Name: Red snaper/kilimeen thoran or kerala fish thoran recipe
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: en
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

Red snaper/kilimeen thoran or kerala fish thoran recipe

Main Dish

4 servings

10 min

20 min

Very Easy

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.