Green fish curry

• Servings: 2-3
• Preparation time: 10-12 minutes.
• Frying  fish time: 8-10 minutes(each batch).
• Frying masala time: 8 minutes.
• Cooking time: 5-6 minutes.
• Total time: 26 minutes.

Fish protein is one of the best proteins, low fat; omega 3 fatty acid is heart friendly and brain booster.

Coriander is known to be rich in phytonutrients.

All are good for our health. So fish with coriander leaves (sone pe suhaga); the recipe is very nutritious.

Ingredients:

• Fish: 250 gm.
• Turmeric powder: ¼ teaspoon
• Salt: one teaspoon
• Fresh coriander leaf: 50 gm
• Onion: 1 no (medium)
• Tomato: 1 no (medium)
• Garlic: 5 cloves
• Ginger: 2 inch piece
• Green chilli: 2-3 no.
• Red chilli: 2 no.
• Bay leaf: 1 no.
• Coriander powder: half teaspoon
• Punch phoran (mustard, cumin, fennel seed, onion seed and fenugreek): 1/4 teaspoon
• Oil: 4 table spoon
• Cinnamon: 1” stick

Preparation:

1. Clean the fish properly with running water. Add lemon juice. Leave it for 5-7 minutes. Again wash the fish drain out all the water.
2. Put garlic paste, half teaspoon salt and turmeric in a bowl, mix well.
3. Rub this paste all over the fish pieces. Keep aside.
4. Grind the onion, tomato, ginger and garlic together and make fine masala paste. Keep aside.
5. Grind coriander leaf with green chilli into fine green paste, keep aside.

Method:

1. Heat oil in fry pan on high flame, when smoke starts coming, add fish pieces and increase the flame high.  Fry on both sides till golden brown colour appears (about 3-4 minutes each side), Transfer into plate.
2. Add panch phoran, cinnamon, bay leaf and red chilli into the remaining oil.
3. Sputter it for few seconds; add masala paste (ground onion, garlic, tomato and ginger).
4.  Fry these masala till paste dried up about 3-5 minutes on medium flame.
5. Add green paste, coriander powder and remaining salt, sauté for 2-3 minutes.
6. Add 1 cup of hot water and boil it.
7.  Add fried fish in it and again boil it.
8. Put off the flame.
9. Transfer into serving bowl.
10. Green- green coriander fish is ready to serve.

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

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