Delicious Kerala Fish Curry

Ingredients:

• 700gms / 11/2 lb white fish fillet,
• 2 medium Onions,
• 4 cloves garlic (paste),
• 1 tbsp ginger (paste),
• 4 tbsp tomato puree,
•  2/3rd cup water,
• Salt to Taste,
•  1/2 cup ghee.

Spices: 

• 1tsp white cumin seeds,
• 1tsp turmeric powder,
• 1tsp garam masala powder.

Method:

1. Cut the fish into medium-sized pieces.
2. Heat the ghee in a frying pan and fry the fish pieces gently for 5 minutes. Drain the fish on absorbent kitchen paper and set aside.
3. Chop one onion finely and grind the other one.
4. Add the chopped onion to the ghee in the pan and fry until golden.
5. Add all spices and cook stirring for 10 seconds.
6. Now add the grinded onion, garlic, ginger and tomato puree. Fry the mixture until the ghee starts to separate.
7. Add the water and salt. Bring the mixture to the boil. Add fried fish pieces. Reduce the heat and simmer for about 10 minutes.
8. Serve the Indian fish curry hot with rice or roti.

Keywords – Indian fish curry, garam masala powder, turmeric powder, white cumin seeds, tomato puree, fish fillet.

Bengali fish curry with mustard

This mouth watering fish curry is very tasty and easy to prepare. Listed below is the method to prepare this dish.

Ingredients

• 2 tblsp lemon juice
• Mustard oil for frying
• Salt to taste
• 8 Fish fillets
• 1 tblsp red chili powder
• 4 red chili whole
• Salt to taste
• 1 tsp mustard paste
• 1 tsp turmeric powder
• 4 green chilies slit
• 2 tblsp coriander powder
• 1 tblsp garlic paste
• 1 tsp mustard seeds
• 1 bay leaf
• 2 cup onions chopped
• 1 tblsp ginger paste
• 1 tsp turmeric powder
• 1 tsp onion seeds

Method to prepare

1. Clean and cut fish fillet and wash well.
2.  Remove excess water and then marinate with lime juice, turmeric powder and salt.
3.  Keep aside for 30 minutes.
4.  Heat up a pan and pour 1 tblsp of oil.
5. Shallow fry the marinated fish from both sides until slightly brown.
6. Take off and keep aside.
7. Heat up remaining oil and mix in mustard seeds, red chilies and bay leaf.
8. Stir fry for few minutes and mix in ginger garlic paste and fry again for a moment.
9. Mix in cut onion and stir fry until slightly brown in color.
10. Mix in mustard paste, red chili powder, coriander powder and turmeric powder.
11. Stir fry masala nicely until oil starts separating.
12. Adjust water and salt and bring to boil.
13. Mix in shallow fried fish and put green chili slits on top.
14. Stir fry on a slow flame until fish gets cooked and oil starts floating on top of the gravy.
15. Take off and decorate with cut green coriander leaves.

Keywords – coriander leaves, shallow fried fish, coriander powder, turmeric powder, mustard seeds, red chilies, bay leaf, marinated fish, fish fillet.