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Fish Curry Recipe
Description Recipe for a typical Fish curry. This Fish Curry recipe is very easy to follow and is similar to a light fish stew. The fish curry is seasoned with ground spices such as ginger, cumin, coriander, chilli and turmeric. The curry sauce has strong flavour. You can add the whole green chillies at the end of the cooking. Fish used in this fish curry is called HOKI. Hoki is a succulent, white fish with a meaty texture that is perfect for this kind of fish curry dish.Ingredients
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2-3
# ½ tsp turmeric
# 1 tsp ground cumin
# 1 tsp ground coriander
# 2 chopped fresh green chillies, chopped
# ¼ tsp salt
# 30g fresh chopped coriander leaves
# 500gm Hoki Fish, skinned and cut into pieces, about 8cm long
# 3 tbsp groundnut oil
# ¼ tsp cumin seeds
# ½ tsp mustard seeds
# 2 garlic cloves, crushed
# 1 tsp peeled and grated ginger
# 1 finely chopped onion
# 2 chopped medium tomatoes
# 1 tsp ground cumin
# 1 tsp ground coriander
# 2 chopped fresh green chillies, chopped
# ¼ tsp salt
# 30g fresh chopped coriander leaves
# 500gm Hoki Fish, skinned and cut into pieces, about 8cm long
# 3 tbsp groundnut oil
# ¼ tsp cumin seeds
# ½ tsp mustard seeds
# 2 garlic cloves, crushed
# 1 tsp peeled and grated ginger
# 1 finely chopped onion
# 2 chopped medium tomatoes
Methods/steps
- Mix together turmeric, ground cumin, ground coriander, chillies, salt and 20g coriander leaves.
- Coat the Hoki Fish evenly with the mixture of spices.
- Heat 2 tbsp oil in a frying pan.
- Fry the Hoki Fish for 2 minutes on each side.
- Drain on kitchen paper and set aside.
- Heat the remaining oil in the same pan and add the cumin and mustard seeds.
- When they pop, add the garlic, ginger, onion, and tomatoes.
- Fry gently for about 8 minutes.
- Add about 200 ml boiling water and stir for a minute.
- Return the Hoki Fish to the pan and simmer for another 10-12 minutes or until the fish is cooked.
- Garnish with freshly chopped coriander.
- Serve it hot with plain boiled basmati rice.
Additional Tips
The Fish Curry goes very well with steamed boiled rice. You could even serve it with roti or chapati. Just dunk it and enjoy the flavour of the fish curry. This is just one of the many fish curry recipes on the web. If you find other fish curry recipes then do share them with us.
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