Fish Curry..
Dt. 12th June, 2020. | Friday | 11:25 PM
#RecipeOfTheDay is King Fish Curry, served with steamed/sticky... Complete staple food and a delight for Fish Lovers who love it in any form.
Ingredients - King Fish Steaks - 1 KG | Red Chili Powder - 2 Tsp | Salt to taste | Turmeric Powder - 1 Tsp | Oil for frying
For Gravy -
1 Tbsp Cumin Seeds | 1 Tbsp Ginger Garlic Paste | 3-4 Dried Red Chilli | 2 Tbsp Dried Coriander Seeds | 1 Cup Tamarind Pulp | 1 Whole Onion Puree | Salt To Taste | 1 Cup Grated Coconut | 1 Clove of Garlic | 2-3 Sprigs of Curry Leaves | 1/2 Lemon Juice
For Garnish - Chopped Cilantro and slitted green chilies
Instructions -
Step 1 - Clean and wash the fish steaks. Rub it with salt, lemon juice, turmeric and vinegar. Leave it aside for 30 min so that any un-pleasingaroma goes away. Wash the fish again under tap water. Keep it in a strainer to remove excess water and pat dry.
Marinate the fish steaks with 1 tbsp ginger-garlic paste, turmeric, red chilli powder and salt to taste. Leave it a side while you prepare the gravy.
Step 2 - To Prepare the gravy :-
Dry Roast cumin seeds, dried red chilies, coriander seeds and grated coconut.
Grind to a fine paste. Add water as required.
Heat oil in a kadhai. Add cumin seeds, curry leaves, 2-3 dry red chili and 1 Clove of Garlic. Give a stir and leave it for a while so that it will blend its flavour in the oil. Add onion puree and ginger-garlic paste. Mix well and saute till the onion puree is translucent and ginger-garlic paste is well cooked.
Stir in the spices and other cocunut puree. tamarind pulp, salt to taste and mix well. Lower the flame and let it simmer for 15-20 mins.
In another pan, add oil and heat it. Shallow fry the fish steaks till tender. Keep aside once done.
Give a stir to the gravy and add the fried fish steaks, gently turn it upside out so that it gets well coated in the gravy. Make sure you do not break it.
Let it simmer for another 10-15 mins so that oil separates out and fish is completely cooked through.
Season with salt. Garnish with chopped coriander leaves and slitted green chilies.
Serve Hot with steamed rice.
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Bon Appetit
