September 16, 2011

Meen Peera


One of my favourite seafood dish - Meen Peera, a speciality of Kerala. It is usually made with small fish like anchovies, netholi, chooda or small sardines.

Ingredients:

Anchovies or any other small fish - 500 gms
Curry leaves - a few
Oil - 2 tbsp
Mustard seeds - 1/2 tsp
Kudampuli or fish tamarind - 1 or 2 pieces
Salt to taste

To grind
Shredded coconut - 1 cup
Green chillies - 4 or 5
Ginger - a half inch piece
Garlic - 2 or 3 cloves
Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp

Preparation:

1. Soak kudampuli in 1/2 cup warm water for 10-15 mins.
2. Remove the head and tail of the fish and clean it. No need to cut the fish as we use small fish for peera.Keep aside.
3. Grind the ingredients listed above to a coarse mix without adding water. Keep aside.
4. Heat oil in an earthern pot or pan and splutter mustard seeds. Add the ground paste and curry leaves and give it a mix. Now add fish, the tamarind along with the water used for soaking. Add enough salt and cover and cook till fish is done. You may either make it dry or a little runny.

Serve hot with kanji or rice.

Linking to Anyone can cook:Series 34 and  to The Kerala Kitchen hosted by Divya Kudua






10 comments:

  1. Wow,Interesting Fish recipe with less ingredients.Can try this one for variation.Luks Yummy too.Thanks a lot for sharing this Ramya.

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  2. Wow...Nice recipe....Looks yummy...

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  3. Yum,meen peera makes me hungry,super delicious dish, btw regarding ur q'n about pumpkin puree, i have oven roasted them and turned as puree, hope this helps..

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  4. Hi Ramya...thanks for dropping by my blog . I oved your blog esp. the paal pidi and this coconutty mashed up fish ...would love to try them soon :)

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  5. Delicious. Happy to know this recipe.

    Cheers,
    Uma

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  6. Thank you for linking this delicious recipe with Any One Can Cook :)

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