This is probably the Kerala seafood lover's dream come true recipe – shallow-fried fish immersed in spiced coconut milk.
Ingredients
½ kg threadfin bream/pink perch (Kilimeen)
Turmeric powder, as required
Salt, as required
1 cup thin coconut milk
¾ cup thick coconut milk
A small ball of tamarind
1 onion, sliced fine
Oil, as required
3 green chillies, slit
¼ tsp cumin seeds
½ inch piece of ginger
4-5 pieces of garlic
Coriander leaves, to garnish
Preparation
Mix together salt and turmeric powder
Take the fish, and smear the mixture on them and keep side
Light the stove and put a dosa pan over it
Pour 3 tbsp oil onto the pan
Once the oil is hot, lay the fish on the pan
Flip the fish and let the other side get cooked
Pass the fish onto a plate once cooked
In another pan, pour oil
When it's hot, add the onion
Saute well and then add the green chillies
Add the salt
Once the onion pieces have browned well, pour in the thin coconut milk
Add the fish to the gravy
Make ¼ cup juice of the tamarind by mixing it with water
Add the tamarind juice to the fish curry
Give it a light stir
Add the thick coconut milk and take off the flame
