Recipe: At Home Singaporean Fish Head Curry

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Singaporean Fish Head Curry. Add the curry paste and stir fry till fragrant and cooked. Add the onions and stir fry briefly for about one minute. Put in half of the coconut milk, bring to a boil, remember to keep stirring to avoid curdling.

Heat a drizzle of oil in a large heavy-based frying pan over high heat.

Let it boil and add salt and cleaned fish head. cook in the medium heat until the fish is cooked well.

Serve Fish Head Curry with rice immediately.

You can cook Singaporean Fish Head Curry using 24 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Singaporean Fish Head Curry

1. It’s of Rohu fish head / Red Snapper fish head.

2. It’s of oil.

3. You need of cumin seeds.

4. Prepare of fennel seeds.

5. Prepare of fenugreek seeds.

6. You need of mustard seeds.

7. Prepare of asafoetida.

8. It’s of slit green chilies.

9. It’s of curry leaves.

10. It’s of garlic, chopped.

11. It’s of onions, chopped.

12. It’s of ginger-garlic paste.

13. It’s of tomato puree.

14. You need of tamarind paste mixed with 1 cup water.

15. You need of salt.

16. You need of turmeric powder.

17. It’s of red chilli powder.

18. It’s of coriander-cumin powder.

19. It’s of garam masala powder.

20. You need of baby eggplants.

21. It’s of Long eggplant.

22. It’s of okra, cut into half.

23. Prepare of coconut milk.

24. It’s of coriander leaves to garnish.

Recipe in the video is from Chef Kumar from Muthu's Curry (This Fish Head Curry is a traditional South Indian Curry Recipe).

Bring the mixture to boil, and then add in the cleaned fish head and a sprinkle of salt.

Cook the fish head on medium heat until the flesh is cooked well.

Add coconut milk and leave the dish to simmer for three minutes before serving.

Singaporean Fish Head Curry step by step

1. Marinate the fish head with a pinch of salt and turmeric powder for 10-15 minutes. Heat 2 tbsp. oil in a pan and fry them till golden in colour. Drain and keep aside..

2. Heat remaining oil and temper with mustard seeds, fennel seeds, fenugreek seeds and cumin seeds. Allow it to splutter. Add the curry leaves, garlic, asafoetida and green chilies. Saute for a few seconds..

3. Then add the onion and continue to fry till light brown. Add the ginger-garlic paste and fry well..

4. Add the tomato paste and…………all the dry spices. Fry on a medium flame till the oil separates..

5. Add the tamarind water and bring it to a boil. Add the okra and eggplants and simmer, covered on a low flame till they are half done..

6. Now add the coconut milk and bring it to a boil..

7. Drop in the fried fish head. Cover and continue to simmer for a further 2 minutes……….or till the oil starts to rise on the top..

8. Serve, garnished with coriander leaves..

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It is usually served with either rice or bread, or as a shared dish.