Learn how to make Goan Fish Curry recipe at home from The Bombay Chef Varun Inamdar on Get Curried.
Goan Fish Curry is an authentic curry recipe prepared using coconut, chillies, masalas and Pomfret. It is a flavourful recipe that tastes best when paired with steam rice. Try making this recipe at home and share your experience with us in the comments below.
Wet masala:
5-6 nos red dried chillies, soaked in water
1/2 cup fresh Coconut, sliced
1 tbsp Tamarind Paste
1 inch fresh Ginger, peeled & chopped
3 nos Garlic cloves
½ medium sized Red Onion, sliced
¼ tsp Turmeric Powder
¼ tsp Cumin seeds
¼ tsp Black Pepper
1 tsp Coriander Seeds
1/2 medium onion chopped
Water for grinding
Tempering:
500 grams fish slices
2 cups water
Salt as required
2 nos green chillies slit
Method of preparation:
For Marination:
Use a whole pomfret which is washed, cleaned, gutted & give it few gashes.
Add some turmeric, salt to it and rub the fish on either side.
Massage it well and ensure that you fill in all the cuts and gashes.
For the masala:
In a mixer jar add sliced coconut, red chillies, coriander seeds, garlic, peppercorns, cumin seeds, onion, green chillies, ginger and grind them.
After running it in the grinder for few seconds, scrape the sides off, add tamarind and water. Grind it into a fine paste.
Heat a vessel, transfer the paste into it and add in water.
Increase the flame and add salt to the curry, give it a good mix.
Cover it with a lid and cook it for 10 minutes.
Add in the marinated fish, splash the curry on top of the fish, cover it with a lid and cook it for next 8-10 minutes.
Add in few slit green chillies and now its ready to plate.
Our Goan Fish Curry is ready.