Meen Kuzhambu – Madras Style Fish Curry

Written by Mullai

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39 Comments

  1. Sara Crutchfield

    5 stars
    Came out excellent! Too much nostalgia! I used sankara meen for this. Meen curry w/o coconut is an art& a treasure. Tastes exactly like my neighbor’s dish they would make& send when I was growing up in Chennai. Just so good!! Thanks sooo much!

  2. priya

    Thank you Mam
    your explanation was so good and acurate, that i followed the receipe exactly and the taste was delicious,
    but my husband says he can see so many onions, but the taste is perfect,
    should i reduce onions and do the same with all other ingrediants as same proportions, would that make a difference in taste, the taste is perfect he just wants onions to disappear

    1. Mullai

      Priya,
      If you fry the onions a little longer,it well blend well with the masala and you wont see them once the gravy is cooked. Also try mincing them finely… but if you still think its too much you may always reduce some and adjust to your needs, using small sambar onions will enhance the taste quite a bit, so do try with them. I would still keep the rest same, as onions give little thickness to the gravy and if you cut them drastically your kuzhambu will be slightly watery consistency, so make you don’t cut too much. Thanks Priya for trying recipes from my page and getting back with a feedback, it actually motivate me a lot! Thanks again.

  3. agnes

    Dear Madam,

    Good to see the page back…..

    I was so excited and made 3 dishes …….I made simple rasam, Kothamalli thoku & Kothu Cauliflowe curry daybefore y’day and Meenkuzhambu and Fish Fry y’day…..Our dinner for the last two days were great..

    Thanks for motivating us…..the page is so helpful for the new brides like me…..

  4. jkpriyadarshini1984

    Mullai,

    Tried this curry yesterday. Usually nan NV curry panrathu yen dh avalo aa appreciate panna maataru. But…yesterday he told me to make fish curry here afterwards!! :)) thanks a bunch. I don’t know how to express my thanks to you.
    Thanks a bunch Mullai. God bless you..

    Priya

  5. Anbu

    Hi Mullai Akka, I tried ur fish curry with frozen nethilis,it was awesome.Just i added 2 spoons of coconut powder also for more thick consistency as per my husband's liking. It was very tasty. Thank u very much. Anbu

  6. sathu

    Mullai…

    Tried ur marvellously explained and presented meen kuzhambu..

    Oops this was my first ever trial and the result was awesome…

    . so much for the recipe… Keep going!!!

    Cheers, Sathya.

  7. Jessy

    Hai Mullai, i tried this recipe today. it was simply superb. i used Salmon and it was awesome. i became member 3 weeks before. but i tried 20 recipes of yours.Thanks Mullai

  8. Priya Palani

    Hi Mullai
    I tried this recipe yesterday….it came out awesome…I was looking for a fish curry recipe without adding coconut….this is simply superbbbb……thanks a lot for sharing this…
    priya

  9. AT

    Your recipes are just simply amazing….

    I live out here in Canada – what kind of fish would we recommended to be purchased at the grocery for this type of dish?

    Thanks again!

    1. Mullai

      Hello AT, normally i would prefer King fish, mackeral, tilapia, catfish and any variety bass. Check our fish names in tamil here and choose the one which you are comfortable with.

       

  10. sprabha

    Hi Mullai,

    I like ur recipes very much..what size of onions do you use for this recipe. i used the big purple onions and the onion taste dominated more..hence the question..

    thanks,
    prabha

  11. mercyusha

    Hi Mullai,

    Today I cooked this meen kuzhambu and chettinad meen varuval for lunch. Both were excellent. You are really rocking!

    Mercy

  12. Nandini

    Hi Mullai
    Thankyou very much for sharing such easy and tasty recipes with us. I tried this recipe yesterday and it came out well. I am a regular visitor to your website…i am very grateful to you because i am slowly becoming a better cook! Thanks so much. Best wishes to you.

    1. Mullai

      Slesharm,

      What type of fish did u use in this recipe? Actually collecting some info on that, quite hard to find fresh fish here.

  13. seema

    Hi Mullai,

    ur fish curry recipe is very good, but is there any way to get thick gravy served for a number of people? Coz in my family, there are many, who are good eaters and they say the curry amount is very less and if i add more water to get more curry, they say it is like rasam, very watery.

    Plz do suggest.

    tks
    seema

    1. Mullai

      Seema,

      This recipe is for 2 to 3 servings, so you have change the portions depending on number of persons. Just adding water will not solve the problem.  If you have like 6 people, just double the quantity mentioned and try. Better luck next time. Thanks.

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