Kerala Fish Molly
The smell of fish cooking in coconut oil with curry leaves is the smell of every fishing village kitchen in Kerala. Quick to cook, deeply satisfying, and always served with hot rice.
Ingredientsfor 4 servings
- Fish : 500 gm
- Onion : 50 gm
- Garlic : 10 gm
- Ginger : 1 inch piece
- Tomato : 1 no
- Pepper : 3 tsp
- Turmeric powder : a pinch
- Coconut : 1 nos
- Garam masala : 1 tsp
- Curry leaves : 1 spring
- Salt, to taste
- Oil : 1 tsp
Preparation
Step 1
Grind the pepper and make it in powder form.
Step 2
Get milk from coconut by adding little water and divide it in to two as first taken milk is 1st milk and secondly taken as 2nd milk.
Step 3
St Milk.
Step 4
Nd Milk.
Step 5
Mix the fish with little salt and pepper powder.
Step 6
Keep it for 20 to 30 minutes.
Step 7
Heat a pan and add oil when it gets hot add onion, ginger, garlic and give it a good stir.
Step 8
When it gets slight brown add tomato in to it and stir for 3 minutes.
Step 9
Add the remaining pepper powder, turmeric powder, garam masala and give it a good stir.
Step 10
Add the 2nd milk in to it.
Step 11
Close the pan and wait till it gets boiled.
Step 12
Add the fish and curry leaves in to it then close the pan.
Step 13
After 15 minutes check the fish if it gets cooked add the 1st milk in to it.
Step 14
Give it a good stir and take it off the heat.
Step 15
Transfer to the serving dish.
Step 16
It will take total maximum 45 minutes to cook.
Tip
Seafood cooks in minutes. The single biggest mistake is overcooking — the moment fish turns opaque or prawns curl and go pink, they are done.
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