Make the classics, delicious flavorful Fish Curry Recipe of the tender fish piece in spicy gravy. I have included photos that are easy quick to make as well. The most important ingredient in this recipe is yogurt with unique creamy it will taste good. I am sharing here is my grandmother’s recipe which is made with fresh fish, spices, yogurt, and temper.
Learn to make a quick fish curry recipe with step-by-step points. Fish is popular all around the world. This is a grandmother-style dish enjoying it in the comfort of your home on a weekend. It takes just 45 minutes to make this recipe on the stovetop with a little marination preparation.
How To Make IT
There are two parts to this recipe.
- First Marination
- Preparing Curry
Lists Number 1
- Fish piece
- Ginger Garlic Paste
- Yogurt
- Coriander powder
- Cumin powder
- Salt
- Red chili Powder
- Turmeric Powder
- Carom Seeds
- Nigella seed
List Number 2
- Mariande Fish
- Cooking Oil
- Onion Paste
- Curry leaf
- Nigella seed
- cumin seeds
- Fenugreek
- kalonji
Preparation
Clean and wash the fish pieces thoroughly under running water. Drain the water completely.
Marination
Take a mixing bowl, add 1 cup of yogurt whisk well until without any lumps. And then add ginger, garlic paste and mix well.
Add 2 tablespoon coriander powder,1 1/2 tablespoon cumin powder,1 teaspoon salt,1/2 teaspoon turmeric powder,1/2 teaspoon Ajwain powder (Carom ),1/2 teaspoon Kalonji powder (Nigella ),2 tablespoons red chili powder mix all of them.
Mix and fold the fish piece to coat in the marinade. Cover the fish and let it sit in the fridge for 30 minutes.
Preparing Curry
While the fish is marinating. Put a cooking pan on the stovetop at medium heat and add 1/2 cooking oil. Temper with 1 teaspoon cumin seeds,1 teaspoon methi dana (Fenugreek),1 teaspoon Black mustard seeds,1 teaspoon kalonji,2 curry leaves.
When the tempering is done. Reduce the heat to low and add onion paste saute the onion paste in the temper for a minute to get the raw smell gone.
Once the onion turns light golden, go ahead and add the marinated fish.
Cook on medium flame until color changes to fish and masala.
When the color has changed now add 1/2 cup water if required and mix.
Cook for 10 minutes on medium flame until the gravy is thick and fish cooked. Once the oil comes up top of the gravy. Turn off the heat. Serve with Boil Rice.
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Fish Curry Recipe (Machli Ka Salan)
Ingredients
Marination Ingredients
- 1 Kg Fish piece
- 2 Tbsp Ginger Garlic Paste
- 1 Cup Yogurt
- 2 Tbsp Coriander powder
- 1 1/2 Tbsp Cumin powder
- 1 Tsp Salt
- 2 Tbsp Red chili Powder
- 1/2 Tsp Turmeric Powder
- 1/2 Tsp Ajwain powder (Carom )
- 1/2 Tsp Kalonji powder (Nigella )
Preparing Curry Ingredients
- 1/2 Cup Cooking Oil
- 1 Cup Onion Paste
- 2 Curry leaf
- 1 Tsp Nigella seed
- 1 Tsp Cumin seeds
- 1 Tsp Methi dana (Fenugreek)
- 1 Tsp Black mustard seeds
Instructions
Marination
- Take a mixing bowl, add 1 cup of yogurt whisk well until without any lumps. And then add ginger, garlic paste and mix well.
- Add 2 tablespoon coriander powder,1 1/2 tablespoon cumin powder,1 teaspoon salt,1/2 teaspoon turmeric powder,1/2 teaspoon Ajwain powder (Carom ),1/2 teaspoon Kalonji powder (Nigella ),2 tablespoons red chili powder mix all of them.
- Mix and fold the fish piece to coat in the marinade. Cover the fish and let it sit in the fridge for 30 minutes.
Preparing Curry
- While the fish is marinating. Put a cooking pan on the stovetop at medium heat and add 1/2 cooking oil. Temper with 1 teaspoon cumin seeds,1 teaspoon methi dana (Fenugreek),1 teaspoon Black mustard seeds,1 teaspoon kalonji,2 curry leaves.
- When the tempering is done. Reduce the heat to low and add onion paste saute the onion paste in the temper for a minute to get the raw smell gone.
- Once the onion turns light golden, go ahead and add the marinated fish.
- Cook on medium flame until color changes to fish and masala.
- When the color has changed now add 1/2 cup water if required and mix.
- Cook for 10 minutes on medium flame until the gravy is thick and fish cooked. Once the oil comes up top of the gravy. Turn off the heat. Serve with Boil Rice.
