Last Updated on January 16, 2020
This is a delicious south african fish curry recipe. It is flaky fish cooked in a coconut milk sauce. Delicious and mild and taste just amazing. I served it with fragrant turmeric rice and it was yum.
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Hope you will give this a try and let me know how it turns out for you.
Preparation Time : 10 mins
Cooking Time : 30 to 40 mins
Serves: 4
Ingredients:
Fish Pieces - 500 grams
Oil - 5 tblspn
Onion - 2 large chopped finely
Ginger - 1 tblspn grated
Garlic - 1 tblspn grated
Tomato - 2 chopped finely
Tomato - 2 pureed
Chilli Powder - 2 tsp or to taste
Turmeric Powder - 1 tsp
Cumin Powder - 2 tsp
Coriander Powder - 1 tblspn
Curry Powder - 2 tlspn
Garam Masala Powder - 1 tsp
Pepper Powder - 1 tsp
Salt to taste
Sugar -1 tsp
Tamarind - 1 small gooseberry size
Curry leaves - 1 sprig
Coriander leaves a handful finely chopped
Coconut Milk - 2 cup
Method:
Soak tamarind in water for 10 mins. Squeeze and extract all the juices.
Apply salt and pepper on fish pieces and mix well. Set aside.
Heat oil in a pan, place fish in oil and sear on both sides, remove it and set aside.
Now in the same oil, add onions and cook till golden brown. Add ginger and garlic and saute for couple of mins.
Add in tomatoes and tomato puree and cook till oil separates. Add curry leaves and mix well.
Add in spice powders and a little water to make sure the spices dont burn.
Now add in tamarind juice, salt and sugar and mix well.
Add in coconut milk and mix well. Bring it to a boil.
Add the fish pieces back in and simmer it for 10 mins.
Add coriander leaves and mix well.
Serve with rice,
Pictorial:
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| Take all your ingredients |
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| take your fish pieces |
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| season with salt and pepper |
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| mix well |
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| heat oil in a pan |
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| place fish pieces in |
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| sear till golden |
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| drain and set aside |
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| in the same oil |
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| add onions |
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| cook till golden |
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| add ginger and garlic |
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| mix well |
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| add chopped tomatoes |
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| and tomato puree |
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| mix well |
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| add some curry leaves |
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| mix well |
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| cook till oil separates |
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| ad all spice powders |
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| along with little water |
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| mix well |
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| cook till oil separates again |
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| add tamarind juice |
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| mix well |
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| add salt |
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| coconut milk |
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| sugar |
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| add water if needed, i didn't add any, because i wanted it to be thick |
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| add the fish back in |
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| mix well |
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| cover and simmer |
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| now it is done |
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| add coriander leaves |
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| mix well |
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| Serve |
Anonymous
Hi Arthi Ur blog is just awesome my day never ends without ur blog. BTW im so eager to know the source of this recipe nd the reason behind the name too.
Aarthi
i got a request for this from a person
Shyamala Sundar
Looks yummy����.. gonna try tmrw. Curry powder Na enna?
Aarthi
it is a spice mix which you can easily get in stores. look near garam masala powder
Anonymous
What fish did you use Aarthi?
Pranavi
Nice Blog... Thank you for sharing this information..
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Anonymous
HI Aarthi, I am a big fan of Indian recipes and I really like the ones you have on your blog. Just to let you know that what you have as a South African recipe is actually a Kenyan recipe. Its from the Coastal part of the country so it should named a Kenyan fish curry. Mchuzi wa samaki is Swahili for fish curry...
Lizzie
I tried this last night, it's so yummy! I cooked the fish separately until it was done so I could leave some out of the sauce for my non curry eating four year old. We served it with spiced roast cauliflower and peas. I think I might make some of the paste to freeze next time for easy dinners.
Nicky kaul buch
Evrytym i mke this dish nd hv it . I love it even more. Nd i love the nme south african fish curry . Its kinda intriguing as to y such nme. B whtevr i blindly follow nd cook ur recipes. I hv been following u
since the past 2 - 3 yrs.
Parveez
Hi Arthi I use to love looking for recipes on your blog but I hate it now because it’s full of adverts and sometimes you can’t even get to the recipe because of the adds. I know you want to make money but you will loose your fans.
Aarthi
I will look into it.
Maryann
Made this and it was awesome!