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Fort Cochin Meen Moiley

















Ingredients

Quantity
Fillets red snapper or Pomfert
12
Coconut oil
2 tbsp
Mustard seeds
1 tsp
Garlic cloves – minced
8
Ginger ( ½” cm) - julienne 
2  pieces
Green chillies – slit lengthwise, deseeded and julienne
6
Onions – sliced into rings
150gms
Salt
to taste 
Curry leaves
24
Tomatoes – cut into 8 slices
3
Turmeric powder
½  tsp
Coconut milk (third extract)
½ cup
Coconut milk (second extract)
¾ cup
Coconut milk (first extract)
¾ cup
Lemon juice
1 tbsp


Heat oil in a pan and season with mustard seeds. Stir over medium heat until they begin to splutter. Add garlic and ginger and stir for a minute. Add green chillies and stir lightly. Add the onions and sauté until translucent and glossy. Add turmeric powder and stir well. Add fish and the third extract of coconut milk. Bring it to a boil. Lower the heat and simmer, turning carefully once, for three minutes. Add salt and stir well. Add curry leaves, tomatoes and the second extract. Cover and simmer for three minutes. Remove the pan from heat and gently (to make sure that the fillets do not break) stir-in the first extract of coconut milk. Return the pan to heat and bring to a boil over low heat. Sprinkle lemon juice and stir carefully. Remove from heat and adjust the seasoning Remove to a bowl and serve with steamed rice.

Notes:   Fish Curry