Goan Fish Curry

Preparation time: 60 minutes

Cooking time: 20 minutes

Marination time: 20 minutes

INGREDIENTS:-

2 medium sized- Promfret or any other fish.
Oil - 2 table spoon
Chopped onion - 1 small
Green chillies - 2 (slit and halved)
Salt - as per the taste
Vinegar - 1 table spoon

 For the paste:

Cumin seeds - 2 tea spoon
Coriander seeds - 2 table spoon
Whole red chillies - 8
Scrapped coconut - 1 cup
Chopped ginger - 2 inch piece
Chopped garlic - 15 cloves
Tamarind pulp - 2 table spoon


METHOD OF PREPARATION:-

• Clean, wash and cut each fish into five to six pieces.
• Dry roast cumin seeds, coriander seeds and the whole red chillies.
• Make a fine paste of the roasted spices along with the scraped coconut, ginger, garlic and tamarind with a little water.
• Apply half of the ground paste to the fish pieces and marinate for 20 minutes.
• Heat oil in a pan. Add chopped onion and fry till golden brown in colour. Add green chillies and cook on medium heat for 3-4 minutes stirring constantly.
• Add the remaining ground paste and stir well. Saute for 5 minutes till a nice aroma is given out.
• Add 2 cups of water and bring to a boil.
• Add the marinated fish pieces and salt to taste. Cook on low heat for about 5 minutes or till the fish is done.
• Stir in vinegar and serve with steamed rice.