EASY Fish Curry with coconut

A light and flavorful curry with coconut, tomatoes, turmeric, and red chili powder
Ingredients
- 1 pound halibut or catfish (boneless skinles fillet )
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
- 1 tomato (cut into 4 pieces)
- 1 small red onion (roughly chopped)
- 4 tablespoons fresh grated coconut
- 1/2 inch ginger (peeled and chopped)
- 4 garlic cloves
- 1 tablespoon oil
- 1/2 teaspoon mustard seeds
- 1/4 teaspoon ground turmeric
- 2 teaspoon Kashmiri red chili powder
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1/2 cup water
Instructions
- 1
Wash and drain the fish. Cut into 2-inch cubes and apply 1 tablespoon of lemon juice.
- 2
Puree onion, tomatoes, coconut, ginger, and garlic to a fine paste.
- 3
Heat oil in a medium pan. Add mustard seeds and once they start to splutter carefully add the onion and tomato puree.
- 4
Add turmeric and red chili powder and cook on medium heat for 5 minutes until the oil starts to separate stirring occasionally.
- 5
Drain any water/lemon juice from the fish and add the fish to the pan.
- 6
Add salt, water and gently mix together the sauce and the fish. Cook covered on medium heat for 5 mins. For thicker fish cook up to 10 mins. Add more water if needed to bring the gravy to your desired consistency.
- 7
Serve with Hot Basmati rice and lime wedges.
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