Central Travancore

Meen vevichathu

Name: Meen vevichathu
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Kerala Christian
Ingredients: 500 g seer or kingfish in steaks fish; 3 pieces soaked kudampuli; 2 tbsp kashmiri chilli powder; 1/4 tsp turmeric (ground turmeric); 6 sliced shallots; 1 inch julienned ginger; 8 cloves sliced garlic; 2 slit green chilli; 1/4 tsp fenugreek seeds; 2 tbsp coconut oil; 2 sprigs curry leaves; 1 1/4 cups water; Salt, to taste

Fiery red fish curry soured with kudampuli and cooked in a clay pot. Better on day two.

40 minTime

27 gProtein each

hotSpice

Kottayam's red curry2 chapters · 1 min read

Make it your way

Grandma's wayClay pot, kudampuli and coconut oil.

The original

264kcalsame

27 gproteinsame

3 gfibresame

40minutessame

Meen vevichathu as Kottayam homes make it.

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table.

Ingredients

Fish500 g seer or kingfish, in steaks

Kudampuli3 pieces, soaked

Kashmiri chilli powder2 tbsp

Turmeric (ground turmeric)¼ tsp

Shallots6, sliced

Ginger2.5 cm, julienned

Garlic8 cloves, sliced

Green chilli2, slit

Fenugreek seeds¼ tsp

Coconut oil2 tbsp

Curry leaves2 sprigs

Water1¼ cups

Saltto taste

Method

4 steps

1Soak kudampuli in a little warm water for 10 minutes.
2In a clay pot, heat coconut oil, splutter fenugreek, add shallots, ginger, garlic, chillies and curry leaves and saute.
3Lower the heat, add chilli powder and turmeric made into a paste and fry until the oil turns red.
4Add water, kudampuli and salt; boil, then slide in the fish and simmer until the gravy thickens.

Serve it like this

Serve straight from the clay pot with boiled matta rice or kappa puzhukku.

Bloom picks tonight's dinner for your diet and allergies, then cooks it with you step by step.

Central Travancore

Meen vevichathu

Fiery red fish curry soured with kudampuli and cooked in a clay pot. Better on day two.

40 minTime

27 gProtein each

hotSpice

Kottayam's red curry2 chapters · 1 min read

Make it your way

Grandma's wayClay pot, kudampuli and coconut oil.

The original

264kcalsame

27 gproteinsame

3 gfibresame

40minutessame

Meen vevichathu as Kottayam homes make it.

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table.

Ingredients

Fish500 g seer or kingfish, in steaks

Kudampuli3 pieces, soaked

Kashmiri chilli powder2 tbsp

Turmeric (ground turmeric)¼ tsp

Shallots6, sliced

Ginger2.5 cm, julienned

Garlic8 cloves, sliced

Green chilli2, slit

Fenugreek seeds¼ tsp

Coconut oil2 tbsp

Curry leaves2 sprigs

Water1¼ cups

Saltto taste

Method

4 steps

1Soak kudampuli in a little warm water for 10 minutes.
2In a clay pot, heat coconut oil, splutter fenugreek, add shallots, ginger, garlic, chillies and curry leaves and saute.
3Lower the heat, add chilli powder and turmeric made into a paste and fry until the oil turns red.
4Add water, kudampuli and salt; boil, then slide in the fish and simmer until the gravy thickens.

Serve it like this

Serve straight from the clay pot with boiled matta rice or kappa puzhukku.

Bloom picks tonight's dinner for your diet and allergies, then cooks it with you step by step.

Meen vevichathu

Make it your way

Ingredients

Method

Meen vevichathu

Make it your way

Ingredients

Method

Make it a meal