Traditional Goan Fish Curry

Ingredients

Prawns/ Mackrels 500 grams
Onion (payaz), sliced 1 big
Garlic (lahsan), chopped 1 table spoon
Green chillies (hari mirch) 4
Coconut (grated) 3 cups
Coriander seeds (dhaniya) 2 table spoons
Cumin seeds (jeera) 1 tea spoon
Whole red chillies (lal mirch) 2-3
Peppercorns (kali mirch) 6-7
Turmeric powder (haldi) ½ tea spoon
Tamarind pulp (Imli) 2 table spoons
Tefla 3-4

Method

  • 1. Clean and wash fish.
  • 2. Marinate it with salt, turmeric powder, a bit of chopped garlic and chopped green chillies.
  • 3. Grind together coconut, coriander, cumin seeds, whole red chilli, pepper corns, and stand it for 10 minutes.
  • 4. Add ½ cup of warm water in the ground mixture and squeeze the coconut through a muslin cloth so as to extract all milk.
  • 5. Simmer the milk over a slow flame till it thickens.
  • 6. In another pan heat oil and add sliced onion and garlic and sauté it for 3-4 minutes.
  • 7. Add marinated fish, turmeric powder and stir fry for a minute.
  • 8. Now pour the prepared coconut milk, tamarind pulp, salt and tefla and simmer till the curry is reduced in half and fish is cooked.
  • 9. Serve this with steamed rice.

Tip

  • Tefla- It is berry that is native to Goa and is valued because it gives a strong aromatic and characteristic flavour to the fish curry.

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