Wednesday, May 20, 2009

KERALA FISH MOLLY

Fish Molly is one of the authentic Kerala recipe made with King Fish. This time i tried with Pomfret fish. A mild dish that can be eaten with appams, plain rice or White bread.


Ingredients :

Fish : 1/2 kg ( preferably king fish ), i used pomfret.
Shallots : 5-6
Oil
Cardamom : 4
Cloves : 4
Cinnamon : 1inch stick
Thin Coconut milk - 1 cup, (Third Extract)
Medium Coconut milk - 1 cup, (Second Extract)
Thick Coconut milk - 1/2 cup, (First Extract)
Curry leaves

To make paste :

Onion :1, Chopped
Green Chilli :2, Chopped
Ginger :1inch piece, Chopped
Garlic : 4cloves
Turmeric powder : 1/4tsp
Curry leaves : 2spring

To Marinate :

Pepper Powder : 4tsp
Turmeric Powder : 3/4tsp
Salt
Vinegar : 4tbsp





Method :

1. Marinate the fish pieces with pepper powder, turmeric powder, salt & vinegar. Keep it for one hour.

2. In a sauce pan, shallow fry the marinated fish Pieces. Keep aside.

3. Heat oil in the same pan. Splutter cardamom,cinnamon & cloves. Add shallots and saute in medium heat. Now add the paste of onion, chilli, turmeric powder, curry leaves, garlic and ginger. Once it gets the aroma of masala add the third extract of coconut milk. Let it boil.

4. Add the fried fish pieces &salt. When the gravy becomes little thick add medium coconut milk. Cover and simmer for some time. Remove the pan from heat and gently add thick coconut milk & just heat it.

Note : If you require a thicker gravy please add 2 teaspoons of cornflour to this.Serve hot with Palappam or bread.

49 comments:

  1. yup.. This is simply great..See the lovely presentation.. done it well..

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  2. Lovely presentation,liked the ingredients :)))

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  3. wowww..superb presentation lena..

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  4. Lena, Love your place girl..Good collection of homely recipes :)..Keep up your great work :)!
    Fish molly looks tempting will try it soon.

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  5. Thanks Nish, Varunavi, Jenni and Lavanya.. :)

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  6. Fish molly looks so so yumm.
    You know i have never made fish molly at home even though i love to eat them.
    I think i have been missing a lot of your post.
    I will check if your post is comming to my reader.

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  7. Yummy and spicy fish molly Lena..me too posted the same last month,slightly diff than urs..I didn't use spices,will try ur version soon..

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  8. Nice presentation with a lovely recipe Lena :)

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  9. Lovely fish curry I kinda like fish curry made in kerala style looks so yummy and perfect!!!

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  10. bEAUTIFUL cLICK........nice recipe.Bookmarked!

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  11. this dish looks yummmm Lena!!

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  12. Wow absolutely fabulous! Great presentation n shots! I love fish mollly and reading this post makes me crave for it!

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  13. Hey Lena something is awaiting you at my blog at:http://myexperiencewithcooking.blogspot.com/2009/05/mushroom-fried-rice-and-my-50th-post.html

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  14. Thank u all for your lovely comments....

    Pooja..Thanks for sending back the award...

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  15. superb presentation lena.. And so sad only i can admire it ..since vegetarian. But the colors tempts me

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  16. Just yummy! bright n vibrant pic!

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  17. I love molly, looks very pretty!

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  18. Nice pictures...the molly looks so delicious :)

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  19. Hi LENA !
    I LANDED HERE VIA 'ARUNA' S TEMPTATIONS . FISH N SEA FOOD IS MY WEAKNESS .ITANA SAARA MACHCHEE ITEMS ! MOUTH WATERING . I WILL TRY AS MANY AS CAN , AND REPORT BACK , AS I DO .

    ALSO TOURED YOUR FOLLOWINGS...........WISH I COULD EAT , AS I DID .....ONCE UPON A TIME , BUT NOW ? MANY RESTRICTIONS !

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  20. its been ages since i have even seen this dish, let alone cook it. love it though :)

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  21. wow..fish moli looks yumm...and a perfect click...

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  22. First time here Lena!! Lovely blog!! :)

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  23. :) Thanks for the compliment! Am just another blogger. Not an experienced cook n all Lena!

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  24. This served with white bread is heavenly for me....

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  25. Thanks a lot for your lovely comments... :)

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  26. Lena, you sure can send in your older/archived recipes provided ypu re-post it again with the label of the event and a link back to the blog!! Waiting to see ur lovely entry! And I like ur baby blog!! :) Good Job!! :))

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  27. thanks Ria..surely i will do that.. :)

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  28. I love cooking with coconut milk .. will try pomfrets the next time. Lovely recipe Lena! :-)
    You have a wonderful blog ... am still going thru the other recipes. :-)

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  29. This looks tempting.... i dont eat fish but this might convert me

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  30. Nice presentation.....fish molly looks spicy and yum...

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  31. Hi Lena,
    I have a soft corner for kerala cuisine and all the coconut based gravy coz I can't resist the aroma and flavours of the spices and coconut milk!! fish molly and avial are one of my first tried dishes in kerala cuisines so they'll ever be special. U've made me nostalgic sweetie :)
    Fab snap! u are doing a fantabulous job!keep going!!God Bless.
    TC

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  32. Thanks Sharmila, Purva , Kitchen flavours and Suparna...
    Ur comment was really motivating Suparna.. :)

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  33. dear..adipoli....njan varunnundu angottu..this is my altime fav dish...especially with karimeen...

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  34. Thank u Tina.....i was waiting for your comments.. :)

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  35. wow! lovely blog and superb presention ..
    Thanks soo much for ur valuable comments @ my blog Thanks
    keep visitng ..i am following u from now.Thanks da

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  36. Hi Lena, thanks for your sweet words in my blog... I will try to post something soon... :)

    And the fish curry is glittering and is sooo inviting! Great recipe and click! :)

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  37. Hi Lena..I would be greatly obliged if you could help me out in this issue. Can you please check if my recent posts-Potato Stew & Chole Paneer Masala are visible in your dashboard since you are following my blog. My updates seems to have disappeared all of a sudden and I'm trying for a solution.

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  38. Hi Pooja,
    I couldnt see the update on my dashboard.... no need to worry though ,google servers are slow....i had the same issue with Bharathy's new entry... it got updated on my dashboard after a whole day...:)

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  39. Thanks a lot Lena for supporting me on the issue I faced.I solved the problem. The culprit was my customized feed(feedburner) that overflew and stopped indexing! Hence no updates were seen in Google Reader!

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  40. I love pomfret! Sigh - dont get it here...
    Your dish is so yum yum - I am hungry now...

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  41. Fish molly looks really delicious....Nice presentation Lena!!!

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  42. This is my all time favorite,,,.. i like to have it with appam... wonderful snap..

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  43. So Lenakutty..you look forward to swapnas and my comments right?
    If you want them prompt..just do one thing..:)
    Pass me this glass bowl of Fish Molly,,(with some idiyappam plz..;))and I will show you how to finish this in 10 mnutes ;)...DEAL??

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  44. thanks Swapna and Roopa.. :)

    Bharathy.. I loved this comment alot..i sent fish moly..u got it right..i had kept 10 idiyappam also.. ;)

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  45. amazing kutti's..I never got thr right fish to try this here..slurp..:(..nice decortoo..:)

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