How to make Pearl Spot Mappas - Pearl spot fish tempered and cooked in coconut milk.
This recipe is contributed by Member Renjini Selvan .
Main Ingredients : Pearl Spot (karimeen) (करिमीन मछली), Mustard oil (सरसों का तेल)
Cuisine : Kerala
Course : Main Course Seafood
Pearl Spot Mappas Recipe Card
The cuisine of Kerala is very hot and spicy and offers several gastronomic opportunities. The food is generally fresh, aromatic and flavoured. Keralites are mostly fish-and-rice eating people. The land and the food are rich with coconut, though one cannot imagine Kerala food without chillies, curry leaves, mustard seeds, tamarind and asafoetida. Just a little tamarind can substitute tomatoes, but there is no real substitute for curry leaves.
The locals put to good use whatever the land offers and the result is a marvellous cuisine that is simple yet palate tickling.
Kerala has an abundance of jackfruits, pineapples, mangoes, custard apples and an endless variety of bananas. The unusual cuisine of Kerala brings to the fore the culinary expertise of the people of Kerala. Producing some of the tastiest foods on earth, the people of Kerala are gourmets with a difference.
You can also find more Main Course Seafood recipes like Fish Paturi, Kerala Style Fish Thoran, Chenchada, Fried Fish in Black Bean Sauce.
Prep Time : 11-15 minutes
Cook time : 11-15 minutes
Serve : 4
Level Of Cooking : Moderate
Taste : Mild
Ingredients for Pearl Spot Mappas Recipe
Pearl Spot (karimeen) cut into small pieces 1/2 kilogram
Mustard oil 2 tablespoon
Mustard seeds 1 tablespoon
Curry leaves a few
Onion chopped 1/2 kilogram
Ginger chopped 1 tablespoon
Green chilli chopped 2/3
Turmeric powder 1/2 tablespoon
Salt
Thin coconut milk 1 cup
Thick coconut milk 1/2 cup
Fenugreek powder roasted 1/2 teaspoon
Method
Step 1
Heat oil in anon-stick pan. Add mustard seeds and let them splutter.
Step 2
Add curry leaves, onion, ginger and green chillies. Mix well and saute till onion is soft.Add turmeric powder, salt and thin coconut milk. Stir to mix and bring it to a boil.
Step 3
Add fish pieces and mix well. Cook till the fish is soft. Reduce the heat and add thick coconut milk and fenugreek powder.Mix well and remove from heat. Serve hot.
