I am a good cook -- and here's a Fish Curry to prove it!
A delicious fish curry in a tomato and tamarind gravy which tastes so delicious that you just can't resist it! Yummy is the word for this one!
Ingredients
- 1/2 kg fish cut into slices (I used rohu)
- 1 tbsp mustard seeds
- 2 tbsps cumin seeds
- 10 chillies red (dry)
- 2 tsps seeds paanch phoran
- 10 - 12 curry leaves
- 1 onion large (ground to paste)
- 1 tbsp ginger paste
- 2 tomatoes large (cut to cubes)
- 1 tsp turmeric powder
- 1/2 cup tamarind water (handful tamarind soaked in hot water)
- 2 cups water hot
- to taste salt
- coriander Chopped (to garnish)
Instructions
- Heat a heavy-bottomed pan on a medium flame and roast the dry red chillies, mustard and cumin seeds. Cool and grind along with tomatoes.
- Heat the oil in a wide, heavy-bottomed pan and add the curry leaves. When they stop spluttering, add the onion paste and fry till light brown.
- Add the ginger and fry for a minute.
- Add the tomato and spice paste and fry till the oil begins to separate from the masala.
- Add 2 cups of hot water and the tamarind pulp to this masala and stir to mix well.
- Bring the gravy to a boil and then simmer till u get desired consistency. N likes thick gravy in fish dishes, so I boiled it for about 7 minutes or so.
- Gently add the fish to this gravy and cook till done.
- Garnish with chopped coriander and serve hot with plain boiled rice.
Notes
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