Hello All,
Today I am planning to share a fish curry recipe which is typical Angamaly style. My in-laws hailing from Kottayam/Changanacherry , find this curry very different and tasty.Its one of the main dish still served as part of typical Syrian Christian Weddings in my area especially Angamaly , Kalady etc.
The ingredients which gives a different taste and flavour to the recipe is Coconut Milk and Raw Mango.The recipe shared here is altered a bit to suite my taste buds...
Ingredients :
1. King Fish - 1 Kg (You can make it with any fish of your choice)
2. Onions - 2 ,sliced
3. Garlic - 3 Cloves , sliced
4. Ginger - 1/2 inch piece,sliced lengthwise
5. Green Chillies - 4 , sliced
6. Curry Leaves - 3 Stems
7. Chilly Powder - 2 1/2 tsp
8. Turmeric Powder - 1/2 tsp
9. Coriander Powder - 2 tsp
10. Pepper Powder - 1/2 tsp
11. Raw Mango - 2 , peeled, sliced finger-size
12. Coconut milk (Thin) - 1 Cup
13. Coconut milk (Thick) - 1/2 Cup (Use 1 whole coconut).
14. Oil - 3 tsp
15.Vinegar - 3 tsp
16. Mustard - 1 tsp
17. Fried Red Chillies - 4
18 . Shallots - 4,chopped finely
19. Salt to Taste
How to Make:
1 . In a bowl mix onions,garlic,green chillies,ginger,curry leaves along with Salt and Vinegar.Mix it with your hand properly till the mixture is juicy.
2. To the above mixture add all the spices along with some oil and mix
3. In a Clay Pot , take thin coconut milk , add water if needed , slip in the mango pieces and start heating in medium flame.
4. When it starts getting hot, add the mixture ,and then fish pieces.
5. Check the level of salt.Adjust if needed.
6.After 7-10 Mins check if mangoes are cooked.If then the fish is also done.
7. Add the thick coconut milk .See to that you don't boil the curry after adding the coconut milk for the second time.
8. In a frying pan splutter mustard,add fried red chillies, then add shallots , then curry leaves
9. Mix the above with the Curry gently.
Yummy my-hometown fish curry is ready!
We make this too...love the orange colour of the curry. In the kadu-varakal just before adding the curry into the seasoning I put a pinch of uluva powder, thts the only thing extra I add:-).
ReplyDeleteI guess I missed that part... Uluva will make curry more tastier alle??
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