Fresh Water Fish Curry
Fresh water Meen Curry
Ingredients
- 1 lbs Fresh water small fish
- 1/4 of Onion sliced thin & long & cut into halves
- 1 no Shallot cut into small pieces, Kunjulli
- 0.5" piece Ginger cut into thin slices
- 2 nos Green chillies cut into half (long)
- 1 no Tomato sliced thin, long and cut into halves, medium
- 4.5 oz Coconut milk
- 3 tsp Tomato puree
- 1/2 tsp Mango powder
- Fenugreek powder A pinch, Uluva
- 3 tsp Fish masala see method for details
- Curry leaves (optional)
- Salt As reqd
- 2 tsp Oil
- 1/4 tsp Mustard seeds
Instructions
- Heat oil in a pan.
- Add mustard seeds and when they crackle, add onions and stir for a while.
- Add green chillies, ginger and shallot pieces and curry leaves. Stir for a few minutes.
- Add tomato and fry them.
- Add tomato puree and stir well.
- Add salt, fenugreek powder, mango powder and fish masala. Stir well.
- Add coconut milk.
- When it boils, add the fish pieces. Stir slowly.
- Cover it and cook on low-medium heat.
- Stir once a while (careful not to break the fish pieces) until it is cooked.
- Tips : To clean fish nicely, put the fish pieces in cold water, add 1/2 cup of salt, a cup of vinegar, and 1 lime/lemon juice, and keep it for 15 minutes. This will take away the smell and the bad taste of fish.
- ***Note : Fish Masala *If you don`t have Kerala fish masala, then add 1.5 spoon [fine] coriander powder, 1 spoon chilli powder, 1/5 turmeric powder, one pinch more of fenugreek powder.
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