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EASY Fish Curry with coconut
Ingredients
- 1 pound halibut or catfish boneless skinles fillet
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
- 1 tomato cut into 4 pieces
- 1 small red onion roughly chopped
- 4 tablespoons fresh grated coconut
- ½ inch ginger peeled and chopped
- 4 garlic cloves
- 1 tablespoon oil
- ½ teaspoon mustard seeds
- ¼ teaspoon ground turmeric
- 2 teaspoon Kashmiri red chili powder
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt
- ½ cup water
Steps
- Wash and drain the fish. Cut into 2-inch cubes and apply 1 tablespoon of lemon juice.
- Puree onion, tomatoes, coconut, ginger, and garlic to a fine paste.
- Heat oil in a medium pan. Add mustard seeds and once they start to splutter carefully add the onion and tomato puree.
- Add turmeric and red chili powder and cook on medium heat for 5 minutes until the oil starts to separate stirring occasionally.
- Drain any water/lemon juice from the fish and add the fish to the pan.
- Add salt, water and gently mix together the sauce and the fish. Cook covered on medium heat for 5 mins. For thicker fish cook up to 10 mins. Add more water if needed to bring the gravy to your desired consistency.
- Serve with Hot Basmati rice and lime wedges.
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