Fish Puttu Kuzhambhu - Shredded fish curry

Shredded Fish curry - Fish Puttu Kuzhambhu

By shriya on Jan 31, 2008 in Meat & Seafood Entrées

Fish puttu Kuzhambhu01 We usually see fish made as a curry and meen (fish in English) kuzhambu is a favorite of many south Indians. I learnt this unique seafood recipe from my mom’s Kitchen and she tells me it’s a Chettinad specialty.
It is made with shredded fish instead of whole fish and it tastes excellent. It is well known that fish kuzhumbu usually tastes the best next day with all the spices and gravy soaking in. With the fish in shredded form, the spices soak in faster and it tastes great right from day 1. Do I need to say it is one of my favorites?

Ingredients:

Fish : 2 lb(King Fish or Tilapia)
Coconut oil : 2 tbsp
Pearl onions : 1/2 cup
Tomato : 2
Curry leaves : 6 to 7
Green Chili : 1 tsp(chopped)
Salt : According to your taste
Garlic : 3(Whole)
Coconut Milk : 1/4 cup
Turmeric Powder : 1/4 tsp
water : 1 cup

For Masala :

Urad dal : 1tsp
Channa dal : 1 tsp
Whole Red chilies : 4
Fenugreek Seeds : 1/4tsp
Whole Black Pepper : 1 tsp
Raw rice : 1 tsp

Method Of Preparation :

Fry all the above masala ingredients without adding oil and grind them in to fine powder . Keep it aside.
Heat a pan with a coconut oil in it.
Add pearl onions and fry them until it turns into golden brown.
And add the chopped green chilies fry them for few minutes and add garlic , curry leaves in it . Fry it for 3 to 4 minutes.
Now add the Ground masala ( 2tbsp) fry that masala in that oil for 3 minutes in low flame.
Add the fish (chopped) and salt fry them for few minutes.(I used King fish which gives very good taste to this curry but if you don’t get king fish you can use any kind of fish).
Now when the fish color changed increase the flame , add the chopped tomatoes , turmeric powder and a cup of water.
Boil them for 5 minutes. when oil separates in top add the coconut milk , just boil it for 2 minutes and remove from heat.

Serve hot with rice.

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13 Responses to “Shredded Fish curry - Fish Puttu Kuzhambhu”

Ranga January 31st, 2008, 2:24 pm

super..i want that tomato on the top.
Bharathy January 31st, 2008, 3:55 pm

Drroool :)…Yummmmy yumm!!
dhivya January 31st, 2008, 10:24 pm

Wow i love fish.. Tilapia always sounds great..looks yummy,,Thanks for sharing…
Seema February 1st, 2008, 1:03 am

Great fish curry.. looks mouth watering!
Srivalli February 1st, 2008, 8:22 am

That looks good..shriya..
Mishmash! February 1st, 2008, 5:00 pm

Sounds interesting and looks tasty…how do I get to taste this ?
sagari February 2nd, 2008, 4:55 am

thats a lovely fish curry shriya
meeso February 2nd, 2008, 8:03 pm

Oh, I love Tilapia! I want to try this now! I’m going to write it down.
seena February 3rd, 2008, 4:45 pm

Yum, love to get some..:)
shriya February 3rd, 2008, 5:31 pm

Thanks ranga, bharathy, dhivya and srivali.

Thanks for your comments sagari, seema and seena.

Thanks for your sweet comments Mishmash. You made my day.

Meeso glad you liked it. I am going to add a way to print recipes easily so you don’t have to write it down anymore. Let me know how it comes out when you try it.
neeru February 22nd, 2008, 4:34 pm

My favorite, and I love tilapia…….tahnks for sharing this
Neeru
shriya February 22nd, 2008, 10:03 pm

Neeru thanks for stopping by here and taking your time to comment.