July 12th, 2006
Fish Curry (Tilapia fish)
My friend, she is from India, Firdaus, has two beautiful little daughters, Zhara and baby Marya. She makes excellent indian food, she being from North India, her specialty is north indian/mughlai kind of food.
I was talking on the phone, and she is going to make fish curry today. I asked her for the recipe, here it goes.
Ingredients:
Fish (tilapia, pomfret, etc)
spices: turmeric (haldi), red chilli powder (mirchi), corriander powder(dhania)
fenugreek seeds(methi)
garlic (chopped)
onion,
yoghurt,
salt
few tsp flour for frying fish,
oil for cooking
cilantro (fresh dhania) for garnish
First wash the fish with salt/vinegar. Now dust it lightly with haldi and flour. Shallow fry in oil. Keep aside. To make the curry (gravy), first blend the onion into a puree. Fry in the same pan, methi seeds and garlic. Then add the onion paste to this. Fry well. Add the yoghurt and spice mix to this. Add salt. Fry till done. Add the fish slowly in this, and let it simmer for few mins.
Garnish with cilantro.
Eat hot with steamed rice.