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Mulakitta Meen Curry / Red Fish Curry
Ingredients: 6-7 fish pieces, cleaned 1 big tomato 5 shallots, sliced 2 green chillies, chopped 1 tsp ginger-garlic paste 1 sprig curry leaves big gooseberry sized tamarind / 1/4 cup tamarind pulp 1 1/2 tbsp kashmiri chi...
Published on November 14, 2026
Kerala Cuisine

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Ingredients:
6-7 fish pieces, cleaned
1 big tomato
5 shallots, sliced
2 green chillies, chopped
1 tsp ginger-garlic paste
1 sprig curry leaves
big gooseberry sized tamarind / 1/4 cup tamarind pulp
1 1/2 tbsp kashmiri chilli powder
1/2 tsp coriander powder
1/2 tsp turmeric powder
salt to taste
a pinch of sugar
1/2 tsp fenugreek seeds
1/4 tsp mustard seeds
2 tbsp coconut oil
Preparation:
- Soak tamarind in 1/4 cup water, extract its juice and keep it aside.
- Grind tomato to a paste and keep it aside.
- Heat coconut oil in a clay pot / pan and splutter mustard seeds and fenugreek seeds.
- Add sliced shallots and green chillies and saute well till soft.
- Add ginger-garlic paste and curry leaves and saute well.
- Add ground tomato paste and mix well and cook for 2 minutes.
- Add kashmiri chilli powder, coriander powder and turmeric powder and mix well till raw smell goes.
- Add tamarind water, salt and enough water and mix well.
- When it starts to boil, add cleaned fish pieces and allow to boil and then cook covered at low-medium flame till done.
- Add a pinch of sugar and mix well. Switch off the flame and serve with rice, kappa etc...
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