I dearest fish. Given a selection betwixt chicken together with fish I volition ever larn for the fish. I similar fried fish amend than the curried i simply I could never country no to the sauce from the fish curry amongst some rice! Mmmmm sky on earth! The sauce tastes fifty-fifty amend the side past times side day! After the nine-day fasting recently, the showtime affair I craved for was fish!! Luckily for me, I select a Chinese supermarket that sells fresh fish ii blocks away from me! Then why is it that I don't brand fish that often?? Well, I predominantly consume vegetarian meals together with consume non-vegetarian i time inwards a spell when I crave for it. Anyways, this detail fish marketplace likewise sells alive fish. They select a attain from alive Tilapia to Buffalo fish to carp together with fifty-fifty catfish! I decided to purchase alive Tilapia. This is the showtime fourth dimension I am buying alive fish! Why?? I don't know why I never bought alive fish before! However I create know that I would select it to a greater extent than oftentimes inwards the future. The fresh fish was therefore devoid of the "fishy" odour that you lot couldn't tell that I was cooking/ cooked fish! The fish was firm, overnice together with fresh. The bland Tilapia perfectly complimented the spicy kokosnoot sauce.
Servings: 3-4
Ingredients:
Tilapia fish: 1 medium sized, cutting into medium-sized slices( whatever fish that is cutting into medium slices tin post away last used).
Freshly grated coconut: 1 cup
Dried Red chillies: 4
Coriander seeds:1 tbsp
Cumin seeds: 1 tsp
Black pepper corns:1/2 tsp
Methi seeds ( fenugreek): 1/8 tsp
Tamarind: marble size if using dried, 1/4 tsp if using the pulp.
Onion: 1 medium, chopped fine
Garlic: 2-3 modest cloves, diced
Ginger: 1 inch, minced
Green chillies: 2-3, slit lengthwise
Turmeric powder: 1 tsp
Salt to taste
Water: 1 loving cup + every bit needed for grinding the paste.
Method:
Clean the fish thoroughly, marinate amongst tabular array salt together with turmeric pulverisation for 15-20 minutes.
Grind the kokosnoot amongst coriander seeds, jeera, pepper corns, methi seeds, scarlet chillies, tamarind together with footling H2O to a fine glue inwards a blender. Keep aside.
Heat 1 tsp coconut fossil oil inwards a pot.Add the chopped onions together with garlic, saute until they plough transparent.
Now add together the greenish chillies, ginger, the basis masala( paste), tabular array salt together with i loving cup H2O together with select it to a boil.
Add the marinated fish slices to it, embrace together with create on medium rut until the fish is tender( around 8-10 minutes depending on the fish).
Serve hot amongst steamed rice/ bread/ apartment bread.
Enjoy! I am bringing this sense of savor of Mangalore to my friends at Fiesta Friday! Hilda together with Julianna are the co-hosts!
Cooking made easy:
You could brand the higher upwards dish using powdered spices similar coriander powder, cumin pulverisation etc instead of whole together with role kokosnoot milk instead of grated coconut. It would last much quicker together with easier together with you lot would select no grinding to do!
Tip for salubrious living:
While buying fish avoid buying big fish. It is amend to purchase modest fish. Why? For fearfulness of mercury inwards fish. Big fish tend to select a higher proportion of mercury accumulation inwards them than the smaller fish.You tin post away notice a sum listing of fish together with the associated mercury content here. It is likewise amend to purchase wild-caught fish than farm-raised fish. Farm raised fish select been institute to incorporate several harmful chemicals inwards them including PCBs.
References:
http://www.nrdc.org/health/effects/mercury/guide.asp
http://water.epa.gov/scitech/swguidance/fishshellfish/outreach/advice_index.cfm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercury_in_fish
http://www.cnn.com/2010/HEALTH/01/13/salmon.farmed.fresh/
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