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Kerala Fish Curry Recipe

Mild flavoursome fish curry with coconut milk, inspired by the fish curries found in Kerala, in Southern India.

Kerala Fish Curry Recipe
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Ingredients

For the recipe:
  • 400g white fish fillets, eg cod
  • 4 tbsp sunflower oil
  • 2 tomatoes, quartered
  • 1 onion, thinly sliced
  • 20 Steenbergs organic curry leaves
  • 2 green chillis, slit lengthways
  • 2½ cm cube of fresh ginger, grated
  • ½ tsp Steenbergs organic turmeric powder
  • ¼ tsp Steenbergs organic chilli powder
  • 200ml can coconut milk
  • 1 tbsp lemon juice
  • 1 tbsp vinegar
  • Sea salt ideally one that's been sun dried with no chemicals added such as Steenbergs traditional sea salt.
  • Freshly milled organic black pepper

Mild flavoursome fish curry with coconut milk, inspired by the fish curries found in Kerala, in Southern India.  Recipe for 4

Method

01
Clean the fish and cut into 2½ cm cubes.
02
Heat oil in frying pan. Add the tomatoes, onion, curry leaves, green chillis and ginger. Cook over moderate heat for 5 minutes or until lightly browned. Add the turmeric and the chilli powder and mix well. Add 200ml of water, raise the heat to high and boil for 2 minutes.
03
Then lower the heat right down and carefully stir the coconut milk into the curry. Simmer gently for a further 5 minutes. Add the cubed fish and cook over moderate heat for 10 minutes, stirring occasionally.
04
Mix in the lemon juice and vinegar, then remove from the heat. Serve with plain boiled rice.