Fish Dry Fry- Meen Perattiyathu

Traditional Kerala Fish delicacies are a real joy to the heart, soul and for the taste buds. It is a fact that most of the tourists who come to “God’s Own Country” love to try out the variety of sea food options lined up before them. Those who have visited this state would never have missed out Fish Dry Fry or Meen perattiyathu that is a very tasty fish delicacy fit for your lunch time meals.

You need not visit Kerala to try this fish delicacy at all. You simply need to follow the steps directed in the recipe and your fish dry fry is all ready to be served. As for me, this is one of my favorite preparations that I usually prefer once in a while. Though a bit of time consuming, you will never regret for the effort that you have put in the making of this dish. So check out the recipe for Fish Dry Fry and keep cooking. Picturized version can be found after the recipe.

Ingredients

·         Fish (Fleshy ones are preferred) – ½ kg (Serves 2)

·         Onions – 2 large

·         Tomato – 1 large

·         Red Chilly Powder – 1 tsp + ½ tsp

·         Turmeric Powder – ½ tsp + ½ tsp

·         Salt

·         Oil

·         Curry leaves

Method

·         Take a vessel, put in all the fish pieces

·         To the fish pieces, add red chilly powder, turmeric powder, pepper powder and salt.

·         Mix well and keep it aside

·         Take a Kadai or Frying pan and place it on the stove top. Switch on the stove and heat it

·         Pour oil

·         Fry the pieces of fish

·         Remove the fish to another bowl and keep them aside

·         In the same oil, add curry leaves and onions

·         Sauté well

·         Add turmeric powder and red chilly powder and sauté well

·         Now add in finely chopped tomatoes and mix well

·         Add sufficient salt. Remember not to add too much of salt, as the fish already has salt

·         Now it is time to add the fried fish pieces to the onions

·         Mix it well

·         Close the pan with a lid for 5 min

·         After 5 min, open the lid and serve hot with rice.

·         Enjoy!!

Picturization

Fish Theeyal - Fish Curry With Roasted Coconut

One of my favorite fish delicacies is Fish Theeyal, which is a blend of fish, roasted coconuts with the perfect mix of roasted spices. Usually I love to have a fish fry or a fish curry with rice for lunch. But everyone needs a change. So this is the change I love a lot when I do not cook a fry or a curry.

Theeyal is actually made with vegetables. But it can also be made with fish and meat. If you need to check out the recipe for a vegetable theeyal, you can simply copy paste the link to your browser and see how a vegetable theeyal is made. You will also get the right method of roasting coconut grating with the help of microwave from this link, which is my earlier post.

URL: http://foodomania-seema.blogspot.in/2014/08/vegetable-theeyal.html 

The method of making Fish theeyal is also similar to that of vegetable theeyal, only difference is that you add fish to it instead of vegetables. So here you are the recipe of fish theeyal.

Ingredients

·        Fish (with thick flesh) – ½ kg

·        Grated coconut- 2 cups

·        Shallots – around 20 nos

·        Green chillies-2

·        Garlic – 10-12 cloves

·        Pepper powder- 1 tsp

·        Chilly powder – 1 ½ tsp

·        Coriander powder – 3tsp

·        Turmeric powder – ½ tsp

·        Oil

·        Salt

·        Mustard seeds

·        Curry leaves

Method

Step-1

·        Take a kadai and place it on a stove

·        Switch on the kadai and add oil

·        Add mustard seeds and wait for them to splutter

·        Now add finely chopped shallots (8-9) and green chilies and sauté well

·        Add One tomato and sauté well

·        Add the fish pieces and a bit of salt

·        Mix well

·        Add half a cup of water and close the lid of the pan

·        Simmer

Step 2

·        Coconuts have to be ground into a fine powder.

·        Place a large kadai and heat it

·        Add oil, around 3 tbs

·        Add the ground coconut, ginger pieces, shallot pieces (6-7 nos)and sauté till golden brown

·        Now add red chilly powder, coriander powder, turmeric powder and pepper powder and roast a bit

·        Switch off the flame and let it cool

·        After the coconut mix has cooled down, you may grind it into a paste using half a cup of water

·        Now you may add the coconut paste to the simmered fish

·        Mix the coconut paste to the fish well

·        You may add some amount of water to make it a bit liquefied

·        Allow the theeyal to boil

·        Switch off after theeyal boils

·        Serve hot with rice or dosas