Fish curry and fish fry

 It has been a very  super hectic  week end  and this was planned before  as we  all have decided to have a baby shower for one of  my  good friend yamini , since it was planned  i was determined to keep  my self out  of my kitchen  to spend  more time  on its preparations and so decided to  make fish curry a  day before so that  it would stay for couple of days, so  fish curry was on the menu, so along came fish fry  too. This  both will suffice any fish lovers and  believe  me i love  it,  Fish  is one common choice we all three have , my mom and my mother in law  both cook fish in a different way but  both are awesome.  This  fish curry is a traditional  one  with little moderations from my side...  if u have  not  tried cooking fish at home  believe try this  its  easy and u  will love it. u will not have to go  to hotels looking for  fish gravy.

Source : My Mom
Time : 20-40 mins

 How i made it 


Ingredients :

•  2Lbs of fish (  i used tilapia)  can use  fish of ur  choice .
•  1 onion 
•  1 Tomato
•  3-4 green  chillies  slit  from  end to end 
•  Curry leaves
•  Tamarind ( big lemon sized0 soaked in water 
•  1 1/2 tsp of chilli powder
• 1 1/2 tsp of coriander powder
• 1tsp of zeera powder
• turmeric
• salt
• coconut milk(optional)

For the dry  grind 

• 2tsp of zeera
• 2tsp of urad dhal
• few seeds of fenugreek 

Dry roast  all  and  grind it  to a fine powder.

How i did it 

  

Take a  vessel. i normally prefer flat bottom and  wide vessel,   heat  oil , once its  hot  add  onions , green chillies , once the onions are brown add tamatoes,   add the  ground  dry rosted  powder, then chilli powder,  coriander powdre ,turmeric , salt  and little water. keep this  on low  flame  and wait till the tomatoes get soft and  raw smell of the masala is  gone now add the tamarind pulp and allow  the mixture  to boil . Once the mixture  comes to a rolling  boil ( will take  5-10 mins) add the fish , cover the vessel and  reduce the  flame for  10-20mins  or till  oil seperates . Now add the coconut milk   let it boil for another 5-10min on low flame and then turn the flame off ( this is an optional addition , the fish curry  will taste good without it. i usually alternate the process. This  time i used the store bought coconut milk but fresh  press is always better).   i usually leave the fish curry alone, i dont even  mix it  and prefer to store  it  for  next day  and believe me  it   will taste awesome .

 Fish Fry 

 Source : Mom

Time : 15-20mins 

Ingredients :

• 1 lb Fish 
• Oil
• 1 1/2 tsp chilli powder
• 1 tsp turmeric powder
• 1tsp coriander pwder
• salt 
• lemon juice 

 Take  all the dry ingredients in a bowl and make a thick paste  with lemon juice , apply this  paste  to the  fish and allow  it to marinate for 30-60 mins and then shallow  fry  it .