Butter Fish sambar curry

Butter Fish sambar curry

I only cook fish when I can find extremely fresh product at the market. I discovered some wonderful looking Butter fish at the market.this is a tasty fish packed with essential, healthy, fatty acids.I pan-fried some of the fish which are bigger in size and then i tried this gravy for the remaining, it's creamy and very flavourful due to the use of sambar powder and curry leaves . If butter fish isn't your thing, you could replace it with other fish, It's just as delicious.

Prep time: 15 minutes
Cook time: 15 minutes
Ingredients

• 10 (1/2kg) Butter fish( soundale in konkani)
• 1/2 Coconut,grated
• 2 heaped tsp Sambar powder
• 2tsp Chilly powder
• 2tsp Ginger ( chopped)
• 1 Marble sized ball of Tamarind
• 3-4 Green chillies
• 2 Onion ( medium)
• 2 Tomatoes chopped
• 5-6 Garlic cloves ( finely chopped)
• 1 spring Curry leaves
• 1tbsp Coconut oil
• 1/4tsp Turmeric powder/haldi

Cooking Directions

1. Ask your fishmonger to chop the head and and tail. Make sure the fish skin is scaled.
2. Now Wash and clean the fish. Place the fish in a small, shallow dish. Drizzle with 2 tablespoons lemon juice. Season with salt ,haldi and 1 clove of crushed garlic. Make sure the spices coat the fish. Marinate the fish for no more than 10 minutes.
3. Now grind coconut,chilly powder,sambar powder,ginger and tamarind to smooth paste and our masala paste is ready.
4. Heat oil in a sauce pan ,add onion and fry until translucent .
5. Add chopped remaining garlic and saute for a minute till light golden brown.
6. Drop some tomatoes chopped and chopped green chillies, saute again till the tomato pieces are well cooked and mushy.
7. Now pour the ground masala paste into the sauce pan and add 11/2 cup of water and some curry leaves cut into small pieces into the gravy.
8. Add little salt and be careful as we added salt while marinated the fish.
9. Bring to boil for 4-5 mins on low flame and switch off the gas.
10. Serve hot with Red boiled rice or plain white rice