Kerala Tilapia Indian Curried Fish Recipes

Steps:

• Season tilapia fillets with salt, chile powder, and black pepper. Set aside.
• In iron pot, heat olive oil; add curry powder stirring often. Allow curry powder to practically burn. Add a little water whenever paste becomes too sticky.
• Add most garlic and onions until well coated.
• Add coconut milk. Stir. After 1 minute, add fish and remaining garlic and onions.
• Lower heat and cover for about 15 - 20 minutes.
• Serve over jasmine or coconut rice.

Steps:

• In a grinder grind the onions, ginger, 2 bay leaves, red chili, mustard seeds, cumin seed all together.
• Preserve some cut pieces 1 cup) of onion.
• Cut small pieces of tomatoes.
• Make small pieces of fish fillets, about 3 inches in length.
• Clean them properly if you are using the whole fish and make it into small pieces.
• Take a big plate, put the fish in it and sprinkle 2 teaspoon of salt, two teaspoon of turmeric powder and the garlic paste.
• Mix all of them properly.
• Allow to marinate for 1/2 hour.
• Take a pan or a wok (preferable), heat it and put oil to deep fry the fish.
• Once the oil is much hotter, fry the fish, 3-4 pieces at a time, 3-4 minutes on each side.
• Keep all of them in a separate plate.
• When all the pieces are fried, clean all the black residues from the oil in the wok with the spatula and put 2 tablespoon of fresh oil in the it.
• Then put a pinch of cumin seed, a pinch of mustard seed, 2 red chili, 2 bay leaves, a pinch of aniseed (all together is called panch-phoran) and allow them to splutter.
• Then put the cut onion pieces and allow it to just a little brown.
• Then put all the ground paste,tomatoes,left over turmeric powder and salt to taste.
• Keep stirring it until the paste becomes a little brown (it takes around 10 minutes).
• You can also identify it by looking at the wok, that the paste will start leaving the oil and paste will now no more stick on the wok.
• The paste is now perfectly fried.
• Now pour 3 cups of water to it, or as much thick gravy you want.
• Once the gravy comes to boil, start dropping the fried fish pieces and allow to boil for 15 minutes.
• Switch off the gas.
• Use coriander leaf for garnishing.
• This dish should be served with fresh steamed rice and squeeze some lime some juice on top.

Steps:

• Heat vegetable oil over medium-low heat in a large, deep, non-stick pan. Add garlic, onion, jalapeno, and ginger; cook and stir until onions are softened and translucent, about 5 minutes.
• Stir in coriander, turmeric, cumin, cayenne, mustard seeds, and curry leaves to the mixture. Cook and stir until fragrant, about 3 minutes. Pour in vinegar and salt; cook and stir for 2 minutes more.
• Pour coconut milk into the mixture. Bring to a simmer and heat until warm.
• Season tilapia with cumin and 1 pinch salt. Add tilapia to the simmering coconut milk mixture. Continue to let simmer for 10 minutes. Stir in saffron; let simmer 3 to 5 minutes more. Season with salt and pepper. Serve.