Mangalorean Fish Curry | Pomfret Curry
Fish cooked in a coconut based curry
Servings 5 people
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.