A delicious tangy and spicy fish curry that so perfect with some piping hot rice. Yes! Its really hot/spicy; so I recommend you to adjust the addition of chili and chili powder to suit your taste. I have used tomato paste in the recipe. If you want use whole tomato then you will need one large; finely chopped and cook till mushy.
You need –
- Fish – sliced 300 – 350 grams (I used king-fish)
- Tamarind – A lemon sized, soaked in 1/4 cup hot water
- Onion – 1 large, finely sliced
- green chili – 2-3 or per taste
- Ginger-garlic paste – 2 teaspoons
- Tomato paste – 2 teaspoon
- Coriander powder – 2 tablespoons
- Chili powder – 2 tablespoons (I used Kashmiri chili powder)
- Cumin powder – 1/2 teaspoon
- Fenugreek seeds – 1/2 teaspoon
- Mustard seeds – 1/2 teaspoon
- Salt to taste
- Oil as required
- Fresh coriander leaves for garnishing
For marinating
- Chili powder – 1/4 teaspoon
- Turmeric powder – a pinch
- Lime juice – 1/2 teaspoon
- Salt – a good pinch
How to –
Clean and wash the fish. Drain the water well. Marinate the fish with the ingredients under “For marinating” and refrigerate for an hour.
After an hour heat oil in frying pan and fry the fish till light brown on both sides. Set aside. Extract the juice from the soaked tamarind and discard the pulp.
Heat oil in a pan and tip the fenugreek seeds, mustard sends and allow to splatter. Add the curry leaves and cook briefly for few seconds.
Add the green chilies and saute for a minute. Now add the onions and cook till translucent. Add the ginger-garlic paste and continue to cook till the raw smell is gone.
Add the chili powder, coriander powder, cumin powder and turmeric powder. Saute till the oil start to separate. Add the chopped tomato paste and cook for 2 minutes.
Add the tamarind juice and around 1.5 cups of water. Bring this a rolling boil. Add the fish and cook on high flame for 5 minutes and then reduce the flame to low, cover and cook till the fish is done and the gravy is bit thick. Please add water if required to adjust the consistency of the gravy as required.
Turn off the heat, into a serving bowl; garish with coriander leaves and serve with steamed rice.
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Tempting clicks !
That fish curry alone is enough to have rice, stomach full :)… very tempting it looks
King fish and Andhra style curry I am sure can polish my plate:)
Love the way the fish piece is seen on the surface of the curry.
Perfect delicious fish curry. We eat fish almost every alternate days. This is another I need to jump into when I am back home after my long vacation.
Hello, saw this on Gplus and had to drop by ….love your curry, though I never had a chance to taste Andhra Cuisine much; this looks tempting enough for me to try out!!
that does look really hot, look at the color!!! wow… not for my tastebuds though, i may need a full box of tissue paper to wipe out my nose!!!
Yum yummy curry
Oh My! That looks really spicy Rekha 🙂 Love the colour. And of course, beautiful captures 🙂
This looks very much like our Kerala style fish curry as well 🙂 and your pictures are simply awesome Rekha.
very spicy fish curry. Nice tempting click Rekha