Food and Beyond: fish yellow cucumber curry/meen dosakkai kuzhambu

Fish yellow cucumber curry/meen dosakkai kuzhambu

Yellow cucumber/dosakkai is mild watery flavored vegetableand it just tastes awesome when combined with fish in a tangy sauce.

Fish fillets -2

yellow cucumber/dosakkai-1 small

sesame oil -1 tbsp

mustard seeds -1/2 tsp

cumin seeds -1/2 tsp

fenugreek seeds -1/4 tsp

whole red chilis -2-3

curry leaves -few

onion -1/2 finely chopped

coriander powder -1 tsp

cumin powder -1/2 tsp

chili powder -1/2 tsp

turmeric powder -1/4 tsp

salt -to taste

shredded coconut -1 tbsp

sesame seeds -1 tbsp

tamarind pulp -1/2 lemon size pulp

preparation time: 10 min
Cooking time :20 min

In a pan fry sesame seeds & shredded coconut until the sesame seeds start popping.

In another kadai heat oil and allow mustard seeds to splutter.Follow it with cumin seeds ,fenugreek seeds,red chili, curry leaves.

Now put coriander powder,cumin powder,salt, turmeric powder,chili powder and salt.mix well and switch off.Allow it to cool.

Now grind it along with fried coconut and sesame seeds into a fine paste.
Add the ground paste in the same kadai and add the cubed yellow cucumber /dosakkai(If the yellow cucumber is hard then fry them first for few minutes and then add the ground paste).

After few minutes add salt if necessary and pour tamarind juice(taken out of 1/2 lemon sized tamarind pulp soaked in water).
Cover and cook until the gravy starts boiling well.Now add the cubed fish fillets and cover again.Cook another 3-5 minutes until the fish gets cooked.

Serves 3