Fish Masala (Kerala Style)

 

What plans to cook for dinner tonight? Well if you are yet to decide fish masala is a good choice. Its spicy, hot and easy to prepare. It’s basically a semi gravy recipe. Non veg curry is must in our house, but fish variety what we get here is less. So I keep trying different recipes for the fish so that we get different taste for the same. Check out this recipe if you are a spicy food lover. Happy cooking  🙂

 

Fish Masala Recipe

Ingredients:

• Fish  – 500g (cut into medium-sized pieces)
• Oil – 6 tbsp
• Fennel seeds – ½ tsp
• Onion – 2 big
• Tomato – 2
• Ginger  garlic paste – 3 tsp
• Kashmiri  chilli powder – 3/4 tsp
• Red chilli powder – ½ tsp (optional)
• Green Chilli  – 2
• Turmeric powder – ½ tsp
• Coriander powder – 1 tsp
• Garam masala – ½ tsp
• Water – 1/2 cup
• Curry leaves – few
• Salt

 

To Marinate:

• Chilli powder – 1 tsp
• Kashmiri  chilli powder – 1 tsp
• Turmeric powder – ½ tsp
• Ginger  garlic paste – 2 tsp
• Lemon juice – 2 tsp
• Salt

 

Method:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

• Mix all the ingredients to marinate. Add little water into it and make it to a paste.
• Add fish pieces  into it and keep it marinated for some time (Approx 30 min)
• Heat oil in a nonstick pan and roast the marinated fish in a low-medium heat until its golden brown in colour.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

• Heat oil in a pan and splutter fennel  seeds.
• Add sliced onion, curry leaves. Keep the pan covered and stir in between till onion becomes brown in color ( It takes 15-20 mins for this)
• Add sliced tomato and sauté till it becomes soft.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

• Add ginger garlic paste, green chilli and sauté for a min or two.
• Add all masala, salt and sauté for a min or two.
• Add 1/2 cup of water and allow it to boil.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

• Add roasted fish pieces and gently put the gravy over the fish pieces
• Keep the pan covered and cook for another 5-6 min in low flame.
• Pour 2 tbsp of oil on the top. Keep the pan covered for some time.

 

 

 

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