Hello all,
Here is a simple recipe for tasty fish curry.
I have always wanted to cook a delicious fish curry, even during the years when I was a vegetarian. This is my 2nd attempt in so far and must say, that it came out very well.
Ingredients:
- Fish - medium sized - 1 (cleaned and cut into pieces)
- Small Onion - 100gms (peeled)
- Garlic pods - 7 or 8 (peeled)
- Tomato - medium sized - 1.5
- Coconut pieces - 1.5 cups
- Green chilly - 1
- Salt - as per taste
- Black Pepper powder - 1 tablespoon
- Dry Red chilly powder - 1 tablespoon
- Oil - 1 tablespoon
- Coriander Powder - 2.5 tablespoons
- Curry leaves - 2 tablespoons
- Cumin seeds - 1 teaspoon
- Turmeric powder - 2 pinches
- Water - 1 cup
- Tamarind extract - half cup
- Mustard seeds - 1 teaspoon
Method of Preparation:
- Grind the onions, tomato, garlic and green chilly into a fine paste.
- Grind the coconut pieces into a smooth paste and keep aside.
- Heat oil in a kadai, add the mustard seeds and let it splutter.
- Add cumin seeds and curry leaves, saute for a minute.
- Add the ground onion paste (from step 1) and saute well.
- Now, add the turmeric powder and coconut paste. Mix in and saute well.
- Add water, tamarind water, salt, dry chilly powder, pepper powder and coriander powder. Stir it, cover with a lid and let it boil well.
- Check the taste and adjust salt/ spice as required.
- Now, add the fish pieces and simmer the flame.
- Allow the fish pieces to cook in low flame for 8-10 minutes and turn off the flame.
Note:
- Gingelly oil or coconut oil is recommended.
- You can also add a teaspoon of fenugreek seeds in step 3.
