Meen Peera/ Fish and Coconut Stir-fry

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Ingredients

Small variety Fish – 1/2 kg cut into pieces

Shallots – 12 sliced

Ginger – 1/2″ piece chopped

Curry leaves – 2 sprigs

Kudampuli/Gambooge – 2 pieces

Water – 1/4 cup

Salt – to taste

Mustard seeds – 1/2 tsp

Coconut oil – 1 1/2 tbsp

For Grinding

Grated coconut – 1 cup

Green chillies – 3

Garlic – 1 chopped

Cumin seeds – 1/2 tsp

Turmeric powder – 1 tsp

Chilly powder – 1/2 tsp

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Method

Wash and soak  kudampuli in 1/4 cup of water.  Coarsely grind all the ingredients mentioned above.  Heat oil in a non-stick pan and splutter mustard seeds.  Add shallots, ginger and curry leaves.  Fry till shallots turn light brown.  Add coarsely ground coconut mixture.  Also add the kudampuli along with water.  Add the fish pieces and salt.  Mix gently and close with a lid.  Cook on medium flame till done.  Stir gently, in-between.  Open the lid and allow excess water to evaporate.  Serve tasty ‘Meen Peera’ with hot rice.  Cheers!

I used Sardines to prepare this dish.  Anchovies, small Mackerels and Prawns can be used to make yummy ‘Meen Peera’.

Related Recipes:

  1. Meen Vattichathu/ Kottayam Fish Curry
  2. Kappa Kuzhachathu and Kochi Style Fish Curry
  3. Kerala Fish Curry
  4. Fish Moly/ Karimeen Moly/ Fish Stew
  5. Karimeen Curry/Fish Curry with Pearl Spot

Posted under Fish, Kerala Christian Recipes, Kerala Non Veg .

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10 Responses to “Meen Peera/ Fish and Coconut Stir-fry”

  1. Priya FRANCE Windows XP Google Chrome 3.0.195.38 Says:

    Wow this fish stir fry looks tempting,mouthwatering dish..

    January 14th, 2010 at 1:48 am
  2. Asha UNITED STATES Windows Vista Mozilla Firefox 3.5.7 Says:

    Looks really delicious Lissie, might try with Shrimps.

    January 14th, 2010 at 1:53 am
  3. sangeetha UNITED STATES Windows 7 Google Chrome 3.0.195.38 Says:

    This is one of my all time fav..i have one waiting in my draft folder..
    this looks abslty yummy..:)

    January 14th, 2010 at 4:05 am
  4. Happy Cook BELGIUM Windows Vista Internet Explorer 8.0 Says:

    One of the dishes from my childhood. I can taste them just by looking into the pic.

    January 14th, 2010 at 5:54 pm
  5. Nags SINGAPORE Windows XP Google Chrome 4.0.288.1 Says:

    aio lissie! ennodithu veno? craving it now :)

    January 15th, 2010 at 2:19 pm
  6. Cynthia BARBADOS Mac OS X Safari 531.21.10 Says:

    Lissie, you know I am going to bookmark this.

    I have a question, what is: Kudampuli/Gambooge?

    January 16th, 2010 at 3:50 am
  7. lissie INDIA Windows Vista Mozilla Firefox 3.5.7 Says:

    Thank you girls for your lovely comments!

    January 16th, 2010 at 10:46 am
  8. lissie INDIA Windows Vista Mozilla Firefox 3.5.7 Says:

    Thank you so much, Cynthia! I am sure you will like Fish Peera very much :)

    Kudampuli is fish tamarind and is available in Kerala Supermarkets in the US. You can Google to see the picture of Gambooge. This tree should surely be there in the Carribean!

    If it is not available, you can use regular tamarind. But the taste might be a little different.

    January 16th, 2010 at 10:55 am
  9. Jeena UNITED KINGDOM Windows Vista Mozilla Firefox 3.5.6 Says:

    This is so very tasty Lissie, your recipes are also so delicious!

    January 18th, 2010 at 2:34 am
  10. Radhika Vasanth UNITED STATES Windows XP Internet Explorer 6.0 Says:

    Am drooling!!!! I guess my Kudampuli pack needs to be opened now..

    January 23rd, 2010 at 10:06 am

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