Producer: Priyanka Das Editor: Mohit Bisht

Easy Kerala-Style Malabar Fish Curry Recipe

Boneless fish pieces – 500 g    Big onion – 2    Tomatoes – 2    Thick coconut milk – 1 cup    Tamarind solution – As per the requirement    Green chillies – 4    Ginger garlic paste – 2 tbsp    Red chilli powder – 1 1/2 tbsp    Coriander powder – 1 tbsp    Kashmiri chilli powder – 2 tbsp    Turmeric powder – 1/2 tsp    Cumin powder – 1/2 tsp    Oil – 3-4 tbsp    Mustard seeds – 3/4 tsp    Cumin – 3/4 tsp    Fennel – 1/2 tsp    Curry leaves – 3 bunches

Ingredients

Start by cleaning and cutting the boneless fish into 2-inch pieces.

The next step is to add the coconut pieces to a mixer jar and grind them well. Then, filter the milk and keep it aside.

Then take the required amount of tamarind, add water to it, and make a solution of it.

Heat oil in a pan and add mustard seeds, cumin seeds, fennel seeds, and curry leaves. Then add a finely chopped onion to it and sauté well. Then, add a little salt to the onion and stir-fry it on medium heat for 10 minutes.

Once the onion turns golden brown, add the ginger and garlic paste and fry on low heat for 2 minutes. Then, add chopped tomatoes to the whole mixture and sauté them on medium heat.

Add turmeric powder, red chilli powder, Kashmiri chilli powder, coriander powder, and cumin powder, and mix it with salt and tamarind solution.

As soon as the oil separates, add coconut milk and the required amount of water and mix well and cook for 3 minutes till the oil separates.

Once it boils, add the fish pieces, stir gently, cover and cook on low flame for 10 minutes. Then, add salt if required and boil it.

The Malabar fish curry is ready. Serve it with rice.