Sunday, March 25, 2012

Easiest Fish Curry Ever!




















Easiest fish curry ever! And so tasty, with the sharp flavors of tamarind and curry leaves. Got it from here. Don't go by the picture, it's a lot tastier than it looks :)

 Ingredients 
  • 5-6 pieces of fish (like seer, pomfret etc that can be cut into slices. Prawn may also be a good idea.)
  • 1 tbl spn coriander seeds
  • 1 tea spn cumin seeds
  • 2 tea spns chilli powder
  • A pinch turmeric
  • 1 tea spn ginger (a thick piece)
  • 1 tea spn garlic (a few pods, I used more garlic than ginger)
  • 1/4 tea spn tamarind extract
  • Oil
  • 10-12 curry leaves
  • Salt
Method:
  1. Roast cumin seeds and coriander seeds. Cool, and grind. I am assuming that if you don't have the time, you could just use some good quality coriander and jeera powder!
  2. Make a paste of ginger, garlic, tamarind, turmeric, the coriander-jeera you just ground, chilli powder, salt, with very little water.
  3. Heat a little oil and fry the paste till the raw smell goes off. Now add 1/4 cup water, and add fish pieces. Add the curry leaves cut into two. Cover and cook till done. Taste gravy in between to see if you want to make it tangier with more tamarind. You can either make it slightly-gravy-ish, or cook until dry.
  
I made the mistake of not pre-grinding the coriander-jeera first - it doesn't grind well when you add it to the wet ingredients - that's why the masala looks a bit chunky!