Red snaper/kilimeen thoran or kerala fish thoran recipe

Ingredients

• Red Snapper/Kilimeen -½ kg
• Shallots -4 nos sliced
• Ginger paste 1 tablespoon
• Kodampuli/Ghamboge -3 pieces
• Garlic paste 3 teaspoons
• Green chillies 4 nos chopped
• Grated coconut 3 cups
• Salt -2 teaspoons
• Coconut Oil - 2 tablespoons
• Curry leaves - 4 sprigs
• Water 1 to 1 1/2 cups
• Turmeric - 3 teaspoons
• Mustard seeds - 1 teaspoon
• Dried whole red chilli(optional) - 2 nos

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Preparation

• Soak kodampuli in 1 cup warm water and set aside for for 3 to 5 minutes.
• Clean fish neatly and cut into 1 cm cubes.Wash again with gambhoge water/kudampuli. Grind together ginger,garlic,shallots,grated coconut and turmeric together.
• In a clay pot,splutter mustard seeds in coconut oil,followed by curry leaves and dried chilli.
• Mix the coarsely ground coconut and green chillies with fish and kodampuli taken out of the water and add to clay pot .
• Pour 1 cup water to the fish mixture. Bring to boil rapidly. Cook for 20 minutes till all the water goes off. Take off the fire when the water dries up completely.
• Serve with rice.