Orange Fish Curry

My sister got this recipe from a friend and she insisted I try it. I am glad I listened to her. She said that the paste should be preferably made using a stone grinder, but a mixie is fine if there are no stone grinders lying around. Fortunately for me, my land lady has two stone grinders and so she let me use one. Yippee!! I made it and I must say that it tasted great. This tastes great with rice and dosa. Unfortunately I could not take a picture with the rice or the dosa.

Ingredients:

Fish (I used Seer): 500 gms

Onion: 1/2

Garlic: 5-6 flakes

Curry leaves: 2 sprigs

Salt

Oil

Make a paste of the following ingredients. The paste should be bright orange colour. It should not be thin at all. It should be very thick. Wash the mixie or the grinder and retain the water from that so that it still has the flavour of the paste.

Coconut: a bit more than half (grated)

Onion: 1/2

Ginger: 1/2 inch

Green Chillies: 2

Coriander powder: 1tsp

Chilli powder: 4 tsps

Turmeric Powder: a pinch

Tamarind water: 7-8 tbsp

Method:

1. In a kadhai, fry the curry leaves, garlic and the other half of the onion.

2. On a very low flame, add the paste. Then add the water from the paste and cover it and simmer it.

3. When it starts bubbling, add the fish to it, and cook on a very low flame for a long time.

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