Fish in coconut gravy..!!

Fish is an indispensable item in Kerala menu. It comes in the form of either fish fry or fish curry or both in every household. Nothing is so sumptuous than a steaming cup of rice with fish curry and fish fry to accompany.

So the recipe for the day is Fish curry (Fish in coconut gravy). You can use any fleshy fish for this recipe. My favourites are Thilapia and Mahi mahi.. Generally fish curry is prepared in an earthern pot in Kerala which adds a unique flavour to the dish.

Ingredients You need

Fish (Mahi mahi/Thilappia/Mackerel/King Fish/Smelt)

Tomato(small)-1no
Green Chillies - 2 nos

2-3 pieces of Gambooge (Kudampuli)

Oil

To Grind

Coconut - 3/4 th of half piece
Chilly powder - 1 tblspoon

Coriander Powder - 1/2 tsp
Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp
Shallots - 2nos
Garlic - 2 nos
Ginger - oru piece (small)

To season

Shallots - 1 no

Mustard seeds

A sprig of Curry leaves

Red chillies - 2 nos

Preparation:

• Clean the Cambooge pieces in running water and soak them in luke warm water.
• In a mixer put all the ingredients to grind and 1/4 cup water and grind it to a thick paste.
• Now in a pan loosen this thick paste by adding some water.
• Add the fish pieces to this gravy and boil it in a low flame.
• Add the cambooge soaked water (along with the cambooge) to this and stir well.
• When it boils add the chopped tomato pieces and the slit green chillies
• Boil it in low flame for atleast 5 mins. If you want fish curry with thick gravy boil it for some more time. Make sure that the fish pieces are cooked properly.

For the seasoning:

• In another pan heat some oil and when its hot add mustard seeds, curry leaves, red chillies and finely chopped small onions. Saute them well and pour this seasoning over the fish curry..

Fish Cutlet

Yesterday i made fish cutlets for the first time and to my surprise it turned out really well. So I thot of sharing the recipe with you. It didnt take much time to prepare as i used the canned tuna for this.

Things You need:
Canned tuna(i used the chicken of the sea brand) - 1
Medium sized Onion - 1
Medium sized potato - 1
Small piece of ginger
Green chillies - 3-4
A sprig of curry leaves
Pepper pwder - 1/2 teaspoon
Garam masala - 1 teaspoon
Salt - to taste
Egg - 1
Bread crumbs
Oil

Preparation:
1. Boil the canned tuna in water with little salt added for some 5 mts. Remove the excess water and pat it dry with a tissue. Shred the pieces and keep

2. Boil the potatoes and allow them to cool. Mash it into a paste.

3. Meantime, in a wok add some oil and fry onion, green chillies and ginger. Once it is sauted add the pepper power and garam masala and saute well. Now add the shreded fish peices and mix well. Add salt as per the taste. Allow this mix to cool now.

4. Once the mix is cooled and ready, mix it with the mashed potatoes.

5. Now make balls of desired shape, dip it in the egg, roll on the bread crumbs and fry it in the oil.