Veraal fish / Murrel fish is a fresh water fish fish ,very expensive because they are very rare to get from the market.Fishes are highly nutritious food with a good amount of protein and omega 3 fatty acids.
There are variety of fishes used in preparing fish curry depending on their region and the ingredients.These Veraal fishes are very delicious for they are caught and sold alive, thus no chemicals used to store them.Only the cleaning part is difficult because of their slimy skin part.Wash them thoroughly in water with little salt to remove that greasiness from the bosy.Today I have shared an easy fish kulambu recipe with very few ingredients but it tastes so good with just hot steamed rice and Idly.

CLEANING TIME : 20 MINS

PREPARATION TIME : 10 MINS

COOKING TIME : 15-20 MINS

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INGREDIENTS

7 pieces murrel fish

1/2 tsp turmeric power

A goose berry sized tamarind (soak in 1 cup of water)

1 cup water

5 tbsp sesame oil

Salt to taste

TO GRIND – 1

8 dried red chillies

2 tbsp water for grinding

TO GRIND – 2

7 shallots

2 cloves garlic

1 tsp cumin powder

METHOD

Grind the red chillies without water and then grind to fine paste with water.

Extract the juice from the tamarind and strain it.

Grind the onion ,garlic and cumin powder to a smooth paste and keep it aside.In a flat bottomed vessel add the tamarind extract and red chilli paste.

Add the onion paste,sesame oil and a cup of water.Now bring this to boil in medium flame.

Now add the turmeric powder,salt and let it boil until it becomes thick.

When it leaves oil at the surface ,reduce the flame to low and then add the fish pieces and cook for 4 mins ,then turn the fishes and cook for 3 mins .Switch off the flame and let it set.

Serve the delicious Veraal fish kulambu with hot steamed rice or Idly.

TAKE CARE TIPS

You can also add 2 tsp of red chilly powder instead of red chilly paste.

Dried red chillies gives that bright red color to the kulambu and also enhances the taste.

After adding the fish pieces bring the flame to low.