Methi Seeds Methi Leaves Fish Curry

Methi Seeds Methi Leaves Fish Curry 

King Fish	½ kg
Onion	200 gram
Tomato, Tomato paste	350 gram, 50gram
Chili green	2
Kashmiri red chli	2 tspn
Coriander pwd	2 tbspn
Tumeric, Cumin pwd	Each ½ tspn
salt	To taste
Methi seeds	1 tspn
Fresh methi leaves	1 small bunch

tamarind

Two gooseberries size

For tempering
Gingelly oil (nallennai)	3 tbpsn
Mustard seeds, sanuf, cumin , whole pepper,	Each ½ tspn
Crushed Garlic	6 pods
Curry Leaves	Handful

Coconut pwd (or) 3 inch Coconut pieces

4 tspn (or) 4 pieces

Chopped Coriender Leaves

2 tbspn

Method

Wash the fish and cut into thin slices

Soak the methi seeds for ½ hour and drain keep aside

Wash the fresh methi leaves and drain keep aside.

Soak the tamarind in a  hot water extract the juice.keep aside.

Grind tomato in a mixie/blender to a  smooth paste

In a wide vessel, heat the oil and add whole pepper,cumin, mustard seeds,saunf  and saute until they crackle.  Add crushed garlic and curry leaves and  fry for few minutes.

Add chopped Onion  and fry for 5 minutes.  when onion colour changes brownish , add all powder masalas ,soaked methi seeds, fresh methi,  tomato paste and saute   well for 2 minutes. Add ground tomato paste and ½ cup water boil for 5 minutes. Then add tamarind juice boil for 5 minutes.

Add fish pieces and dissolve the coconut pwder  in ½ hot water add it to fish curry.

Boil  the curry 5 to 7 minutes on low fire .Garnish it with  coriander leaves. Very tempting tangy mouthwatering medicated fish curry is  ready to serve.

Jaleela ‘s Tips

In this fish curry,  adding sesame seed  oil (gingelly oil) and methi leaves and seeds , will prevent you to have stomach ulcer.  

It also reduces the body heat .  This fish gravy is very well goes with kuska rice, bakara khana, naan, roti ,chappathi Idli, idiyappam Dosai etc,….

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