Fried Fish Roce Curry

Fried Fish Roce Curry


This is one of my most favourite fish curries.  It's a coconut based curry where fried fish is seasoned with aromatic Indian spices and simmered in creamy coconut milk. 

Mom used to make such curry when the fish was available in large quantities for a cheap price.  She used to tell me that in olden days when there was no refrigerator to preserve the fish, they used to fry fish & preserve to prepare such curry. 

This curry has a unique flavour of fried fish & tastes so delicious. 

King fish/seer fish, mackerel, croaker fish( dadyare/ koddai) etc are the excellent choice for this type of fish curry. 

This  curry tastes awesome with boiled rice or neeru dosa/ panpole, dosa, sanna or chapathi. 

Try this delicious Roce curry with your favourite fish. 

Please note:

Use spices as per your choice. We eat medium spicy food. 

Try to use coconut oil or ghee for seasoning. Coconut oil gives awesome flavour to this dish. 

Here i have used fresh coconut milk.( Use the 2nd and 3rd exracts of coconut milk to clean the masala jar & add to the masala instead of water) You can use ready made coconut milk too. 


Recipe:

I have taken 3 huge koddai/croaker fish/dadyare.

A. Ingredients for fish marination:

  • 1/2 tsp turmeric powder
  • 1/4 tsp salt
  • 2 tsp coconut oil 
  • 1tsp vinegar or lemon juice 

B. Ingredients for Masala:

  • 4-5 byadagi chillies
  • 3 guntur/ short red chillies 
  • 1 tsp coriander seeds
  • 1/4tsp jeera
  • 1/4 pepper
  • Pinch of methi
  • Tiny pinch of ajwain
  • Little turmeric
  • Small ball of tamarind 
  • 1 lage onion
  • 5-6 flakes of garlic
  • 3/4 cup coconut

C. Other ingredients:

  • 1 cup  coconut for extracting milk.
  • Salt to taste. 
  • 2 tbsp oil for frying fish. 

D. For Seasoning:

  • 1 small sliced onion
  • 2 green chillies
  • 1/4" ginger
  • 5 flakes of garlic 
  • Few curry leaves ( optional)
  • 2 tbsp coconut oil/ cooking oil

Method:


Select fresh fish for this curry. 
Clean well & cut as per your choice. 
Add all the ingredients mentioned under (A) & mix well. 
Keep for minimum 30 minutes. 

Extract coconut milk using 1 cup grated coconut.
Keep the thick milk aside.
Use  3rd  & 4th extract to grind and add to masala. 

Grind all the ingredients for Masala (B) to a fine paste. 
Heat 2-3 tb sp oil in a cooking pan and add the marinated fish pieces. 

Fry fish on both sides till golden brown. 
Remove & keep aside. 

In the same pan add 2 tbsp coconut oil & add all the seasoning ingredients (D) one by one. Fry for 2 minutes. 

Add masala. Fry for 2-3 minutes. 

Add masala water and adjust the consistency. Add salt to taste. 
Boil well for 2 minutes. 
Now add thick coconut milk. Mix well.  Add salt if required. 

Immediately add fried fish pieces. Cover & cook only for 2 minutes. Switch off the flame & leave aside for 10 minutes. 

Delicious fried fish Roce curry is ready to serve. 

This delicious curry goes extremely well with boiled rice & any vegetable side dish. 

Enjoy this delicious fried fish curry with your loved ones. 

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