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Madras fish curry 🐠

Name: How to cook Madras fish curry 🐠 - cookcic.com
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 4 people
Cuisine: Us

Introduce

Chef :

Gurpal kaur Ubhi

Madras fish curry 🐠

Madras fish curry is an onion and tomato based curry along with tamarind. Coconut is not used in this curry.tamarind gives this dish a wonderful flavour. Course: lunch, dinner,ln Chennai people have this dish in breakfast with dosa, Diet : non-vegetarian, gluten free. Nutrients valve: omega-3 fatty acids, vitamin D and B2 and minerals- iron, iodine, zinc, calcium.

Ingredient

Food ration :

4 people

Cooking time :

45 mins

3-4

fish pieces 🐟

1/4 tsp

turmeric powder

1/4 tsp

salt 🧂

lemon size tamarind

1/2 cup

water

3-4

chopped onions 🧅

3-4

garlic cloves 🧄

6-7

curry leaves 🌱

1 tbsp

black pepper corns

1/2 tsp

cumin seeds

1/4 cup

water 💦

1/4 cup

sunflower oil 🌻

1/2 tsp

mustard seeds

1 tsp

split black gram

1/4 tsp

fenugreek seeds

2-3

finely chopped green chillies

6-7

crushed garlic 🧄

1/2 cup

finely chopped onions 🧅

1/2 cup

finely chopped tomato 🍅

1 tsp

red chilli powder/ kashmiri red chillies powder 🌶️

1 tsp

coriander powder

1 tbsp

madras curry powder

1/4 tsp

jaggery (optional)

2 tbsp

finely chopped coriander leaves 🌿

Cooking instructions

* Step 1

Wash fish 🐠 pieces in cold water 💧, pat dry on kitchen towel. In a small bowl 🥣 add turmeric powder, salt mix well and coat on fish pieces 🐟 from both sides, marinate for 30 min- 35 mins. Soak tamarind in water 💦, when it's soft squeeze out the pulp, discarding the seeds, sieve the pulp and keep aside.

* Step 2

For masala paste: take a small mixer and add chopped onions 🧅, garlic cloves chopped 🧄, curry leaves 🌱, black pepper corns and cumin seeds, blend to make a thick paste, using little water 💦 and set aside.

* Step 3

For gravy: heat oil in a deep wok, add mustard seeds, when mustard seeds start to crackle, add split black gram, fenugreek seeds, cumin seeds, curry leaves 🌱 and finely chopped green chillies saute for 1 min and add crushed garlic 🧄, fry for few sec, add finely chopped onions 🧅 adding a pinch of salt and saute until it turns transparent.

* Step 4

Add masala paste and fry for 10 mins or until it turns golden brown and leaving oil to the sides, add finely chopped tomato 🍅 along with turmeric powder, red chilli powder/ kashmiri red chillies powder 🌶️, coriander powder, madras curry powder and salt 🧂 and fry for 10 mins, untill the oil separate.

* Step 5

Add thick tamarind extract and some water 💦 and bring to boil.when the base gravy boils, vigorously start adding the fish pieces 🐠 one by one (do not stir) after adding fish, as it's flesh is delicate and stirring harshly can break them and mix up in the gravy.