Monday 15 April 2013

Special Black Pomfret(Avoli) Curry

Yet another delicious fish curry :-)


Ingredients (Serves 3 to 4 People)

Black Pomfret (Avoli): 500gms
Shallots: 1 Cup
Green Chilly:4 - 5
Chopped Ginger: 1 Table Spoon
Chopped Garlic: 1 Table Spoon
Tomato: 1

Turmeric Powder: 1/2 Tea Spoon
Kashmiri Red Chilli Powder: 2 Tea Spoon
Red Chilli Powder: 1 Tea Spoon
Thin Coconut Milk: 1 Cup
Thick Coconut Milk: 1/2 Cup
Coconut Oil: 3 Table Spoon
Fenu Greek Seeds: 1/2 Tea Spoon
Curry Leaves

Cooking Time: 20 to 25 minutes
Method

Cut and clean the fish well

To a pan pour coconut oil and to this add fenugreek seeds
Then add chopped shallots, ginger and garlic and saute till it cooks well
Then add chopped tomato and stir well
To this add turmeric powder, red chilly powder, kashmiri red chilly powder and salt and saute till oil starts to leave.

To this add thin coconut milk and once it boils add fish and cook in low flame.
Once fish cooks well add green chilly and curry leaves

Let it boil once and then switch off the flame and pour thick coconut milk and give a good stir
Serve hot with rice.

Note:
Once the fish is cooked be careful while you stir the curry, because the fish might tear off.
Do not boil after adding thick coconut milk.
The fish curry gets a nice flavor when cooked in an earthen pot.

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