FISH IGURU

An everyday dish of fish cooked in spices, make the gravy as thin or thick as you like.An easy recipe of fish.very easy to make at home.

Ingredients:500 gm fish (of your choice) - cut into 2 1/2 cm/1" thick     slices, diagonally

1 tsp turmeric

1/2 tsp salt or to taste

Grind together

1 1/2 cup onion - roughly chopped

1 tsp garlic - chopped

2 tsp ginger - chopped

2-3 dried red chillies

1 tsp salt or to taste

1/2 tsp turmeric

To Proceed

    1/2 cup mustard oil

    1 tsp onion seeds

    1/4 tsp cinnamon - broken in small pieces

    4 cloves

    4 green cardamoms

    1 bay leaf

    2 green chillies - slit lengthwise

    3 cups water

    coriander leaves for garnish

Method:

1. Wash the fish and apply the 1/2 tsp salt and 1 tsp turmeric over all the pieces.
2. Heat the oil in a heavy based saucepan, and fry fish slices in it, first on one side, then the other, over high heat, till a golden color.
3. Lift the fish out of the oil, and keep aside. In the same oil, add the onion seeds, cinnamon, cloves, cardamom and bay leaf, stir fry 2-3 times, and add the ground paste.
4. Saute till fat separates, then add the green chillies and stir fry a few times.
5. Add the water and bring to a boil and then simmer for about 15 minutes, uncovered.
6. Add the fish just before serving, bring to a boil (by which time the fish should be cooked through, otherwise simmer till done), and serve hot garnished with the coriander leaves.