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Fish moilee/Moily or fish molee (meen molee) is a spicy
fish Fish are aquatic, craniate, gill-bearing animals that lack limbs with digits. Included in this definition are the living hagfish, lampreys, and cartilaginous and bony fish as well as various extinct related groups. Approximately 95% of ...
and coconut dish of possible Portuguese or Indian origin. It is common in
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,
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and
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. During the times of the
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, it spread into other places of
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, such as
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. The name may be associated with a kind of
curry A curry is a dish with a sauce seasoned with spices, mainly associated with South Asian cuisine. In southern India, leaves from the curry tree may be included. There are many varieties of curry. The choice of spices for each dish in trad ...
known among
Malayali The Malayali people () (also spelt Malayalee and also known by the demonym Keralite) are a Dravidian ethnolinguistic group originating from the present-day state of Kerala in India, occupying its southwestern Malabar coast. They are predomin ...
of Southern India as Moli.


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Fish Molee recipe
Indian fish dishes Malaysian cuisine Singaporean cuisine Portuguese fusion cuisine Indian fusion cuisine {{Singapore-cuisine-stub