Fish Kuzhambu is a famous recipe in India. Once again , this fish kuzhambu recipe is prepared in so many method. And the recipe i am posting now is one of the method that i learnt from my grandma. As i told you before, my grandma, in her village always prefer grinding all the masala's fresh to give a the wow fresh taste. And more over grinding the masala gives more of thick gravy. I will soon post the other method too. But to start of , i would like to start with my grandma's recipe. And here comes your spicy Fish Kuzhambu recipe..............
Ingredients :
Fish - 1 kg ( Cleaned, and chopped in thin slices) ( If you prefer, you can add the head and tail of the fish too)
Garlic - 1 (peel the skin off)
whole Pepper - 1 tsp
Onion - 2 ( chopped ) ( If you could get small onion's then, it is more than good, because it gives a better taste)
Tomato - 1
Curry leaves - 1 stem
Ginger - a small size ( Chopped finely )
Green chilly - 1
Chilly powder - 2 spoon
turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp
Coriander powder - 2 spoon
salt - To taste
Garam Masala - 1/2 spoon
Tamarind water - 500 ml
Coriander leaves - 1/2 hand ful ( Just for granishing)
Oil - 10 spoons
Masala items:
Cloves - 2
Green cardamons - 3
Cinnnamon sticks - 2 smal pieces
Preparation :
* First take a pan, add 5 spoons of oil, then add the whole pepper, and garlic and fry it.
* Then add the onions and fry till golden brown.
* Now make it to cool, then put it in a mixy jar and add the chopped tomato and ginger to it and grind it, by adding some water. ( Make it a fine paste)
* Now add this paste to the tamarind water and mix well.
* Then add the chilly powder, coriander powder, turmeric powder to the tamarind water and mix every thing well. (f you perfer, you can add some water to make it bit watery)
* Now take a vessel, add the oil.
* Now add the masala items and fry it.
* Then add the green chilly and curry leaves and fry it for 2 mins
* Now add the prepared tamarind water to the vessel.
* Add water and salt to taste. Allow it to cook for 30- 45 mins in medium flame.
* Then finally add the fish pieces and close the vessel and cook for 5 min in low flame.
* Then add the garam masala, and granish it with coriander leaves.
Thats all the spicy village style fish kuzhambu is ready....
Serve hot with plain rice.....
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