Hotel Style Nethili Meen Kulambu Recipe- Super Suvai Tamil

Nethili Meen Kulambu Recipe- Super Suvai Tamil

In this blog post, I am going to tell you how to make Nethili Meen Kulambu (Anchovy Fish Curry) recipe easily within 45 minutes.

What is Nethili Fish Kulambu?

Nethili Fish Kulambu(Anchovy Fish Curry) is a very traditional South Indian recipe that is prepared with a small fish type called anchovy fish. This Nethili fish is dried and can be used as a dry fish. This curry will be very tasty and very healthy.

Try out my other recipes from my blog:

• Chicken Roast Recipe
• Chicken Manchurian Recipe
• Chicken Biryani Recipe
• Pepper Mutton Masala Recipe

Ingredients required for Nethili Meen Kulambu recipe:

• Nethili Fish (Anchovy Fish)- 500 grams
• Shallots (Chinna Vengayam)- one cup
• Medium-sized Tomato (Thakkali)- 4 
• Chili powder (Milagai Thool)- one tablespoon
• Coriander powder (Malli Thool)- one and a half tablespoons
• Green chili (Pachai Milagai)- one
• Ginger (Inji)- one inch
• Garlic (Poondu)- 7 cloves
• Coconut milk (Thengai Paal)- one cup
• Fenugreek seeds (Vendhayam)- one tablespoon
• Coriander leaves (Kothamalli)- as required
• Oil (Ennai)- As required
• Salt (Uppu in Tamil)- As required
• Fennel seeds (Sombu)- half tablespoon
• Tamarind (Kulambu Puli)- small lemon sized

Nethili Meen Kulambu Cooking Method:

1. Clean the fish properly and marinate it with salt and turmeric powder for 15 minutes. 
2. Chop the shallots into two pieces and chop the tomatoes into four pieces and grind ginger and garlic into a fine paste.
3. Heat some oil in the pan, add fenugreek seeds, fennel seeds, chopped shallots, chopped tomatoes, ginger garlic paste and saute till the raw smell of onion and tomatoes goes off.
4. Then add turmeric powder, coriander powder, chili powder, and saute well. 
5. Add a cup of tamarind water to this and let it boil.
6. Then add a cup of coconut milk to it and let it boil for some more minutes.
7. In this stage, add the marinated fish in the coconut milk curry the fish will get cooked in just 5 minutes.
8. Before turning off the stove, add a small smashed shallot into the curry and garnish it with the finely minced coriander leaves.
9. Serve Nethili Meen Kulambu hot with some rice or idli or dosa.