MEEN PEERA ( Kugan )

MEEN PEERA ( Kugan )

Dev, my aunt says there are so many different ways to cook this dish.
This is a very simple way to cook. Use fleshy small fishes.
Some meen peera will look like meen puttu. Kugan98


MEEN PEERA

Ingredients:

½ kg small type fish cut and cleaned
2 pieces kudampuli
¼ cup water
1 ½ tbs coconut oil
½ tsp mustard seeds
2 sprigs curry leaves
Salt to taste

To Make A coarse Mixture:
6 shallots sliced
½ inch piece ginger chopped
½ cup coconut or more
3 green chillies
1 pip garlic chopped
½ tsp cumin seeds
½ tsp tumeric powder
1 tsp chillie powder

Method:

Wash and soak the kudampuli in ¼ cup of water.
Coarsely grind all the ingredients mentioned above.

Heat a non-stick pan with the coconut oil.
Add in the mustard seeds and the curry leaves.
Add in the coarsely ground coconut mixture.
Stir fry for a second. Add in kudampuli with the water.

Add in the fish pieces and salt. Mix gently and close the lid.
Cook on medium flame. Stir gently in between.
Sprinkle little water if needed to cook.
The dish has to be dry one, so allow the excess water to evaporate.

Serve with steaming rice.

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