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    Onion Fish Curry Recipe

    Last Updated On: Apr 8, 2025 by Aarthi

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    Spicy Onion Fish Curry Recipe with step by step pictures. This is made without coconut, onion and spices. Curry which goes well with rice.

    Spicy Onion Fish Curry

    Adding coconut to fish curry makes delicious curry, but recently I started experimenting a lot to find the perfect no coconut fish curry. Couple weeks back I made a fish curry with lots of shallots, onions and curry leaves. It gave the thickness to the fish curry, flavour to it and tasted yummy.

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    I made this for lunch and served it with roti. It was yummy. Hope you will give this a try and let me know how it turned out for you.

    Ingredients for Spicy Onion Fish Curry

    • Oil - 1 tsp
    • Mustard Seeds / Kaduku - 1 tsp
    • Fenugreek Seeds / Vendayam / Methi - ½ tsp
    • Curry leaves a sprig
    • Chilli Powder - 2 tsp or to taste
    • Coriander Powder / Malli Podi - 2 tblspn
    • Brinjal - 1 large sliced into long slices
    • Fish Pieces - 500 grams (i used sardine)
    • Tamarind Pulp - 2 to 3 tblspn or to taste
    • Water as needed
    For Masala:
    • Oil - 2 tsp
    • Shallots / Sambar Onion / Chinna Ulli - 25 to 30 peeled
    • Onion - 1 large sliced
    • Curry leaves a big handful
    • Turmeirc Powder / Manjal Podi - 1 tsp
    • Salt to taste

    How to make Spicy Onion Fish Curry

    1. Heat oil in a pan, add in shallots, onion, curry leaves, salt and turmeric powder and
    2. Saute for 8 to 10 mins till it is translucent and light golden.
    3. Now take it in a blender and make it into a fine puree.
    4. Heat oil in a kadai. Add in fenugreek and mustard seeds. Add in curry leaves and saute for a min.
    5. Pour in the pureed masala and cook till oil separates from it.
    6. Add in chilli and coriander powder and mix well.
    7. Now add in brinjal and toss well. Add in water and tamarind pulp, mix well. Cook till brinjal is cooked.
    8. Now add in the fish pieces and cook till the fish is done.
    9. Serve with rice.
     
     

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    Spicy Onion Fish Curry Recipe | Fish Curry without Coconut

    Spicy Onion Fish Curry Recipe with step by step picyures. This is made without coconut and has onions, spices.
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    Prep Time: 10 minutes minutes
    Cook Time: 40 minutes minutes
    Total Time: 50 minutes minutes
    Servings: 6 servings
    Calories: 57kcal

    Ingredients

    • 1 tsp Oil
    • 1 tsp Mustard Seeds / Kaduku
    • ½ tsp Fenugreek Seeds / Vendayam / Methi
    • Curry leaves a sprig
    • 2 tsp or to taste Chilli Powder
    • 2 tbsp tblspn Coriander Powder / Malli Podi
    • 1 large Brinjal sliced into long slices
    • 500 grams Fish Pieces i used sardine
    • 2 to 3 tbsp Tamarind Pulp or to taste
    • Water as needed
    • For Masala:
    • 2 tsp Oil
    • 25 to 30 Shallots / Sambar Onion / Chinna Ulli peeled
    • 1 Onion large sliced
    • Curry leaves a big handful
    • 1 tsp Turmeric Powder / Manjal Podi
    • Salt to taste

    Instructions

    • Heat oil in a pan, add in shallots, onion, curry leaves, salt and turmeric powder and saute for 8 to 10 mins till it is translucent and light golden.
    • Now take it in a blender and make it into a fine puree.
    • Heat oil in a kadai. Add in fenugreek and mustard seeds. Add in curry leaves and saute for a min.
    • Add in the pureed masala and cook till oil separates from it.
    • Add in chilli and coriander powder and mix well.
    • Now add in brinjal and toss well. Add in water and tamarind pulp, mix well. Cook till brinjal is cooked.
    • Now add in the fish pieces and cook till the fish is done.
    • Serve with rice.

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    Nutrition

    Serving: 1servings | Calories: 57kcal | Carbohydrates: 10g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 2g | Saturated Fat: 0.2g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 1g | Trans Fat: 0.01g | Sodium: 4mg | Potassium: 235mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 6g | Vitamin A: 20IU | Vitamin C: 3mg | Calcium: 15mg | Iron: 0.4mg
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    Spicy Onion Fish Curry Recipe step by step pictures

     
    Take all your ingredients
    Heat some oil in a pot
    Add in a good amount of peeled shallots or sambar onions
    add in sliced onions
    good amount of curry leaves
    sprinkle in some salt and turmeric powder
    saute well
    Cook till the onions gets soft and a little colour
    add in tomatoes
    saute well
    take this in a blender
    make it into a fine puree
    Now in the same pan, add a touch of oil
    crackle some mustard and fenugreek seeds
    add in curry leaves
    saute for a min
    add in pureed masala
    now add in some chilli powder and coriander powder

     

    mix well
    cook till oil separates
    add in sliced brinjal
    Mix well
    Add in tamarind pulp
    pour in water
    mix well and cook till brinjal is cooked
    Add in your fish pieces, i used sardine / chala meen
    mix well and cook till fish is done
    Curry done
    Serve..
     
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