Fish Balchao
This was submitted by Sita R. Prabhu Desai and appeared in this week's Thursday magazine. This is a spicy dish that fish lovers are going to love!
INGREDIENTS
Nutrition- 1kg kingfish, washed
- 4
- 4
- 1
- 1⁄2
- 10 -12
- 1⁄2inch cinnamon stick
- 1tablespoon cumin seed
- 1tablespoon coriander seed
- 1tablespoon turmeric powder
- 3
- 4tablespoons oil
- 1⁄2cup coconut milk
DIRECTIONS
- Chop the fish into medium-sized pieces.
- Keep aside.
- In your mixer/blender, prepare a paste of ginger, garlic and the corriander leaves.
- Marinate the fish with this paste mixture and turmeric powder, and keep aside for 15 minutes.
- Now, prepare a paste of cloves, cinnamon stick, black peppercorns, cumin seeds, red chillies and corriander seeds in your mixer/blender.
- Heat oil in a skillet.
- Add the onions to it and stir-fry until they become soft.
- Add tomatoes and stir-fry until they become soft and the oil separates.
- Add the cinnamon-clove paste and fry for 5 minutes.
- Add the marinated fish and the coconut milk.
- Cover and cook on low flame for 10 minutes.
- Garnish with corriander leaves.
- Serve hot with cooked long-grain Basmati rice.