Goan Fish Curry

Recipe taken from Sanjeev Kapoor - Goan fish curry

Ingredients

• Pomfret cut into darnes2 medium
• Oil 1 tablespoon
• Green chillies slit2
• Onion finely chopped1 large
• Salt to taste
• Tamarind soaked and pulp removed1 lemon size
• Malt vinegar 2 teaspoons
• Steamed Basmati rice for serving
• Fresh coriander leaf for garnishing

For paste

• Dried red chillies 6
• Cumin seeds 2 teaspoons
• Garlic 15 cloves
• Ginger roughly chopped 2 inch piece
• Coriander seeds 2 tablespoons
• Coconut scraped 1/2 cup

Method

1. To prepare paste, coarsely grind together dried red chillies, cumin seeds, garlic cloves, ginger, coriander seeds and coconut along with ¼ cup water.

2. Heat oil in a deep non-stick pan. Add green chillies and sauté for 10 seconds. Add onion and sauté till translucent.

3. Add ground paste, sauté for 1 minute, cover and cook for 1-2 minutes. Add 1½ cups water, mix, cover and cook for 5 minutes.

4. Add fish darnes andsalt, lightly mix, cover and cook for 3-4 minutes. Add tamarind pulp and malt vinegar, mix, cover and cook for 1 minute.

5. Garnish with a coriander leaf and serve hot with steamed Basmati rice.