Recipe For Fish Molee

Sea Food

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By Super Admin

Saturday, May 7, 2011, 11:20

Fish molee, one of the famous recipes of fish from Kerala. This yummy fish cuisine can be served with either rice or bread. Today you can prepare this in your house, for dinner or lunch. To be noted you need not add fish masala in it. Those who love fish or non-vegetarian cuisines will absolutely slurp to its taste.

Ingredients :

Fish, fleshed and single-boned – 500 Gms

Onions - 2

Tomatoes - 3

Green chillies - 5

Ginger - 1 small piece

Garlic - 4 flakes

Red chillies - 3

Grated Coconut – 2 Cups

Vinegar – 1tsb

Cashew nuts – 5 – 10 nos

Turmeric – ¼ tsp

Salt – as required

Oil – as required

Method :

1.Wash and clean the fish, then Slice it into thick pieces.

2.Cut onions into thick rounds, cut ginger and slit green chillies.

3.Extract 3 cups of coconut milk and keep it aside.

4.Chop tomatoes into small pieces, and keep 1/2 of it separately.

5.Grind red chillies, garlic and turmeric until smooth.

6.Grind cashew nuts separately till smooth.

7.Heat oil and add the chopped onion and ginger. Fry until onions are transparent.

8.Add the green chillies and fry it for a minute more. Now add the tomatoes and the powderedingredients and salt.

9.Fry until the tomatoes turn to pulpy. Add the 2 1 cup of coconut milk and mix in the powdered cashew nuts and vinegar.

10.Stir and mix the gravy well, check for salt and gently add in the fish pieces.

11.Now cook in low flame, keep it covered until the fish is cooked and gravy is thick.

12.Add water if gravy is too thick and if needed.

13.Add the kept aside tomato pieces and cook for 2 minutes.

14.Now add ' cup of coconut milk and mix it well.

15.Keep for just a minute and remove from the stove.

Now your fish molee is ready to be served. Serve it with either rice or bread.