aprosa looqa ( fish curry with coconut milk)
Fish curry with a rich creamy texture. Spicy and coconuty curry
Cooking Time
30min
Prep Time
5 min
Serves
4
Categories
Curry
Dinner
Lunch
Cooking tools used
Mixer Grinder
wet grinder
Cuisines
Indian - Malabar cuisine
Indian - Konkan cuisine
Indian - Kerala
Indian - Karnataka
Indian
Indian - Nawayath cuisine
Indian - South Indian
Kerala Christian/Nasrani cuisine
Kerala Muslim/Mappila cuisine
Ingredients
Main Section
Fish
500
gms
You can chose any fish. Bigger fish tastes better
coconut (grated)
1
unit/count
Either grind it in a wet grinder or using a mixer make a fine paste.
onions
1
unit/count
Small onion finely chopped
tomatoes
1
unit/count
Finely chopped
curry leaves
4-5
unit/count
mustard seeds
1
tsp
oil
3
tsp
chilli powder
1
tsp
Turmeric powder
1
tsp
salt
1
tsp
As per your need
tamarind (raw)
1
inch
cumin seeds
1
tsp
coriander powder
1
tsp
Step 1
First of all grind coconut shreds using a wet grinder or make a fine paste using a mixer grinder. Using a thin muslin cloth or a strainer filter it and make coconut milk.
Step 2
Take a kadai or a vessel of your choice and add oil, put curry leaves, mustard seeds, cumin seeds. Let it splutter. Add chopped onion. Let it fry for a while. Once it starts getting slightly golden add chopped tomato.
Step 3
Once Tomatoes are soft and pulpy add salt , red chilly powder, coriander powder and turmeric powder. Now add the coconut milk to this and keep on stirring until it comes to boil.
Step 4
Once the curry starts boiling add washed and cut fish to it. Add a small piece of(1 inch) tamarind. Keep on stirring the curry with a light hand. Make sure you don't end up mashing th fish
Step 5
Once the fish is cooked. Garnish the curry with some fresh cut coriander leaves.
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