Fish molee |Kerala fish molly recipe with step by step photos

Fish molee | Kerala fish molly recipe

Traditional kerala Fish molee recipe

Fish molee is a traditional side dish of kerela. It is really a mouth watering fish recipe serve with palappam. Fish molee is prepare in coconut milk. This fish stew is very famous in India,Malaysia and Singapore. Compared to other fish curries fish molee is very easy to prepare. Karimeen(peal sago fish) is perfect for making fish molee or else you can also use any fish of your choice. I have already tried some karimeen recipes like Karimeen Fry and Karimeen pollichathu. Hope you will like these recipes.

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Ingredients

Ingredients

1 no of Karmieen / Pearl Spot
To marinate
3/4 spn. of tumeric powder
1/4 spn. of pepper powder
1 spn. of lemon juice
salt as required
for gravy
3 no of cardamom
4 no of cloves
2 pieces of cinnamon
20 no of sliced onion
2 no of sliced onion
1 no of chopped tomatoes(optional)
1 tbsp. of crushed ginger garlic and green chilli
3 springs of curry leaves
3/4 spn. of turmeric powder
1/4 spn. of pepper powder
2 cup of thin coconut milk(randaam paal)
1 cup of thick coconut milk
salt as required
2 tbsp. of oil

Fish molee Preparation Method

Step 01

Marinate the fish turmeric powder,pepper powder,salt and lemon juice. Keep aside for 15 minutes.

Step 02

Keep aside for 15 minutes.

Step 03

Heat oil in a pan and fry the fish. Keep aside.

Step 04

Heat oil in another pan.

Step 05

Add cardamom,cloves and cinnamon sticks. Fry for a while.

Step 06

Add finely sliced shallots and fry well for 3-4 minutes.

Step 07

Add sliced onion and fry till onion translucent. Add curry leaves and salt.

Step 08

Add crushed ginger garlic and green chillies. Fry for 2-3 minutes in medium flame.

Step 09

When onion get fried, add turmeric powder and pepper powder. Fry for 1 minute.

Step 10

Add thin coconut milk and cook for 3-4 minutes in medium flame.

Step 11

Add thick coconut milk and when it starts to boil,add fried fish. Cover the pan and cook for 5 minutes in medium flame.

Step 12

Turn the other side of fish and again cook for another 2-3 minutes in low flame.

Step 13

Finally add chopped tomatoes and turn off the flame.

Step 14

Serve hot with rice,appam.

Fish Molee preparation with step by step pictures

2.Marinate the fish turmeric powder,pepper powder,salt and lemon juice. Keep aside for 15 minutes.

3.keep aside for 15 minutes.

4.Heat oil in a pan and fry the fish. Keep aside.

5.Heat oil in another pan.Add cardamom,cloves and cinnamon sticks. Fry for a while.

6.Add finely sliced shallots and fry well for 3-4 minutes.

7.Add sliced onion and fry till onion translucent.

8.Add crushed ginger garlic green chillies,curry leaves and salt. Fry for 2-3 minutes in medium flame.

9.When onion get fried, add turmeric powder(1/2) and pepper powder(1/4). Fry for 1 minute.

10.cover the pan and cook for 5 minutes in medium flame.

11.After 5 minutes turn the other side of fish. Cover the pan cook for another 5 minutes in low flame

12.Finally add tomatoes(optional) and turn off the flame. Serve hot with appam, chpathi etc…