Fish Curry or Fish in Tomato Base Sauce
This Fish dish is tangy,spicy with a thick gravy .Goes well with fried rice,rice or paratha.
Preparation time - 10 - 15 mins
Ingredients for marination
1. Four Bass fish fillets/bhetki/Tilapia/Cod
2. Salt
3. Turmeric powder
4. Cayenne or chilly powder
5. Black pepper powder
6. Lime juice ( 1/4th of a big lime )
7. Garlic powder or 1 small garlic crushed.
8. Corn flour to just lightly coat the fish
Ingredients for gravy
1. Half of a medium sized Onion cut into small size and the other half into big chunks, check the picture
2. One Tomato
3. 1 inch ginger
4. Two garlic cloves
5. One green chilly
6. Less than half of Red bell pepper or any colour bell pepper cut int big chunks as shown in the picture.
7. Dry roast whole ingredients ( 1 teaspoon coriander/dhaniya,1 teaspoon cumin/jeera,1/4 teaspoon black pepper/golmorich,1/4 teaspoon fennel/mouri/saunf,4-5 whole cloves/lobongo, 2 green cardamom/elaichi,very little javetri/mace and nutmeg/jaiphol also very little)check the picture.Dry roast on a very low flame for 30 to 40 second just to bring out the flavours and then cool and grind it.After grinding add to this crushed kasoori methi(dried fenugreek leaves)about 1 teaspoon and 1/4 teaspoon of cinnamon powder / darchini.If you are using whlole darchini/ cinnamon then dry roast with the rest of the whole ingredients and use less than 1 inch of it.
8. 1 teaspoon sugar
9. 1 teaspoon coriander or dhaniya powder
10. 1/4 teaspoon paprika/kashmiri chilly powder
11. 1/4 teaspoon turmeric powder
12. Salt as per your taste
13. Butter 1 and half teaspoon (optional)
14. Garnishing 1 slitted green chilly and a spring of cilantro or dhaniya patta.
15. Oil to fry the fish and make the gravy( I used groundnut oil )you can use vegetable/canola/ rice bran.
Preparation
1. Marinate the fish for 10 mins with sprinkle of salt,turmeric powder,black pepper powder, cayenne or chilly powder, lime juice and a small clove of crushed garlic.Don't add the corn flour now.Add it just before frying the fish .You just need to lightly coat the fish. I needed a little more than a tablespoon.
2. Chop off half onion, ginger, garlic and tomato as in the picture and grind it to a smooth paste.
3. Chop off the other half of the onion into big chunks and separate the petals as shown in the picture also chop the red bell pepper as shown in the picture.
4. Dry roast and grind the ingredients as mentioned in point 7 under ingredients for gravy and also add the kasoori methi/died fenugreek leaves and cinnamon powder as mentioned in point 7 under gravy ingredients in detail.
5. Now lightly coat the fish with the corn flour .
Cooking
1. Heat about 2 tablespoon of oil and fry the fish turning both sides as shown in the picture and keep aside.
2. In the same oil fry the big chunks of onion ,red bell pepper and 1 whole green chilly lightly until it slightly wilts down and keep aside.
3. Next add little more oil about a table spoon and add 1 teaspoon sugar and let it caramelize. ( This helps to give a nice colour to the gravy ,it should be done on a medium to low flame till u see a nice brown colour forming, be careful as too much browning will give a bitter taste to your gravy .
4. Next add the paste of onion,ginger,garlic and tomato ( be careful and use a splutter screen for
protection ).Then cover and cook on a medium flame. Add the coriander/dhaniya powder,turmeric and paprika/kashmiri chilly powder and continue cooking stirring occasionally till you see oil seeping out from the sides.
5. When oil seeps out then add less than a cup of water and let it come to a boil and then add the fish and the fried onion,green chilly and red bell pepper.This will be a thick gravy so don't add too much water .Cover and cook for 2-3 minutes .
6. When nearly done add the ground spice mixture you prepared by dry roasting the whole spices (point 7 under ingredients for gravy ). Give a mix and cook covered for a minute.
7. Switch off the flame and let the gravy stand for 5 minutes before serving.
8. Serve warm with hot rice or fried rice with garnish of cilantro and green chilly and very little butter on top if desired :)
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