Recipe: At Home Red Fish Curry

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Recipe: At Home Red Fish Curry Delicious, fresh and tasty.

Red Fish Curry. The secret for a GREAT Red Thai fish curry is, of course, a really good-quality red curry paste, and the best fish you can find out there. **This post is sponsored by The Cornish Fishmonger. Place the fish on a plate and rub over with the curry powder and salt. Lightly dust fish pieces with flour and add to the oil.

Made this a few nights ago after having no idea what to do with the frozen cod in my freezer and searched red thai cod curry on a whim!

Place my THAI RED CURRY PASTE, COCONUT MILK, DRIED THAI HERBS & CHILLI and FISH SAUCE in a large bowl.

Add egg and fish pieces to the curry mixture.

You can cook Red Fish Curry using 12 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Red Fish Curry

  1. Prepare 1 kg of Fish slices.

  2. Prepare 10 of Shallots.

  3. It’s 1 Tbsp of Ginger garlic , paste.

  4. It’s 1 of Drumstick sliced.

  5. You need 12 of chillies Kashmiri.

  6. It’s 2 Tbsps of Coriander pwdr.

  7. You need 1 tsp of Turmeric pwdr.

  8. You need 1 of Tamarind lemon small                               sized ball.

  9. You need 2 of Tomato sliced.

  10. It’s pinch of Fenugreek A.

  11. Prepare of Curry leaves.

  12. It’s of Salt.

This will thicken the sauce slightly.

It is served along with steamed rice or Tapioca (Kappa).

Here is my version of this curry, but each recipe is a little different!

Kerala Fish Curry or Kottayam Fish curry is the most popular and easiest fish curries from Kerala.

Red Fish Curry instructions

  1. Boil 12 whole kashmiri chillies in 1 cup of water. Let it simmer for 10 minutes. When this cools a bit put chillies without stalks in a grinder.Add 2tbsp coriander pwdr, ginger garlic paste, chopped shallots, turmeric pwdr,2tsp salt.Grind this to a smooth paste without water..

  2. Heat 2tbsp oil in a pan. Add 2 pinches of fenugreek.When it turns golden add 2 sprigs of curry leaves. Add chopped tomatoes. Add little salt and saute till oil separates.Add the ground  masala.Wash the grinder jar with little water and pour into pan.Masala should cook in this water and oil should separate.  It will turn deep red at this stage..

  3. While masala is being prepared, strain tamarind into a sauce pan or clay vessel (meen chatti).Add a cup pf water and bring to boil..

  4. Now add well sauteed masala to the tamarind. Add 3/4 cup water. Stir. Check seasoning. Add fish pieces and drumstick. Bring to boil.Let simmer on low flame for 10-15 minutes. Switch off heat. Garnish with curry leaves and add a drizzle of coconut oil..

It is also referred to as Red Fish Curry for it is cooked in red chillies and spices with a kick of coccum.

Kerala is divided when it comes to food.

There are many varieties of fish curries in Kerala and this one is my favorite.

Pulse shallot, garlic, and ginger in a food processor to finely chop.

Heat oil in a large saucepan over medium.