Chef Special Meen kuzhambu

This is a unique way of preparing meen kuzhambu, which is truly delicious and goes well with Rice, Dosa, Idly.

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Ingredients (to fry | for the curry )

Ingredients for to fry
Oil - 5tbsp
Vadagam - 1 tsp (check the recipe)
Pearl onion - 15 nos(peeled and cut in half)
Tomato - 1 (finely chopped)
Garlic - 2 cloves
Green chilli - 3 nos (split in half)
Turmeric - 2 pinch
Curry leaf ? 15 leaves
Corriander leaves - 2 string

Ingredients for the curry
Sambar powder - 2 tsp
Chilli powder - 1/2 tsp
Corriander powder - 1 tsp
Tamarind - 1 lemon sized ball
Water - 4 cups
Salt to taste (about 1 1/2tsp)
Fish - 7 pieces (cut and cleaned)

Preparation Method

Smash tamarind and salt in water, make juice filter it and keep aside.

Clean the fish and keep aside.

Heat oil in kadai reduce the flame to low and add vadagam when its done popped add onion, crushed garlic, green chilies, curry leaf, coriander leaf and turmeric powder, increase the flame to medium fry till golden brown, then add tomato, fry till oil splits.

Increase the flame a bit and add tarmarind juice, chilli powder, corriander powder and sambar powder stir well till they blend and cover the kadai with lid. When you hear the boiling sound reduce the flame to low, do not open the lid for the first 15 min because you will loose the aroma and that will change the entire taste of the kuzhambu.

After 15 min open the lid increase the flame to high and add the fish pieces, allow it to boil for 5 min cover the lid and switch of the heat. Let it rest as such for a min of 1 hr before you serve.

Other names/spelling variations: Chef special Fish Kuzhambu, Meen Kuzhambu, Mean Kuzhambu, Kuzhambhu, Kushambu

Meen or Mean is Fish in Tamil language.