Seafood
Alleppey fish curry
Backwater fish curry with raw mango and coconut — the Alappuzha style of meen curry.
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Alleppey fish curry uses raw mango and coconut milk rather than kudampuli alone, giving a tangy, pale-gold gravy tied to Alappuzha and the backwaters. It is eaten with rice or kappa and is the houseboat menu’s usual fish curry.
Course
Main
Region
Alappuzha / backwaters
Typically with
Rice, kappa
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