Fish curry (Maharashtra)

Ingredients	For 4	For 100
Fish	500gms	12.5kg
Red chillies (use Sankeshwari or kashmiri chillies)	10gms	250gms
Green chillies	5gms	100gms
Onions	100gms	2.5kg
Coconut	½	12
Curry powder (Maharashtra)	10gms	250gms
Turmeric	2gms	50gms
Oil	15ml	300ml
Salt	to taste	100gms
Cocum or tamarind	5 pieces	125 pieces
Coriander leaves	1 bunch	a few

Clean fish and slice. Grind red chillies, slice onions, slit green chillies. Soak tamarind in water and squeeze out the pulp. Strain. Grate the coconut. Prepare two extractions of the coconut milk – the first thick (about 1 cup), and the second thin (about 2 cups). Heat the oil. Saute. Onions and slit green chillies. Add ground chillies, curry powder and turmeric mixed with a little water. Fry well till the oil floats on top. Add the second extraction of coconut milk, cocum or tamarind juice, fish and salt to taste. Simmer till the fish is done. Add the first extraction of coconut milk. Check for seasoning.  Bring to a boil. Add chopped coriander leaves and remove.