Pathiya Samayal Recipes #3 | Nagercoil Pathiya Meen Kuzhambu | Marundhu Kuzhambu

(I have updates the pictures and step-wise pictures recently)

This is a post pregnancy recipe. This is also a weight loss recipe. It has all the spices needed post pregnancy recovery. It has carom or ajwain and garlic to increase to breast milk. It has dry ginger and turmeric to act as disinfectant. it has other few spices to rectify intestines and relieve us from gastric problems. It cures the digestive system and relieves from gastric trouble. It increases assimilation. It tightens the muscles. Thereby results in weight loss too. It is always good to have this kind of kuzhambu post-pregnancy. It can also be taken by new mothers for increasing lactation.

As it tightens muscles and rectifies digestive systems, it helps in weight loss. You can definitely use this as a weight loss recipe. This belongs to Nagercoil Cuisine. It is a post-pregnancy in Nagercoil. They call it as "Marundhu Kuzhambu". There also add some peculiar medicinal spices. I have skipped them for making it simpler.My mom made it after my delivery and told that there will be bitterness in the kuzhambu. It was because, she added very little salt. But actually I liked it. It really made her happy, as there is no need to compel me or convince me to eat it. Even now I make this once or twice in a month. I strongly believe that it as a medicine.

You could add fishes like Sardines, King Fish, Tilapia or Salmon.

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Recipe Source: MOM and Grandma

Meen Pathiya Kuzhambu | Fish Pathiya Kuzhambu | Indian Postpartum Recipes

Prep Time : 15 mins	Cooking Time: 40 mins
Yield: 2 cup	Serving Size: half to 1 cup	Calories per Serving: 150 to 250

Ingredients

• Garlic Cloves 20 in number
• Pathiya Kuzhambu Podi- 3 Table Spoons -- CLICK HERE FOR THE RECIPE
• Grated Coconut - 2 Table Spoon
• Tamarind Strip - 2 inches
• Gingelly Oil and curry leaves(optional) - little
• Fish - 250g

Quick Procedure

• Dry roast grated coconut.. Heat some oil in a pan. Add tamarind strip and fry it. This is called sutta puli. Usually we use only this kind of sutta puli in pathiya kuzhambu.
• Take grated coconut, pathiya kuzhambu powder, tamarind in a mixer jar .. Grind it well. Add little water and grind it to a smooth paste.
• In the remaining oil after roasting tamarind, add garlic cloves and curry leaves(optional) Roast garlic till it becomes soft..
• Add the ground paste..Add little water.. Add a few salt.. Let it boil for 5 minutes .. Stir once in 3 minutes to make sure nothing gets burnt.. Cooked covered till oil separates.
• Add fish pieces and cook them soft. Now, Meen Pathiya Kuzhambu is ready. Now, Poondu Pathiya Kuzhambu is ready

Step-wise Pictures

Heat some oil in a pan. Add tamarind strip and fry it. This is called sutta puli. Usually we use only this kind of sutta puli in pathiya kuzhambu.


Dry roast grated coconut.. Take grated coconut, pathiya kuzhambu powder, tamarind in a mixer jar .. Grind it well. Add little water and grind it to a smooth paste.


In the remaining oil after rasting tamarind, add garlic cloves and curry leaves(optional) Roast garlic till it becomes soft..


Add the ground paste..Add little water.. Add a few salt.. Let it boil for 5 minutes .. Stir once in 3 minutes to make sure nothing gets burnt.. Cooked covered till oil separates.

Add fish pieces and cook them soft. Now, Meen Pathiya Kuzhambu is ready.