Recipe: Yummy Kerala Style Coconut Milk Fish Curry

Recipe: Yummy Kerala Style Coconut Milk Fish Curry Delicious, fresh and tasty.

Kerala Style Coconut Milk Fish Curry. Fish Curry ( Creamy Coconut Milk Fish Curry). फिश करी इतनी टेस्टी और आसान की जानकार कहोगे पहले क्यों नहीं पता था A traditional Kerala style fish curry. Fish cooked with spices in coconut milk and flavored with Kudampuli (kokum).

Spicy, Tangy and Flavorful Kerala Style Fish Curry with Coconut Milk!

Fish… an integral comfort food of our diet and an inevitable part of the lives of the people of my Lots of ginger, garlic, and the tanginess from gamboge/kudampuli along with the coconut milk makes it a rich flavorful Fish Curry.

This authentic Kerala style fish curry cooked by using coconut milk and coconut oil make this a must try.

You can have Kerala Style Coconut Milk Fish Curry using 12 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Kerala Style Coconut Milk Fish Curry

1. You need of Chilli Powder.

2. Prepare of Tilapia Fillets.

3. It’s of Coconut Milk.

4. It’s of Turmeric Powder.

5. It’s of Tamarind Concentrate.

6. Prepare of Salt.

7. Prepare of Green Chilli, finely sliced.

8. Prepare of Shallots.

9. Prepare of Garlic, finely minced.

10. Prepare of Fenugreek Seeds.

11. It’s of Vegetable Oil.

12. You need of Curry Leaves.

Now apply the prepared mixture to the fish pieces and keep aside.

Heat coconut oil in a pan, add mustard seeds, cumin seeds, curry leaves, toss it, add the coated fish pieces and fry them.

Use coconut milk with fat that is whole coconut milk for richer better tasting Kerala fish curry.

SERVING IDEAS: We love it with hot white rice or Kerala Style Crepes known as Appam.

Kerala Style Coconut Milk Fish Curry step by step

1. Add coconut milk, chilli powder and turmeric to a non stick pot. Mix and heat to a simmer..

2. Wash and cut the tilapia fillets into 1 inch cubes. Add the fish gently. Get it boiling again and add salt..

3. Add the tamarind concentrate..

4. After 1 minute lower flame and cook uncovered till curry thickens and the fish is cooked..

5. Heat the vegetable oil in a pan. Add the fenugreek and saute till it turns golden..

6. Add garlic, shallots, green chilli and curry leaves and saute till it turns golden..

7. Add to the curry. Don’t stir. Cover and allow to sit 15-30 minutes before serving..

Coconut Milk Fish Curry: I have received so many compliments for this recipe over the years, it still amazes me.

The fine chopping of the onion and garlic.

Oh and yes, most Kerala curries use coconut oil and its's great but for some reason this curry is always better for me with sunflower oil.

Coconut oil is a must to make this Kerala fish curry. ©Copyright Reserved, first published on She mostly used to make this for special occasions; like when a friend dropped in or when we long for something bakery style.

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