Pearl Spot Coconut Milk Curry

INGREDIENTS

• Pearlspot fish – 5 to6 nos
• Onion- 3 to 4 nos
• Ginger – 1 big size
• Garlic -10 to 12nos
• Green chilli – 3 to 4nos
• Curry leaves – 2 to 3 sprigs.
• Malabar tamarind – 4 to 5 nos
• Grated coconut – 1 1/2 cup
• Red chilli powder – 1  1/2 tbsp
• Coriander powder – 1 tbsp
• Fenugreek powder – 1/2 tsp
• Turmeric powder – 1/2 tbsp
• Fenugreek seed – 1 tsp
• oil-3 to 4 tbsp
• salt – 1or 2 tsp

Method

• Take a cup of water and add malabar tamarind. Soak for a few minutes.
• Then cut and clean the fish, wash them well, and set them aside.
• Then grated the coconut and set it aside.
• Take a pan, add grated coconut, and a little amount of water. Squeeze them well.
• Drain the thick coconut milk and keep it aside.
• Again, add water to the squeezed coconut pan.
• squeezed them well with hands and drain thin coconut milk, set aside.
• Heat a pan and add a sufficient amount of oil.
• Then add the fenugreek seed and heat for a few minutes.
• Add chopped onion, garlic ,ginger and green chilli, and sauté them well.
• Add curry leaves and sauté them well.
• Now add curry powders such as red chilli powder,coriander powder and turmeric powder. Saute them well.
• Pour thin coconut milk into the pan and stir them well.
• then add soaked malabar, tamarind, and salt and stir them well.
• Cover and boil them well.
• Once it is well boiled, remove the lid, add pearl spot fish, and mix them well with a woollen spachula.
• Again, cover and cook till the fish is well cooked and soft.
• remove the lid, add thick coconut milk, and stir them well.
• cook for a few minutes, remove from heat, and set aside.
• Heat oil in a pan, add chopped onions, and sauté them well.
• then add curry leaves and sauté them well.
• Now add some curry powders, such as red chili powder,,fenugreek powder, and turmeric powder.
  sauté and fry them well.
• Once it is fried, remove it from the fire and pour the fried ingredients into the fish curry pan.
• Mix them well with a spatula.
• Serve the pearl spot fish curry with boiled tapioca or other meals.