Meen Pulimulakittathu, Malabar special

Meen Pulimulakittathu is a red-hot-colour curry from malabar side. Here is the recipe to make meen pulimulaku from a combination of my moms’ and mine. 

Ingredients 

• Fish 1/2 kg
• Tomato 1 medium
• Onion 1 big
• Chilli Powder 1 tbsp
• Kashmiri Chilli Powder 1/2 tsp
• Turmeric Powder 1/4 tsp
• Salt to taste
• Tamarind lemon size
• Curry Leaves 3 sprigs
• Ginger Crushed 1 tbsp
• Garlic Crushed 1 tbsp
• Green Chilli 5 (slits)
• Coconut Oil 2 tbsp
• Water 2 cup

Method 

Clean and wash fish with salt and lemon. Here i used Mantha fish to make this mulakittathu. You can use any kind of fish. 

Soak tamarind in 1 cup of hot water keep aside for few minutes. Then squeeze and strain. 

Heat oil in a manchatti (clay pot) add onion slices and green chilli saute for 2 minutes until they are soft. Add crushed ginger, garlic and curry leaves and saute until the raw smell goes. 

Now add chilli powder, kashmiri chilli powder, turmeric powder one by one in a low heat and saute for a minute.

Then add tomato pieces and cook until soft. Now its time for adding tamarind water and salt and cook for 5 minutes in low flame and add rest of the water to this and mix well. Cook for another 5 minutes. Then add fish pieces and close and cook for 10 minutes in medium flame. Then open the lid and allow to cook till the gravy becomes semi medium thick.. Check the salt.

Finally sprinkle 1 tsp of coconut oil and curry leaves.

Serve with warm rice or kappa.

Note: The gravy colour can vary depends upon the red chilli powder and tamarind which we use. For me the tamerind which i got was bit black. So don't get scared of colour, its tangy spicy curry. You can adjust your spice level according to your taste. Enjoy cooking.