Fish Curry
This fish curry is a typical, warm, hearty, fragrant and spiced Indian curry which is easy and fast to cook once you have all your ingredients on hand. The main must-have ingredients are shredded coconut, coconut milk, earthy spices and "kokum" (or alternatively tamarind paste). What is Kokum? The English word for Kokum is Garcinia Indica and is dark purple in color. It adds a tangy and sour taste to the curry. You can also substitute tamarind paste for Kokum.
Ingredients
- 6 Tilapia Filet
- 1/2 cup freshly grated coconut Buy the packet from the frozen aisle in the Indian store. You can also buy unsweetened coconut powder from any grocery store.
- 3 cups full fat coconut milk
- 4 dried red chilies
- 1 1/2 tablespoons of ginger garlic paste
- 1/2 teaspoon tumeric powder
- 1 tablespoon freshly ground cumin powder
- 1 tablespoon Kashmiri red chili powder
- 4 Kokum 1/2 teaspoon of tamarind paste or you can add more if you like
- 1 sprig curry leaves
- 1 teaspoon cumin seeds
- 3/4 cup tomato sauce
- 1 tablespoon Thecha chili garlic paste. I bought it from Indian grocery store but you can buy the chili garlic sauce from the Asian aisle in any grocery store and add 2 tablespoons of it
- 1 1/2 tablespoons Shan fried fish masala available in Indian grocery store or Amazon
Instructions
- Take the shredded coconut add half cup of water and blend in a blender. In a heavy bottomed pan add 1/2 cup of oil
- To it add cumin seeds and curry leaves and stir for a minute till the cumin seeds crackle
- Now add whole red chilies and ginger garlic paste
- Add blended shredded coconut and stir well. Add all the dry spices
- Fry for a couple of minutes and add the tomato sauce
- Stir it in well and add the coconut milk
- Add the Kokum. Add 2 cups of water cover and cook for 10-12 minutes
- Now add the fish and cook for another 8-10 minutes till fish is done
- Add chopped cilantro and turn off heat
- I added dried cilantro as I did not have fresh cilantro,
- I completed the meal by adding rice, masala shrimp and potatoes. The recipe for masala shrimp and potatoes will follow.
- Serve with yellow rice or rotis and salad .
