milk. Its a low spiced curry, so the flavour of the fish dominates the taste of curry. So fresh fish are usually used to make fish moly/fish stew. This curry is one of my kids favourite curry, because

Varutharacha Meen Curry/ Fish in Roasted Coconut Gravy

Varutharacha meen curry is a fish curry of Gods Own Country. Its a best recipe for the traditional fish curry using roasted grounded coconut along with some traditional spices. Roasted to a golden brown perfection and ground to a very fine paste. Fish is cooked in this paste along with fish tamarind/ kudam puli, and seasoned with  roasted fenugreek seeds and shallots. Varutharacha meen curry is a very spicy curry

How to Make Kerala Kilimeen Fry

  Kerala Kilimeen Fry (Tawa Pink Perch Fish Fry) This fish fry can use as a great appetizer or a side to a meal. This recipe is very easy to follow and even a bachelor can easily make for lunch. Its  very tasty and crispy fish fry.  A simple vegetable salad or cut onions always compliment with fish fry. It can be served along with rice, morru and a stir

Malabar Fish Curry With Coconut Paste (Thenga Aracha Malabari Meen Curry)

  This is a famous and very common fish curry in malabar area and more specifically Thalassery and vatakara area. This is prepared using fresh coconut paste along with tomatoes or raw mangoes. Tastes better with raw mangoes. Coconut should be ground as smooth as possible to get a better taste. This is s signature dish in many kerala home. This my home style kerala fish curry. Coconut(thenga) is ground

Sardine Fish  Chilly Curry( Mathi Mulakittathu)

Mathi/Sardine mulakittathu is an easy fish curry of malabar.Nadan mathi mulakittathu is a special kozhikoadan dish, also known as meen mulakittathu or nadan meen curry.Since, sardines (mathi) are in season now; and full of fat, it is best to make curry with fresh fish. The best thing about living in Kerala, is fresh fish all the year around. Sardines are cheap and full of omega-3, so try to include in

Squid Coconut Roast ( Squid Thoran )

  When i write about fish recipes. Its  difficult not to mention that we keralities are die -hard carnivores and fish is a staple among non vegetarian population. There are serveral different  ways of  making fish, most common ways are making curries, frying the fish and stir fries. Squid( kanava, koonthal) is popular among the sea food lovers of kerala. Calamari fries is popular receipe in restaurants. This is not

Dry Fish Curry With Raw Plantains ( Onakka meen curry with vazhakka)

Raw Banana is known as Kaya in Malayalam. Unripe Bananas are used for making different side dishes in Kerala. Raw Plantains (Vazhakka) are mostly used for making Thoran, Mezhkkupuratti, Erisheri and so on. A friend told me that they cook Raw Plantains with Tapioca/Yuca and it tastes excellent. Vazhakka is also cooked with different kinds. Here am using this raw banana to make a dry fish curry and its really

Tuna Fish Theeyal  ( chura meen theeyal )

Theeyal which means ‘burnt dish’ is a typical kerala dish featuring burnt coconut,and is usually dark brown in color.It gets its color from browning of coconut and also from another ingredient, tamarind.In some parts of kerala,theeyal is included in a traditional sadya menu. I’ve already blogged about Eggplant Theeyal,but this one is my favorite among all Theeyals.But cleaning baby onions is very difficult and it is something which stops me

Tuna fish fry Chura Fish Fry nadan rethiyil varuthathu

An Amazing Tuna Fish Fry That Can Be Served As A Snack Or Side Dish With Rice. This Is Easy To Prepare And Tastes Yummy. Most Americans can benefit from eating more fish, and tuna fish makes increasing your intake easy. The omega-3 fats in tuna may lower your risk of cardiovascular disease. A 3-ounce portion of fresh yellowfin tuna provides 89 milligrams docosahexaenoic acid, or DHA, and 13 milligrams

kerala-style-fish-curry

Meen mulakittathu is a tasty Kerala style fish curry also called as nadan fish curry which can be served with rice.  Meen is a general Malayalam word for all kinds of fish.  But it tastes great when served with kappa puzhungiyathu or Kerala style mashed tapioca.  It is also called as meen mulagu curry.  It is very easy to make and makes use of very few ingredients. Nowadays, cleaned and cut

