Kerala Special Fish Curry
A deeply satisfying kerala special fish curry simmered slowly with freshly ground spices and coconut. The kind of gravy that thickens as it rests and rewards patience with layered, rounded flavour.
Ingredientsfor 4 servings
- 1/2 kg Fish fleshy type
- 1 nos Coconut small size
- 4 piece Kukum star kudam pulli
- Onion a handful, small
- 5 nos Garlic
- 50 g Ginger
- 4 nos Green Chilly
- 4 tsp Chilly powder
- 7 tsp Coriander powder
- Curry Leaves a, a few
- Oil, to taste
- Salt, to taste
Preparation
Step 1
Warm the oil in a pan add the scraped coconut, fry until coconut became dark brown.
Step 2
Grind this mixture when it becomes cool and set aside.
Step 3
In a kadayi (cheenachatti) put some water (so that fish can swim through)).
Step 4
Add 2 tsp Chilly powder, 4 tsp coriander powder and salt in to the boiling water.
Step 5
Add fish pieces and keep the flame low and Let it cook for 20 minutes.
Step 6
In a frying pan put some oil and when it become hot add the garlic ginger onion paste.
Step 7
After 2 minutes, add curry leaves, green chilly, kukum star and cook for a few minutes.
Step 8
Add the coconut paste to this.
Step 9
Let oil sperate from the mixture then add to the coocked fish.
Step 10
Your Varutharacha fish kari is ready!
Tip
Let the curry rest for at least 15 minutes after cooking — the flavours deepen as it sits. Reheated curry almost always tastes better than fresh.
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