Kerala fish curry

Kerala fish curry with coconut milk is a simple and easy kerala delicacy and is best served with hot steaming rice.

Ingredients

Fish - 1/2 kg cleaned and cut
Onion - 1/2 sliced
Shallots - 8 sliced
green chilly - 2 slit
Ginger - 1" thinly sliced
tomatoe - 1 sliced
Tamarind - 1 small piece
red chilly powder - 1 and 1/2 tsp
Coriander powder - 1 tsp
turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp
thick coconut milk - 1cup
thin coconut milk - 2 cup
curry leaf - 1 spring
salt to taste
coconut oil - 2tbsp

Method

1. Heat 1tbsp oil in a claypot. Add in the sliced onion, half of the chopped shallots, ginger and green chillies. Add salt and curry leaves ,mix well.

2. Once onion turn translucent add all spice powders and saute for 1minute on low flame.

3. Add chopped tomato, cover and cook for 3 minutes and let it turn soft.

4. Add thin coconut milk and mix well. Cover and cook.

5. When it starts boiling add fish pieces and cook on medium flame for 8-10minutes.

6. Add thick coconut milk. Check salt , swirl the clay pot to mix everything well. Take care not to break the fish pieces.

7. Before curry starts boiling again, switch off the flame.

8. Heat oil in another pan and add remaining shallots. When it turn brown add on top of the fish curry.

8. Kerala style fish curry is ready. Serve with rice or puttu.