Fish curry with Potato in Coconut gravy

About this Recipe...

Here I have combined two regional style of cooking in my fish curry recipe. The bengali style fish curry with potato and the coconut based gravy with a hint of tamarind, which is very popular kind of fish curry preparation in the state of Kerala.
So overall it's a spicy, tangy fish curry recipe which goes well with steamed rice.
I have used Salmon here, you can use any fish of your choice.

Ingredients

For Marination of the Fish

• 4 Pieces Fish fillets
• Oil for frying the fish
• 1 Tbsp Turmeric powder
• Salt to taste
• 1 tsp Black pepper powder
• 1 tsp Lemon juice

For the Curry

• 1 Medium size potato cut into cubes
• 2 Tbsp Oil
• 1 tsp Mustard seeds
• 1 tsp Cumin seeds
• 1 medium size Chopped Onion
• 1 Tbsp Ginger-garlic paste
• 1 tsp Green chilli paste
• 1/2 tsp Turmeric powder
• 1 tsp Red chilli powder
• 1 tsp Cumin powder
• 1 tsp Coriander powder
• 1 medium sized Tomato
• 2 Tbsp Freshly grated coconut
• 2 Tbsp Tamarind pulp
• Salt as per taste
• 1/2 tsp Garam masala powder
• Finely chopped cilantro for garnishing

Directions

1. Take the fish fillets in a bowl, add salt, turmeric powder, black pepper powder and lemon juice, mix everything with the fish and keep in refrigerator for 30 minutes.
2. After 30 minutes heat up oil in a pan and lightly fried the marinated fish pieces and keep aside, in the same pan fry the potato cubes and keep aside.
3. In that pan if required then take some oil for the gravy, heat it up and add mustard seeds and cumin seeds and let it splutter.
4. Now add chopped onion and fry it till gets light brown color and then add ginger-garlic-green chili paste and the other dry spices and fry it till oil separates from the spices.
5. Now take the tomatoes and grated coconut in a blender, make a paste and add it to the pan and mix with the spices.
6. Now add water to the pan for the gravy and let it come to a boil,after it comes to a boil add salt as per taste, tamarind pulp, fried potato cubes and let it come to another boil.
7. After it comes to a boil add the fried fish pieces gently, mix everything and cook it for another 2-3 minutes.
8. Now finally add garam masala powder and garnish it with chopped cilantro leaves. Your fish curry with potato in coconut gravy is ready to serve.