Starting off with some special recipes for the christmas season , A rich creamy fish curry that’s made with the base of coconut milk and cashew paste. The fish is pre marinated and then half cooked by shallow fry ,then added to the curry and cooked. The dish is mostly served for breakfast specially for occasions like christmas , easter and new year. The recipe is almost similar to that of a meat stew with minor changes.
Perfect side for any indian breads, appam , idiyappam etc.
Serves 2.
Fish Marination
- Slices of fish or a one whole fish ( draw gashes for the marination)
- Pepper powder – 1 tsp
- Lemon juice – 1 tsp
- Turmeric powder -1/4 tsp
- Salt
- Chopped curry leaves – 2 springs
Curry base
- 1 Medium onion – thinly sliced
- 2 cloves of garlic – chopped
- Small piece of ginger -chopped
- Green Chilies – 2 Slit
- Curry leaves – 2 springs
- Tomato – Sliced by circles
- Pepper powder – 2 tsp
- Thick coconut milk – 1/2 cup
- Thin coconut milk – 1.5 cup
- Salt
- Garam masala – 1/2 tsp
- Turmeric powder -1 tsp
- Coconut oil -2 tbsp +1 tbsp
- Cashew paste- (soak 8 cashews in warm water 15 mins. and grind it to a fine paste)
Final seasoning
- Cashews -5
- Curry leaves
- Coconut oil
Method:
Step 1: Marinate the fish pieces with the ingredients mentioned under “Premarination” and keep it aside for 20 mins., Shallow fry the fish keep it ready . Just half cook the fish as the remaining cooking will be done along with the coconut milk. As when the fish is overcooked it becomes very hard and the curry goes for a toss.
Step 2: To a wide kadai add coconut oil then add in the chopped ginger and garlic sorte for 30 secs then add in the sliced onions sorte until slight brown.
Step 3: Add in garam masala, pepper powder ,Turmeric powder and slightly cook it for 2 mins., add the fried fish to it and get the onions coated over to the fish .Add the thin coconut milk along with the cashew paste . cook until the gravy thickens.
Step 4:To a pan add some coconut oil and roast the cashew pieces and the curry leaves (this step us optional but adds a special richness to the curry )
Step 5:Add the salt, green chilies, curry leaves the tempered cashews and curry leaves and the sliced tomatoes . Then add in the thick coconut milk and slightly get to a boil off the flame immediately and add in a pinch of garam masala on top. Close it and serve it after an hour by then the gravy will get thickened.
Points to remember :
- Adding Cashew paste is purely optional as to make the christmas special we add the soaked cashew paste and the roasted cashews.
- You may either use fresh coconut milk/ coconut milk powder or coconut paste all these goes perfect for the dish
- King fish , Pomfret , snapper, Pearl spot are just for the fish molly
Homemade 