Wednesday, May 13, 2009

Fish / Meen Kuzhambu - ll

Ingredients:
Fish ( cleaned and cut into pieces ) – 1/2 KG
Small onions – 20 nos or Big onion - 1 ( chopped )
Garlic pods – 10 nos
Tomato – 1 big( chopped )
Tamarind – 1 medium sized lemon ( soaked with in 4 glass of water for 15 minutes )
Gingelly oil – 4 tbsp
Vadagam ( Thalippu ) – 1 tbsp
Curry leaves - few
For the paste:
Black peppercorn - 2 tbsp
Red chillies – 6 nos
Cumin – 2 tbsp
Coriander seeds – 4 tbsp
Turmeric powder- 1/2 tsp

First take all the ingredients for the paste and grind it to a smooth paste with little water.
Squeeze the soaked tamarind to get all the extract and then filter it.
In the tamarind liquid add the ground paste, mix well & keep aside.
Method:
  • In a vessel, heat the oil, add the vadavam, when it splutters, add the curry leaves, followed by the onions and fry until translucent.
  • Add the garlic pods and fry until slightly brown.
  • Add the tomatoes and cook till they turn mushy.
  • Now add the tamarind- ground masala, salt and mix well.
  • Check for salt now and add if required more.
  • Let it boil for 10 minutes.
  • Add the fish pieces and cover the vessel with the lid. Reduce the heat to low.
  • Let it cook for another 10 minutes and by this time the oil will get separated.
    The smell of the kuzhambu, when boiling is extraordinary.

Serve with hot steamed rice.

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