MEEN MULAKITTATHU WITH KAPPA

 

Ingredients

1. Fish - ½ kg cut into small pices
2. Fenugreek -2 tsp
3. Shallots – 1cup finely chopped
4. Ginger – 1tbsp crushed
5. Garlic – 4 crushed
6. Red chilly powder – 3 tbsp
7. Pepper powder – 1 tbsp
8. Turmeric powder – 1 tsp
9. Tamarind – lemon size/kudam puli – 4 pieces
10. Curry leaves- 2 strings
11. Salt
12. Oil – 2 tbsp
13. Water – as needed

Method

For preparing spicy fish curry

1. Soak the puli in ½ cup water for 20 mins.
2. Soak the chilly, pepper and turmeric powders also in ½ cup water.
3. Heat oil and add fenugreek, let splutter , add curry leaves, finely chopped shallots, sauté well until light brown ,add crushed ginger, sauté ,add soaked chilly,turmeric and pepper powders, sauté well. Then add soaked puli along with water for gravy, when it starts boiling add fish pieces and cook in medium heat without covering.
4. After 20 mins, check salt, allow water to evaporate if the dish is too watery, finally add crushed garlic and few curry leaves along with 1 tbsp coconut oil and turn off the flame. Your spicy tangy flavored meen mulakittathu is ready to serve with Kappa (Tapioca).

How to make Kappa Puzhukku

Ingredients

1. Tapioca / kappa - 1 kg

2. Shallots – 10 chopped
3. Garlic – 6
4. Green chilly – 6
5. Mustard seeds – 1tsp
6. Dry red chilly – 2 broken
7. Curry leaves – a few
8. Turmeric powder – 1tsp
9. Water to cook the kappa 

Method

1. Peel off the skin  wash and clean  the kappa then chop into small cubes. Wash it well in running water. Then boil the cubes adding enough water (the pieces should immerse completely in water). After  boiling some time remove kappa pieces and drain out the water. Again in the same quantity of water add salt and ½ tsp turmeric powder and cook the cubes until soft. Then drain off the water from cooked pieces and keep aside.

2. Grind coarsely shallots, green chilly and garlic.

3. Heat oil and crackle mustard, then add curry leaves ,dry chilly ,ground  shallots , green chilly and garlic, sauté well, add little salt if needed, mix with the cooked kappa and mash all the items well .

4. SERVE HOT WITH FISH CURRY.