Fish Molee


Ingredients:

Fish Fillets: 8-10 pieces
Tomato: 1 medium, cut lengthwise
Onion: 1 medium, chopped
Garlic: 3 cloves, minced
Ginger-Garlic paste: 1 1/2 tsp
Green chillies: 5, cut lengthwise
Curry Leaves: 10 leaves
Cilantro: Few
Turmeric Powder: 3/4 tsp
Chilli Powder: 1/2 tsp
Pepper Powder: 3 tsp
Vinegar or Lemon juice: 1 1/2 tsp
Coconut Milk, thick: 2 1/2 cup
Oil & Salt
Direction:

  • Marinate cleaned fish fillets with ginger-garlic paste, salt, 1/4 tsp turmeric powder, 1/2tsp chilli powder, and 1 tsp pepper powder
  • Heat oil in a pan and shallow fry fish on each side for 2-3 minutes on medium flame. (No need to cook the fish through completely at this point)
  • Place the fish on paper towel to soak up the excess oil
  • Add more oil in the same pan if necessary
  • Add onion, garlic, and green chillies and saute for 5 minutes
  • Add tomatoes and rest of pepper powder and turmeric powder and mix it well with onion.
  • Stir for about 3 minutes and add enough salt to the onion mixture
  • Add the coconut milk and let it heat up in medium-low flame
  • Add the fried fish fillets and cover it and simmer it for few minutes
  • Add vinegar or lemon juice, cilantro leaves, and curry leaves and mix very gently without breaking the fish fillets
  • Serve with Appam or Rice.
Enjoy!!!

Comments

  1. Hey
    First time here!!!
    You have a cute space..Fish molee is my fav,i made it as my 50th post..
    Looks divine!!!

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  2. Thank you for he comment Sarah! Just peeked through your site. Very neat. Nicely done!!! Will check for updates often.

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