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Salem Style Fish Curry / Meen Kuzhambu

March 27, 2014 By Preeti Tamilarasan 14 Comments

Salem Style Fish Curry / Meen Kuzhambu
Salem Style Fish Curry / Meen Kuzhambu
Salem Style Fish Curry, today i’m sharing another seafood based curry. I do not cook Fish Curry often, since my husband prefers Fish Fry. So whatever varieties of fish i get here, either i make varuval or fry them.  My husband’s native is Sankagiri (Tamilnadu, India) in-between Salem & Erode. Whenever i visit there, i get to see lots of Fresh Water fishes which they get in abundance.
You can try this curry with Rohu, Catla (Katla), Viral meen (Butter fish / Murrel) etc.. The curry will taste a bit different if we use Fresh Water fishes. As i didn’t get any fresh water fish near my residence area, i tried this curry with Sea Bass / Koduvai Meen which tasted delicious. I have adapted this recipe from a Tamil cookery book.
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Salem Style Fish Curry | Meen Kuzhambu
 
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Prep time
30 mins
Cook time
30 mins
Total time
1 hour
 
Author: Preeti Tamilarasan
Recipe type: Main
Cuisine: South Indian
Serves: 3
Ingredients
  • To Marinate (20 mins) :
  • 6-7 Fish Fillets (i have used Sea Bass / Koduvai Meen) – Dam Fish / River Fish is preferred
  • ¼ tsp turmeric powder
  • salt to taste
  • To Fry & Grind :
  • ½ cup Pearl Onions / Sambar Vengayam
  • 1 tomato – chopped
  • ¼ cup chopped coconut
  • ½ tsp cumin seeds
  • 1 tsp black peppercorns
  • 1 tsp coriander powder
  • 2-3 tbsp gingelly oil / sesame seeds oil (or) any vegetable oil
  • 1 tsp red chili powder
  • For Curry :
  • lemon sized tamarind ball – soaked in water for 30 mins
  • 1 tbsp ginger-garlic paste
  • salt to taste
  • 1 tsp mustard seeds
  • 1 stick curry leaves
  • ½ tsp fenugreek seeds (vendayam)
  • 1 or 2 tbsp gingelly oil
Instructions
  1. Please follow the instructions below.
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Salem Style Fish Curry / Meen Kuzhambu

How to prepare Salem Style Fish Curry

  • Squeeze tamarind pulp and filter the water. Keep it aside. Heat 2-3 tbsp oil in a pan or kadhai. Temper cumin seeds and peppercorns. Fry onions and chopped coconut for a min on low flame.
  • Add chopped tomato and fry for a min. Now, Add red chili powder and coriander powder. Saute a while. Let it cook for 2 mins. Remove from the heat and allow to cool. Grind everything in a mixer to smooth paste. Add water if needed.
  • Heat 1 or 2 tbsp oil in the same pan. Temper mustard seeds and curry leaves. Add ginger-garlic paste, tamarind water and let it boil for sometime. Now, Add ground paste after 2 mins, salt & more water if needed and cook it covered for 10 mins till raw smell goes. Add marinated fish and let it cook for another 10-12 mins on low-medium flame. Garnish with chopped coriander and serve hot with rice or idli.
Notes :
  • In the original recipe, they have asked to use any Dam or River Fish to prepare this curry. I didn’t get any river fish here so i have used Sea water Fish.
  • You can also fry the fish fillets and then add it in curry.
Salem Style Fish Curry / Meen Kuzhambu

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Filed Under: Curry Varieties, SeaFood Recipe Tagged With: Fish Curry, Indian Curries, Kongu Cuisine, Kuzhambu Recipes, South Indian Curries, Tamilnadu

Comments

  1. Rafeeda AR says

    March 27, 2014 at 11:19 am

    looks really delicious…

    Reply
  2. Magees kitchen says

    March 27, 2014 at 11:33 am

    Wow sounds delicious…

    Reply
  3. Sanoli Ghosh says

    March 27, 2014 at 11:56 am

    Absolutely delicious and flavorful fish curry.

    Reply
  4. Sathya Priya says

    March 27, 2014 at 3:30 pm

    Delicious fish curry .Really inviting

    Reply
  5. Arjunan Akilandeswari says

    March 27, 2014 at 4:18 pm

    Very yummy and tempting curry….

    Reply
  6. Shama Nagarajan says

    March 27, 2014 at 5:20 pm

    drooling dear

    Reply
  7. Priya Suresh says

    March 27, 2014 at 11:15 pm

    Fish curry is calling me.. Just need some rice and papads to enjoy with.

    Reply
  8. Ranjani Raj says

    March 28, 2014 at 1:39 am

    Looks delicious 🙂

    Reply
  9. Shruti Dhingra Wahi says

    March 28, 2014 at 12:31 pm

    Looks yummy …..Want to have it with boiled rice 🙂

    Reply
  10. chikkus Kitchen says

    March 28, 2014 at 6:41 pm

    Delicious fish curry…inviting me dear 🙂

    Reply
  11. jothin jose says

    October 23, 2016 at 4:10 pm

    Its so Delicious ,I used coconut oil

    Reply
    • Preeti Tamilarasan says

      October 23, 2016 at 4:25 pm

      with coconut oil it must have tasted awesome… thanks 😊

      Reply

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