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.
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Transfer the roasted ingredients alongwith coconut, chopped onion, garlic, tamarind, turmeric powder to a mixer jar.
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Blend to a fine paste.
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Heat a pan. Transfer this masala paste to a pan and add water as per the required consistency.
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When the masala is cooked and starts boiling, add the marinated fish.
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Cook on a medium flame for 8 to 10 minutes.
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Serve hot with steamed rice.
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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
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