Tasty Coconut Fish Curry For Rice

Ingredients

• Silver pomfret – 1 kg
• Shallots – 20 to 23 nos
• Green chilli – 3 to 4 nos
• Ginger – 1 nos
• Garlic – 8 to 9 nos
• Curry leaves – 3 to 4 tbsp
• Grated coconut – 1 cup
• Malabar tamarind – 8 to 9 nos
• Red chilli powder – 1 tbsp
• Turmeric powder – 1/2 tbsp
• Salt – 1 or 2 tsp
• Oil – 3 to 4 tbsp

Method

• Take a bowl, add malabar tamarind and water.
• Soak for 10 to 15 minutes.
• Then, make a coarse paste with grated coconut, turmeric powder and red chilli powder and set aside.
• In a pan, heat the oil,add mustard seed and let them sputter.
• Then add the dried red chillies, ginger, green chilies, shallots,garlic and curry leaves.
• Saute them well for a few minutes.
• Then add the ground grated coconut mixture and mix well.
• Pour a sufficient amount of water over them and thoroughly mix them.
• Sprinkle some salt and mix them well.
• Add the soaked Malabar tamarind and mix them well.
• Cover and boil them well.
• Remove the lid and mix them well.
• Then add the cleaned fish and mix them well.
• Cover and cook them well.
• Remove the lid and mix them well.
• Sprinkle some curry leaves.
• Take the pan off the heat and set it aside.
• Serve the fish curry with meals.