Goan-style Fish Curry

Joanne
Joanne @JoanneinBath
Bath, UK

I do like the tradition of fish on Fridays, but also the idea of Friday night curries, so today I mixed the two, got some lovely fresh white fish and fresh prawns on the way home and cooked a Goan style fish curry with coconut milk. Simple, quick and delicious. Serve with basmati rice.

Goan-style Fish Curry

I do like the tradition of fish on Fridays, but also the idea of Friday night curries, so today I mixed the two, got some lovely fresh white fish and fresh prawns on the way home and cooked a Goan style fish curry with coconut milk. Simple, quick and delicious. Serve with basmati rice.

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Ingredients

3–4 servings
  1. 4 tspcoriander seeds
  2. 1 tspcumin seeds
  3. 1green chilli, thinly sliced
  4. 1red chilli, thinly sliced
  5. 2 cmsq (¾in) piece root ginger, peeled and grated
  6. 2garlic cloves, crushed
  7. 1 tspturmeric
  8. 2 tbspsunflower or rapeseed oil
  9. 1onion, finely chopped
  10. 1large fresh or tinned tomato, finely chopped
  11. 1x 400ml tin coconut milk
  12. 1 tbsppalm sugar (or soft light-brown sugar)
  13. 2 tsptamarind paste, or juice of half a lemon
  14. 300 g (1 lb)2oz) firm white fish fillets, skin removed and flesh cut into chunks about 3cm sq (1¼in)
  15. 6-8large prawns in their shells, cooked or raw
  16. 2 tbspchopped coriander, or parsley, or the green tops of spring onion, to garnish

Cooking Instructions

  1. 1

    Toast the coriander seeds, cumin and dried chillis in a dry frying-pan for about a minute. Crush in a pestle and mortar, then mix in the ginger, garlic, turmeric and 1 tsp salt.

  2. 2

    Heat the oil in a wok or frying pan over a medium heat, then add the onion and fry until soft and golden. Add the sliced chillies and cook for another minute.

  3. 3

    Add the coconut milk, sugar, tamarind or lemon juice and bring to just under the boil. Immediately turn down the heat and simmer for about five minutes, until the sauce has thickened slightly. Taste for seasoning.

  4. 4

    Season the fish with salt, then add it with the prawns to the sauce and simmer gently for about four minutes until the fish is cooked through and the prawns are bright pink. Check again for seasoning. Serve with basmati rice and garnish with herbs.

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Joanne
Joanne @JoanneinBath
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Bath, UK
I enjoy cooking mostly because I like eating, but also because it's a great way to relax at the end of the day. I work in book publishing and especially enjoy creating cookbooks written by cooks who love cooking and sharing food rather than creating show stopping dishes that take days to put together. As Nigel Slater would say; 'we are, after all, simply making ourselves something to eat'. I live with my lovely daughter Isobel who rarely pays any kind of compliment but will occasionally admit something I've cooked was quite nice, and our dog Piper, who will eat anything.
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