Fish Curry Recipe
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Cuisine: Indian
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Serves: 4
 
Ingredients
  • 800 g fish - (See notes)
  • Juice of 1 lime
  • 4 tbsp Cooking oil
  • 2 onions - sliced
  • 2 green chilies - sliced
  • 3 tomatoes - quartered
  • Vegetables of your choice (I usually either use okra or eggplant)
  • 3-4 tbsp tamarind juice (See notes)
  • ¼ cup coconut milk or cream
  • ¼ tsp mustard seeds
  • ¼ cup chopped mint
  • ¼ cup chopped cilantro
  • Curry leaves (omit if not available)
Ingredients to be blended into a paste
  • 2 large onions
  • 5 cloves of garlic
  • 25 grams dried red chilies - de-seeded and soaked in hot water for 10 minutes
  • 2 cm x cm slice of ginger
  • 4 tbsp fish curry powder
Instructions
  1. Cut the fish into individual slices.
  2. Rub the fish pieces with some salt and juice of a lime. Keep them aside for 10 minutes and give it a quick rinse.
  3. In a food processor, add the ingredients that is supposed to be blended with some water and process to make a thick paste.
  4. Add 4 tbsp of oil in a wok and fry the curry leaves and sliced onions till golden.
  5. Once done, add in the green chillies and mustard seeds and fry for another minute.
  6. Add in the blended paste, season with salt and continue frying for about 15 minutes till the curry paste smells delicious.
  7. Add in tomatoes and the vegetables and cook for 5 minutes.
  8. Slowly drop in the fish and simmer for about 10 minutes.
  9. Once cooked, pour in the tamarind juice and season with more salt if required.
  10. Finally add in the coconut milk/cream and top with the mint and cilantro.
  11. Serve with rice or bread.
Notes
For the fish:
You can use any fish that you prefer. Mackerel, pomfret and tilapia would be good. You can even give salmon a try!

Tamarind:

For the tamarind juice, you can either use pre-made tamarind juice or concentrate from the store or make your own juice. Take about 1 tbsp off a tamarind block and soak it in ¼ cup of water. Squeeze and strain the juice and this is ready to be used.
Recipe by Maya Kitchenette at https://mayakitchenette.com/fish-curry-recipe/