Mangalorean Fish Curry – a coconut based curry which is sure to tickle your taste buds.
“Meen” stands for fish and “Gassi” is a Mangalorean term for curry. This is a popular dish served with rice in coastal Karnataka. This is a delicious curry made using coconut and some roasted spices, onion, garlic and tamarind.
You will find quite a few restaurants in Mumbai serving this dish. But homemade curry has its own charm. So, fish lovers, give this dish a try. You will surely love this Mangalorean Fish Curry.
Step-wise recipe with pictures:
Step-wise recipe with pictures:
Wash the fish and marinate it with salt and keep it aside. Dry roast dry red chillies, coriander seeds, cumin seeds, mustard seeds, carom seeds, fenugreek seeds one by one.
Transfer the roasted ingredients alongwith coconut, chopped onion, garlic, tamarind, turmeric powder to a mixer jar.
Blend to a fine paste.
Heat a pan. Transfer this masala paste to a pan and add water as per the required consistency.
When the masala is cooked and starts boiling, add the marinated fish.
Cook on a medium flame for 8 to 10 minutes.
Serve hot with steamed rice.
Recipe:
Mangalorean Fish Curry | Pomfret Curry
Ingredients
- 8 to 10 pieces Pomfret
- 1 cup fresh coconut (scraped)
- 5 to 6 Dry Red chillies (a mix of Byadgi and Pandi chillies)
- 3 tsp Coriander seeds (Dhaniya)
- 1 tsp Cumin seeds (Jeera)
- ¼ tsp Mustard seeds (Rai)
- 1 tsp Carom seeds (Ajwain)
- 4 to 5 fenugreek seeds (Methi)
- 1 tsp Turmeric powder
- 1 small Onion (chopped)
- 4 to 5 cloves of garlic
- A lemon sized ball tamarind
- Salt as per taste
Instructions
- Wash the fish and marinate it with salt and keep it aside.
- Dry roast dry red chillies, coriander seeds, cumin seeds, mustard seeds, carom seeds, fenugreek seeds one by one.
- Grind the above roasted ingredients alongwith coconut, chopped onion, garlic, tamarind, turmeric powder to a fine paste.
- Heat a pan. Transfer this masala paste to a pan.
- Add water as per the required consistency . Cook on a medium flame.
- When the masala is cooked and starts boiling, add the marinated fish.
- Cook on a medium flame for 8 to 10 minutes.
- Serve hot with steamed rice.
Video
Do, have a look at the following fish recipes
Andhra style fish curry, Surmai Fry, Pomfret fry, Bombil Curry, Stuffed Pomfret, Fish Amritsari
Thank you for stopping by. If you like/ tried this recipe, leaving a comment below the post will enable more readers and cooking enthusiasts to discover these recipes. Also, if you are on Instagram, do share a picture of the dish and tag @vanitascorner to be featured in my stories.
Do follow me on Instagram, Facebook and Pinterest.
Happy Cooking!!
