Goan fish curry

Goan fish curry

Ingredients:

1. fish cleaned and cut into pieces -1 kg
2. tamarind -lemon sized
3. hot water -1/2 cup
4. onion sliced -1 large
5. tomato sliced -1 large
7. dry red chillies - 8
8. garlic paste -2 tbsps
9. ginger paste -1 tbsp
10.grated fresh coconut -1/2 cups
11.coriander powder - 2tbsp
12.cumin powder - 2 tbsps
13.turmeric powder -1/2 tsp
1/2 tsp red chilli powder
2 green chillies slit
2 tbsps vegetable/ canola/ sunflower cooking oil
Hot water for gravy (approximately 2 cups)
Salt to taste

Preparation:

Soak the tamarind in 1/2 a cup of hot water for 10 minutes. Now mash the tamarind with your fingers to mix it well into the water. Strain through a sieve to extract all the pulp. Keep pulp aside.
Put the onion, tomato, coconut, ginger, garlic, dry red chillies, all the spices and the tamarind pureé into your food processor and grind well to make a smooth paste (masala).
Heat a deep pan on a medium flame, add the oil and heat.
Add the green chillies, masala paste you just ground to the oil and fry for 5 minutes.
Now add the 2 cups of water (add more water if you would like more gravy) and bring the gravy to a boil. Reduce the flame to a simmer and cook for 10 minutes. Add salt to taste.