Fish Molee / Fish in Coconut Milk Gravy

Ingredients

For Marination

• Fish - 1/2 kg (I used Vangiram Fish)
• Chilli powder - 1 tsp
• Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp
• Salt - 1/4 tsp
• Pepper powdr - 1/4 tsp

For Gravy

• Oil - 2 tsp
• Mustard - a pinch
• Curry leaves - few
• Green chillies - 3 (cut lengthwise)
• Ginger - 1/2 tsp
• Coconut milk - 1st extract - 1 cups
• Coconut milk - 2nd extract - 2 cups
• Onion - 1
• Tomato - 1
• Lemon juice/vinegar - 1/2 tsp
• Salt - as per taste

Recipe Source : Ranji's Kitchen Corner

Method

• Wash the fish pieces with 1/2 tsp of salt (so that the fish smell goes off).
• Mix the fish pieces with the turmeric powder, chilli powder, salt and pepper powder and marinate for 1 to 2 hr.
• In a Kadai, add oil and when it is hot, add mustard seeds.
• When they start spluttering, add the curry leaves, green chillies and ginger and saurte till the raw smell of ginger goes off.
• Now add the onion and saute till it becomes transculent.
• Add the tomato, salt and cook till becomes soft.
• Now add the 1st extract coconut milk and put the marinated fish into this and allow to boil untill the fish gets cooked.
• When the fish is fully cooked, add the 2nd extract coconut milk and switch off the gas.
• Now add the Lemon juice and just mix only once.
• Serve hot with rice.

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