Recipe: Yummy Fish in coconut gravy

Fish in coconut gravy. This is a typical Keralite method of preparing moist fish in a lot of gravy. Once the smell of chili emanates, add the coconut milk. Meanwhile, remove the curry leaves from stems, and add both.

Push the mixture to the side of the pan and place the fish in a single layer in the center. Rich and spicy, this fish in coconut gravy might look like fish curry but it isn't. It has no curry powder although turmeric, one of the spices that make up curry powder, is an ingredient and that is what's responsible for the bright yellow hue. You can have Fish in coconut gravy using 11 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Fish in coconut gravy

1. You need 1 kg of Fish.
2. Prepare 1 of mango Raw.
3. It's 1 cup of Coconut milk.
4. It's 8 of Shallot.
5. It's 1 of Ginger big.
6. You need 4 of Green chilli.
7. It's 8 of Curry leaves.
8. Prepare 2 Tbsps of Coconut oil.
9. It's 1/2 Tsp of Turmeric.
10. You need 1 Tsp of Chilli pwdr.
11. You need to taste of Salt.

Any white fleshy fish can be used. Fish curries in Sri Lanka usually feature coconut or coconut milk. I have used tomato and tamarind as souring agents. I added the tomato to give this fish curry a little bit of sweetness to take the edge off the sourness.

Fish in coconut gravy instructions

1. Slice the shallots..
2. Chop ginger & green chillies..
3. Heat oil in an earthen /steel pot.add half of the sliced shallots & fry.when it starts to brown,add the curry leaves & fry.remove the fried shallots & curry leaves from oil & set it aside to garnish..
4. Add the remaining shallots sliced & chopped ginger & chillies to the oil & sauté.once sautéed,add turmeric & chilli pwdr to this & sauté on medium heat.add 2 tbsp water to this sothat the masalas don't burn.once the oil seperates,add 1/2 cup water to this..
5. Add the raw mango slices & salt to this.when it starts to boil,add the fish pieces, & cover & cook for 2 minutes.now turn the fish pieces & cover & cook for few minutes..
6. Now reduce the flame & add the coconut milk.when this starts to boil,turn off the stove & add the set aside fried shallots & curry leaves.

In Sri Lanka, most of the fish curries used to be cooked in an earthenware pot (Clay pot). This spicy and sour dish borrows its bright hue from the addition of turmeric powder and delivers. Crispy curry flavored fried fish in fresh turmeric coconut milk gravy. Mix fish with all ingredients except oil. Deep fry, remove and keep aside.