Tilapia with Fermented Black Beans

Are you wondering about what to do with fermented black beans or tausi? Or tired of serving just deep fried tilapia to your family? Well, tilapia are one of the inexpensive fish that are great for steaming and frying. I always buy tilapia at our local supermarket because my husband loves fish. But, I don’t want to serve just deep fried fish every time he wants fish for lunch or

Pomfret Masala Recipe

Pomfret Masala is a spicy, thick, tomato-based curry. It’s bright, red color from the ripe red tomatoes is extremely enticing. Pomfret is a very delicate, fleshy, tender and tasty fish.The pomfret is fried and added to the curry and left to simmer for a few minutes. The spicy gravy and the deliciousness of pomfret make this recipe a perfect side dish with roti or naan. Since it gets ready in

CHILLI PRAWNS (DRY) RECIPE

A dry dish using fresh Prawns tossed in hot chilli sauce and mildly spiced with black pepper, bell pepper and green chillies. It’s a simple recipe without deep frying or shallow frying the Prawns. So, the oil consumption is very minimum !! INGREDIENTS : Fresh Prawns – 500 gm Ginger Garlic Paste – 2 tsp Green Chilli – 3 nos, slit Celery, finely chopped – 1 tbsp Spring Onion, finely

BLACK POMFRET CURRY

BLACK POMFRET CURRY ആവോലി കറി is an authentic Kerala style mildly spiced fish curry using fresh Black Pomfret cooked in a ground coconut based gravy. This is a good accompaniment with boiled rice. INGREDIENTS : Black Pomfret (ആവോലി) – 500 gms Red Chilli powder – 1 tbsp Turmeric powder – ¼ tsp Coriander powder – 1 tsp Fenugreek powder – 1 pinch Ginger, finely chopped – 2 tbsp Garlic –

TUNA CUTLET

In the culinary arts, the term “Cutlet” is used to refer to a thin cut of meat usually taken from the leg or rib section of veal, pork or lamb. Chicken cutlets can be made from a thinly sliced and pounded chicken breast. Similarly, a Fish Cutlet can be made from the boneless thin slice of any kind of fish like Tuna, Kingfish, Hamour, Pomfret, Bluefin Trevally, Mackerel etc. Cutlets

FRESH PRAWNS & GREEN MANGO CURRY

FRESH PRAWNS and GREEN MANGO CURRY  ചെമ്മീനും മാങ്ങയും This is an authentic mouthwatering Prawn recipe from South India, cooked in a spicy ground fresh coconut paste with raw mangoes. INGREDIENTS : Fresh Prawns, cleaned – 500 gm Raw Mango – 1 no, small size Grated Coconut – ¼th of a coconut Coconut Milk – ¼ cup, thick Turmeric Powder – ¼ tsp Red Chilli Powder – 1½ tsp Coriander Powder

Nadan Fish Curry

Ingradients for Nadan Fish Curry Inji , garlic…. avashyatinu Small onion …..4-5 Salt Oil (am using coconut oil) Curry leaves Turmeric powder .. 1/2 sppon Uluva podi Kashmeeri chilli…2 1/2 spoon(disposible spoon count) Coriander powder…. 3/4 spoon How to Cook Nadan Fish Curry Fish clean akki matti vakku. gas on akki pan vakku ennittu oil ozhikku. oil heat akumbolekku mustard eduka. venamenkil uluva kudi ettu pottikkam.inji, garlic eduka.atu onnu vazhannu

Daing ng Bangus (Milkfish)

Daing na Bangus is an easy fish recipe you can prepare anytime of the day. This recipe is milkfish marinated in the blend of vinegar, salt, garlic and pepper. Although the name of this dish is “Daing na Bangus”, it is not prepared the way other salted and dried fish are preserved. Vinegar helps to preserve the fish. This method comes handy especially to those who can’t go to the