Garlic Fish Curry / Poondu Meen Kulambu
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Fish curry is delicious in Tamil cuisine, with mild tanginess and spiciness. I have shared few fish curries but this one is little different than all the others, since I have induced garlic and small / pearl onions. Pearl onions and garlic has their own taste and when combined with this curry gives a delicious taste and attractive color.
Garlic Fish Curry / Poondu Meen Kulambu had mild tanginess, spiciness and little sweetness. I have used Seer Fish / Vanjaram Meen, you can also use king fish (fish with less bones goes out well for this curry).
Health benefits of Seer Fish: Seer fish / Vanjaram Meen are very good source of Omega 3 fatty acids which helps keep arteries open and allow blood flow smoothly. Also Omega 3 has anti-inflammatory effects which helps in sinus, osteoporosis and arthritis.
How to select the best Seer Fish: The fish should have dark flesh or muscle, also the color of the fish indicates the oil content in the fish. Always go for a fat Seer fish which has less fat whereas the lean and pale fish has lots of fat.
Do check out my other Seafood recipes in this link: http://madraasi.com/main-course/non-vegetarian/seafood/.
Let us move on to the recipe…
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Ingredients
- •Seer Fish / Vanjaram Meen – ½ kg
- •Pearl Onions / Small Onions – 25 nos
- •Garlic – 1 ½ pods medium sized
- •Green chilies – 1 no
- •Tomato – 1 ½ nos
- •Turmeric powder – ¼ tsp
- •Red chili powder – 1 ½ tsp
- •Coriander powder – 2 ½ tsp
- •Cumin powder – 1 ½ tsp
- •Tamarind – a lemon size
- •Mustard seeds – ¼ tsp
- •Cumin seeds – ¼ tsp
- •Coconut milk – 1 cup
- •Lemon juice – 1 tsp
- •Coriander leaves – for garnishing
- •Curry leaves – a sprig
- •Salt to taste
- •Oil – 2 tbsp.
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Instructions
- •Clean and chop the fish into slices and marinate them with ¼ tsp of turmeric powder, 1 tsp of chili powder, 1 tsp of coriander powder, salt and ½ tsp of lemon juice for about 20 mins
- •Peel and finely chop the onions and garlic
- •Chop the tomatoes into fine pieces and slit the green chilies into two equal halves.
- •Prepare Tamarind extract.
- •Heat oil in a kadhai, add in the mustard and cumin seeds along with curry leaves. Wait until they crackle.
- •Add in the finely chopped onion, garlic and green chilies, cook for few mins until they turn golden brown.
- •Add in the tomatoes and cook for few mins until they turn mushy
- •Add all the leftover spice powders and cook for few mins, until the raw smell goes off.
- •Pour in the tamarind extract, cover and let it boil
- •Pour in the coconut milk, cover and let it boil for few mins until the raw smell goes off
- •Drop the fish pieces gently in to the curry, cover and cook until the fish is 90 % cooked.
- •Remove the lid, keep in low flame and cook until the curry thickens and the oil floats on the top of the curry
- •Garnish with coriander leaves, cover with lid, and remove the lid only before serving.
- Serve hot with steamed rice for lunch.
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