How To Cook Fish Curry

India is known to be the country that most of the curry dishes come from and among these dishes is the fish curry. Fish curry is mostly popular in the eastern part of the country. In order to learn how to cook fish curry you will need to know all the ingredients used in its preparation. The ingredients will include 2 pounds fish fillet preferably Tilapia, 2 chopped big tomatoes, 5 medium sized shallots or 2 medium onions, 2 tablespoons garlic paste and 5 tablespoons mustard seeds. Additionally, 1 tablespoon cumin seed, ? a tablespoon coriander powder, 3 cups water, cooking oil, 2 inches Ginger root, 4 bay leaves, 3 tablespoons turmeric powder, 7 red chilies, as well as 3 tablespoons salt.

After assembling all these ingredients you can now start with the preparation of the dish where you will be required to follow a few steps so as to make an irresistible dish. The first step will be the combining of six ingredients namely cumin seeds, 2 bay leaves, 5 red chilies, onions as well as mustard seeds in a grinder. You should make sure that you spare about a cup of onions which will be utilized later. After these ingredients have been grinded you should then set them aside.

You should now clean the fish and cut it in small pieces of fillets by keeping them about 3 inches in length. After cutting the fish you should place the pieces in a plate and rub about 2 teaspoons of salt. You should then sprinkle 2 teaspoons of turmeric powder and finally add the garlic paste. You should mix this until the fish is coated evenly and then put it aside for approx 30 minutes in order for it to marinade. After the fish is marinated you can now heat the oil in a wok and deep fry the fish for approx 4 minutes on each side.

You should then use a clean a plate to set aside the fish. Here you are supposed to use a new wok and then pour the oil and thereafter heat the wok. The next step is to add a pinch of cumin seed, a pinch of mustard seed, 2 red chilies as well as 2 bay leaves. The next step is to add a pinch of aniseed where it should be left to fume. The remaining onions should then be added where they should be allowed to brown a little. The next step is to add the remaining turmeric powder, ground paste as well as the cut tomatoes.

A pinch of salt should then be added for taste and this should be continuously stirred for approx 10 minutes and this will mean that the paste should not stick on the wok which will mean that it is ready. The 3 cups of water should be added and stirred until they come to boil. The fish that was set aside can now be added and left to boil for about 15 minutes and the fish curry will now be ready. The curry can then be garnished with some lemon juice or coriander leafs. The fish curry can be accompanied with dishes such as rice. This recipe can also be practice when you are learning how to cook codfish.