Sunday, March 21, 2010

Meen Morkootan/Meen Morkozhambu

      An awesome meen morkootan from "God's Own Country"

Ingredients

Fish(Shark/Salmon/Tilopia/Prawns) - 250gm
Tomato - 1
Green Chillies - 2
Ginger - 1/2  inch
Chilli Powder - 2 tsp
Turmeric Powder - 1/4 tsp
Curry Leaves - 5 or 6
Coconut(Grated) - 1 cup
Curd - 1/2 cup
Mustard seeds - 1 tsp
Oil required quantity
Salt to taste

Method

       Cut the fish into small cubes.Marinate the fish with chilli powder,turmeric powder and salt.Keep it aside for 1/2 hour.
       Cut the tomato into long pieces.Slit the green chillies into two halves.Finely chop the ginger.Grind the coconut into a paste.Whip the curd into nice smoothy texture.
In a sauce pan,add all the above ingredients,curry leaves,chilli powder,turmeric powder,required quantity of water and salt to taste.Keep it on flame and allow it to cook for 10 minutes.Once the fish is cooked,add the ground coconut and check the thickness of the curry.If it is too thick add some water.Cook it and when it starts to bubble add the curd and remove from fire.Season it with mustard seeds and curry leaves.
      This dish goes well with rice.

    










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