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.