Serves : 4 - 5
Preparation Time : 10 mins
Cooking Time : 20 mins
Cuisine : Tamil Nadu
Ingredients Needed
For gravy
King Fish or Sheela - 500 gms
Sambar Onions - 150 gms
Regular Onions - 50 gms
Tomatoes - 150 gms
Tamarind - lemon sized (20 gms)
Chilli powder - 2 tsp
Coriander powder - 3 tsp
Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp
For seasoning:
Mustard Seeds - 1/4 tsp
Cumin Seeds - 1/4 tsp
Fenugreek - 1/4 tsp
Oil - 150 gms
Garlic pods - 6-7
Salt to taste
Green chillie - 2
Curry leaves handful
Coriander leaves few
Method to prepare:
Soak tamarind in water and extract pulp. Clean and cut the fish to desired size.
Chop onions, garlic and tomatoes finely. Heat Oil in a Kadai. Add mustard, Cumin, Fenugreek, once it splutters, add chopped onions & garlic. Sauté well, fry till its golden in colour.
Add tomatoes, Chilli powder, Coriander powder, Turmeric and salt. Cook on high for few mins. Then add tamarind pulp and required water. Cook on high for 5 mins. Simmer it and let it cook till the gravy becomes thick
Fish can be added once the gravy thickens and oil has come out. Cook on high flame for 5 mins after adding fish. Then simmer it for 5 mins. Add chopped green chillis and finely chopped coriander leaves at this stage. Once done, remove it from flame.
10 mins is enough to cook fish, else it will get shredded. Also the taste of the gravy changes based on the type of fish used. Folks at home vouch for King fish first followed by Sheela, but any type of fish can be used to prepare this gravy.
Meen Kollambu tastes best when it is prepared and served after 4 to 5 hrs or by next day. Amma normally prepares it during afternoon for dinner.
Enjoy!
ushaprashanth says
Hi!
Meen kuzhanmbu is great!
Saju says
Great Recipe! I love fish, and will be trying this recipe
Revathi says
Is that the nethu vacha meen kozhambu from mullum malarum ??
You are damn right..we love our meenkozhambuuuuuuu yumm yumm yummm
Gini says
Yes, fish curries taste better the next day.
Prajusha says
hi srivalli,
woh..mouth watering meen kolambhu.Nice pic.
thanks for visiting my blog.
Prema Sundar says
got a good colour srivalli.. I love fish curries prepared previous day..
Cynthia says
Thanks for sharing your mom's recipe. My favourite curry is fish curry. I particularly love fish-head curry.
Bharathy says
You are tempting me sooo much ,valli,with that meen kulambu ,chicken pulusu and that prawn,dragon fries..:(...I miss all these home made goodies here...as my hubby and kids and veggies!!!...Sigh..:(!!
First time in your place..very nice collection of recipes,Sri..:)
Srivalli says
Thanks Saju ..do try and let me know how it turns out
Thanks for dropping by Gini
Thanks...Prajusha..
many share your feeling usha
You are correct Revathi..like your sentiments...:)
Thanks Prema
Great Cynthia you have good taste...
Welcome to my blog Bharathy. Thanks for your appreciation, do visit again
Anonymous says
500 kg of fish a little much I think 🙂
Srivalli says
Anon...thanks for pointing out the mistake..500kg was way too much..:)..
Anonymous says
hi srivalli madam,
We tried your meen kulambu.It came out very tasty and had a nice lunch.My friends praised me for making such a tasty meen kulambu.Convey my thanks to your mom for giving such a tasty recipe.My friends too conveyed their thanks.
sam