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Fish Head Curry Recipe

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Total time
40 min
Serves
4
Cuisine
Indian
Fish Head Curry Recipe

Ingredients

  • Fish Head - 4
  • Gingelly Oil - 5 tblspn
  • Mustard Seeds / Kaduku - 1 tsp
  • Fenugreek Seeds / Methi / Vendayam - 1/4 tsp
  • Curry leaves a handful
  • Shallots / Sambar Onion - 10 finely chopped
  • Ginger Garlic Paste - 1 tsp
  • Tomatoes - 1 medium size chopped finely
  • Chilli Powder - 2 tsp
  • Kashmiri Chilli Powder - 1 tsp
  • Coriander Powder / Malli Podi - 1 tblspn
  • Turmeric Powder - 1 tsp
  • Salt to taste
  • Coconut - 1/2 cup made into fine paste
  • Tamarind - 2 to 3 tblspn

Steps

  1. 1

    Heat oil in a pan, add in mustard, fenugreek and curry leaves.

  2. 2

    Add in onions and saute till light golden.

  3. 3

    Add in ginger garlic paste and saute for a min.

  4. 4

    Add in tomatoes and cook till it gets mushy.

  5. 5

    Add in spice powders and salt and mix well.

  6. 6

    Add in tamarind pulp and cook till oil separates.

  7. 7

    Add in water and bring it to a boil.

  8. 8

    Add in fish head, cover and simmer till fish is half cooked.

  9. 9

    Add in coconut paste and mix well. Cover and simmer till oil separates.

  10. 10

    Serve.

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