Meen Kulambu
Coastal Tamil fish curry in tamarind-coconut base with drumstick and tomato. Everyday protein-rich meal with rice.
Ingredients
Garnish
- Coriander Leaves (optional) (garnish) — 2 tbsp (chopped)
Main
- Turmeric Powder — 0.5 tsp (ground)
- Tomato — 100 g (chopped)
- rice — 100 g (ground)
- Garlic — 1 tsp (ground)
- salt (optional) (whole)
- Tamarind — 100 g (whole)
- onion — 2 piece (chopped)
- Coconut — 100 g (chopped)
- Drumstick — 100 g (chopped)
- coriander powder — 1 tsp (ground)
- Ginger — 1 tsp (ground)
- Red Chilli Powder (Lal Mirch) — 1 tsp (ground)
- fish — 100 g (chopped)
Tempering
- Mustard Seeds (Black) — 1 tsp (whole)
- Curry Leaves — 8 piece (ground)
- Urad Dal — 1 tsp (whole)
- Coconut Oil — 2 tbsp (whole)
Method
- Heat the Coconut Oil in a clay pot or kadhai, splutter the Mustard Seeds, then add the Urad Dal and Curry Leaves and fry 30 seconds.
- Add the sliced onion and fry 6 minutes until golden, then the Ginger and Garlic for 2 minutes.
- Add the chopped Tomato with Turmeric Powder, Red Chilli Powder and coriander powder and cook 5 minutes until pulpy.
- Soak the Tamarind in 300 ml warm water, squeeze out the pulp and strain it into the pan with salt.
- Add the Drumstick pieces and simmer 8 minutes until they turn tender and the raw tamarind smell goes.
- Grind the Coconut smooth with a little water, stir it in and simmer 4 minutes until the kulambu thickens.
- Slide in the fish and cook 6-7 minutes without stirring, only swirling the pan, until it flakes.
- Cook the rice separately, garnish the kulambu with Coriander Leaves and serve hot with the rice.
Common questions
- What is மீன் குழம்பு in English?
- மீன் குழம்பு is written Meen Kulambu in English.
- How many calories in one plate of Meen Kulambu?
- 275 kcal per plate.
- How much cooking time?
- 40 min — 15 min prep, 25 min cooking.