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

 

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.

 

 

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