Fish with Coconut Gravy
Fish with Coconut Gravy Recipe
Ingredients:
- Fish – 500g cut into medium pieces
- Mustard seeds – 1 tsp
- Small onion – 8-10
- Fenugreek seeds (uluva) – ¼ tsp
- Red chilli powder – 1 ½ tsp
- Kashmiri chilli powder – 1 ½ tsp
- Turmeric powder – 1 tsp
- Coriander powder – 3 tsp
- Ginger garlic paste – 3 tsp
- Cocum (kudampuli) – 2-3 pieces
- Curry leaves – 6-8
- Water – 2 cup
- Grated coconut – ½ cup
- Oil
- Salt
(Note: Vary the amount of chilli as per your spice level, 1 Cup = 250 ml)
Method: (With Step by Step Pictures)
Heat oil in a pan and splutter mustard seeds. Add curry leaves, small onion and fenugreek seeds.
When onion becomes soft add ginger garlic paste and cook for 4-5 min. Mix red chilli, kashmiri chilli, turmeric, coriander powder together with little water and make it into a paste . Add it to the pan and cook for 4-5 min.
Add water, salt and cocum to the pan and mix well. Once it start boiling add fish pieces and swirl the pan.
Grind coconut into a very good paste by adding little water. Add it to the pan and gently mix it.
Keep the pan covered and cook in low flame till oil starts appearing on the top. It will take approx 10-15 min for this. By this time fish will be cooked and gravy will be thick. Keep the pan aside and pour 2 tbsp of oil. Keep the pan closed for some time. Serve hot with rice.
Tips:
Prepare this dish in meen chatti (earthen ware). It will taste best.
- Fish – 500g cut into medium pieces
- Mustard seeds – 1 tsp
- Small onion – 8-10
- Fenugreek seeds (uluva) – ¼ tsp
- Red chilli powder – 1 ½ tsp
- Kashmiri chilli powder – 1 ½ tsp
- Turmeric powder – 1 tsp
- Coriander powder – 3 tsp
- Ginger garlic paste – 3 tsp
- Cocum (kudampuli) – 2-3 pieces
- Curry leaves – 6-8
- Water – 2 cup
- Grated coconut – ½ cup
- Oil
- Salt
- Heat oil in a pan and splutter mustard seeds.
- Add curry leaves, small onion and fenugreek seeds.
- When onion becomes soft add ginger garlic paste and cook for 4-5 min.
- Mix red chilli, kashmiri chilli, turmeric and coriander powder together with little water and make it into a paste . Add it to the pan and cook for 4-5 min.
- Add water and cocum to the pan and mix well.
- Once it start boiling add fish pieces and swirl the pan.
- Grind coconut into a very good paste by adding little water.
- Add it to the pan and gently mix it.
- Keep the pan covered and cook in low flame till oil starts appearing on the top. It will take approx 10-15 min for this. By this time fish will be cooked and gravy will be thick.
- Keep the pan aside and pour 2 tbsp of oil. Keep the pan closed for some time.
- Serve hot with rice
Dear Vimmy,
Thank you so much for the recipe. This is the first time I’m making fish curry and it turned out to be really good. This recipe helped me to add one more dish to my bachelor life cooking!
Thanks Sam!!!!!! Happy to know that you are finding my little space useful
Cheers
Vimmy
Hi Vimmy,
Thank you for your recipe. It turned out excellent. It felt like home cooking!! 👍
Thanks Jeena for your lovely feedback 🙂
Dear Vimmy – we tried this curry and came out really nice. Thanks for sharing this recipe.
Dear Biju,
Happy to know that your family liked the recipe and thanks a lot for your lovely feedback
Cheers
Vimmy 🙂
dear vimmy ur recipee was really helpful.i felt it like a combo of wat my mother n my mother in law does.i hope i shall b able to please my husband who is a great fish lover with ur recipe.thanks 4d step by step photos.
Dear Aiswarya,
Really happy to know that you are finding my little space useful. I am sure your family will love what you make. Happy Cooking!!!
Cheers
Vimmy
Hey, the recipe turned out very yummy!!!Loved it!!!Thx.
Thanks Alina!!!!! 🙂
Hey, the recipe turned out very yummy!!!Loved it!!!Thx
Dear Sarika,
Happy to know that you liked the recipe and thanks a lot for your feedback.
Cheers
Vimmy
Hi vimmy…I tried ur recipe. .it was very tasty. .yummy. .
Dear Vidhya,
Glad to know that you liked the recipe and thanks a lot for the feedback!!!!
Cheers
Vimmy 🙂
Hi Vimmy, your recipe was the first one in the Google search result! Great to see it! Congrats and keep up the good work!
Dear Kitu,
Very happy to hear from you. Infact fish curry recipes gives maximum view to my blog 🙂 Thanks a lot!!!!!
Hope both of you are doing great.
Cheers
Vimmy
Hi..Im making this today.Thanks dear Vimmy 🙂
Dear Anu,
I am sure you will like this recipe. Happy Cooking!!!!
Cheers
Vimmy
Vimmy Chechi……Thanks for the step by step pictures…..its very helpful…..Anna
Anna Dear…you are most welcome!!!!!!
looks yummy…
Thanks Preetha!!!!!!