Fish Curry I

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Ingredients

• 1 kg fish cut into 1" thick slices (this curry tastes best with rohu but you can use any fish with firm white flesh)
• 4 tbsp vegetable / canola / sunflower cooking oil
• 1 tbsp mustard seeds
• 2 tbsp cumin seeds
• 8 dry red chillies
• 1 tsp paanch phoran seeds
• 10 – 12 curry leaves
• 1 large onion ground to a paste
• 1 tbsp ginger paste
• 1 tbsp garlic paste
• 2 large tomatoes cut into cubes
• 1 tsp turmeric powder
• 1 tsp garam masala powder
• 3-4 tbsp coconut powder
• walnut-sized ball of tamarind soaked in ½ cup of hot water
• 2 cups hot water
• salt to taste
• chopped coriander to garnish

Procedures

1. Heat a heavy-bottomed pan on a medium flame and roast the dry red chillies, mustard and cumin seeds till they begin to release their aroma.
2. Cool and grind to a fine powder.
3. Grind the tomatoes, turmeric, garam masala powder, coconut and above powder into a smooth paste.
4. Keep aside.
5. Squeeze the soaked tamarind well to remove all the pulp.
6. Heat the oil in a wide heavy-bottomed pan and add the paanch phoran and curry leaves.
7. When they stop spluttering, add the onion paste and fry till light brown.
8. Add the ginger and garlic pastes and fry for 3-4 minutes.
9. Add the tomato and spice paste and fry till the oil begins to separate from the masala.
10. Add 2 cups of hot water and the tamarind pulp to this masala and stir to mix well.
11. Bring the gravy to a boil and then simmer.
12. Gently add the fish to this gravy and cook till done.
13. Garnish with chopped coriander and serve hot with plain boiled rice.