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Fish In Curried Coconut Sauce

A quick fish curry in flavoured Coconut sauce. This can be prepared under 30 minutes. The only thing you would need with this creamy luscious curry is a bowl hot steamed rice.
Course Main Course
Cuisine Asian
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 20 minutes
Servings 2 piece
Author Subhasmita

Ingredients

  • 2 Basa fillets
  • ½ tsp Salt
  • ½ tsp Turmeric
  • 1 bay leaf
  • 1 Cinnamon small stick
  • 2 Onions small
  • 1 tbsp Ginger Garlic paste
  • 2 Tomatoes small
  • 200 ml Coconut Milk Fresh
  • to taste Salt to
  • Coriander chillies Chopped fresh and greeen

For Curry Paste

  • 1 tsp Cumin powder
  • 1 tsp Coriander Powder
  • ½ tsp Turmeric
  • 1 tsp Chilli powder (Use as per taste)

Instructions

  • Marinate fish fillets with salt and turmeric and marinate for atelaset 1 hour.
  • For curry paste mix all the ingredients in 2-3 tbsp water.Make a thick paste and keep aside.
  • In a pan add 2 tbsp oil. Add bay leaf and cinnamon stick. Let it get aromatic.
  • Add chopped onion. Cook till they are soft and translucent. Add ginger garlic paste. Fry till the raw smell goes off.
  • Add chopped tomatoes. cook until they are soft and cooked thoroughly. Add curry paste and fry till everything comes together and oil starts oozing out.
  • Add 1/2 cup of water and bring everything to a boil.
  • While the gravy is boiling, heat a griddle pan. Brush it with enough oil. When it is really hot, put the fillets skin side down. Let it grill for 2-3 minutes. When the fillets are not sticking any more to the pan flip them to the other side using a spatula and cook for another 2 minutes.
  • Reduce the temperature of gravy.Add fish fillets. Add coconut milk. Season with salt.
  • Let the gravy come to a single boil and switch off the gas.(Don't boil for too long after adding Coconut milk).
  • Garnish with chopped coriander and green chilli. Serve on top of hot steamed rice.