Neymeen Vatti Pattichathu Recipe – Seer Fish In Spicy Masala

Ingredients

• 2 Seer fish cleaned and cut
• 2 sprig Curry leaves
• 1 cup Tamarind Water
• 1 teaspoon Turmeric powder (Haldi)
• 1 cup Coconut milk
• 1 Lemon juice
• Salt to taste
• Coconut Oil as required, for cooking
• 1 Onion sliced
• 2 Dry Red Chillies
• 4 cloves Garlic
• 1 inch Ginger chopped
• 1 Green Chilli chopped

Steps

1. To begin making the Neymeen Vatti Pattichathu Recipe, we will first grind the ingredients mentioned in the list to a coarse paste including onion, dry red chillies, garlic, ginger, green chillies and keep it aside.
2. Marinate the fish with lemon juice, turmeric powder, salt and keep it aside for 15 minutes.
3. Heat a flat skillet with coconut oil, add curry leaves and allow it crackle for few seconds.
4. Add the ground onion paste and keep stirring till the raw smell goes away. Make sure you do this in low flame and not let the onions burn.
5. Add turmeric powder, tamarind water and give it a stir. Allow the water to reduce and place the marinated fish pieces gently on the gravy.
6. Sprinkle salt and pour half of coconut milk and give it a stir gently. Cover it with the lid and cook for 10 minutes.
7. Add remaining of the coconut milk and cover it and cook for another 20 minutes.
8. Check for salt and give one last stir gently and serve hot.
9. Serve the Neymeen Vatti Pattichathu Recipe along with Steamed Rice and Rava Fried Prawns to form a delicious meal for your Sunday.