Friday 27 September 2013

Konkani Fish Curry

Konkani Fish Curry - Preethi Baliga

Ingredients
  • 500 gms Lady fish/kane/nogli
  • 4-5 Whole dried red chillies,roasted
  • 1 small marble sized tamarind
  • 5-6 Shallots/sambar onion/red onions,finely chopped
  • 1tbsp Coconut oil
  • 3 cups Freshly grated coconut
Method
  • Clean and cut each Fish into 2-3 pieces depending on the size. 
  • Apply salt to taste and sprinkle some turmeric and keep aside. 
  • Roast the dry red chillies in a tsp of coconut oil till they turn crisp. 
  • Now grind coconut,roasted red chillies and tamarind to smooth paste with 2 cups of water and our masala paste is ready. 
  • Take a wide vessel to cook the fish.
  • Add all the ground masala paste and add some more water to adjust the consistency of the gravy.
  • The gravy should be nice creamy and thick.
  • Then add salt and bring it to a boil. 
  • Lastly, add the fish pieces. 
  • Cook until fish is cooked. 
  • It takes hardly 5 minutes to cook this fish. 
  • Stir carefully so that the fish pieces remain intact because this lady fish is very delicate. 
  • so just one or two boil is more than enough to cook. 
  • Now prepare the tempering.
  • Take a small panna/tempering pan,heat coconut oil and add chopped shallots and saute till they turn to nice and brown color. 
  • Pour this over the fish and serve hot with steaming hot rice. 
  • You can use any white meat fish of your choice for making this curry. 



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