Sri Lankan Traditional Spicy Fish Curry
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Today I am going to tell you how I make my fish curry. This curry can be made as a curry or you can simmer it and have it with rice. But today I am making this to eat with string hoppers and because of that, I won’t be simmering it much.

This curry goes really well with anything…

You can have this with anything. It doesn’t matter whether it’s rice, bread, string hoppers, roti, or paratha because this goes really well with anything. So when making this, I am not adding any coconut milk and we will be adding a lot of spices. Because of that we can keep this refrigerated for a long time and enjoy it even after a few days.

Spice Mix

Also, I should say that I am not a big fan of cloves, cardamom, or cinnamon but to make this curry tastes better, we cannot skip those. That is mainly because that stuff gives a good flavor to the fish curry. But what I do is I turn those spices into a paste and add them to the curry. Even you can use this trick to add these spices to the curry, and if not you can break these spices into small pieces and just add them. The other way is you can just add these when you are tempering the curry.

Alright, so let’s give this recipe a try.

Spicy Fish Curry

Difficulty: Intermediate Prep Time 10 mins Cook Time 25 mins Total Time 35 mins
Servings: 4
Best Season: Suitable throughout the year

Description

Today I am going to show you how to make spicy fish curry. This curry will go well with anything. Not only with rice, but also with noodles, Roti and etc. Give it a try and you will not regret it.

Ingredients

Ingredients for the Spicy Fish Curry

Instructions

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Preparation of Spicy Fish Curry

  1. First, clean the fish well and add salt, turmeric powder, black pepper, chili powder, roasted curry powder, and a little bit of water.
  2. And, Mix Well with your hands.
  3. Make sure to marinate for at least 30 minutes.
  4. To make the Paste(Spice Mix) - Add ginger garlic paste, black pepper, cardamom, cloves, and cinnamon stick to the mortar
  5. And pound well until it becomes a paste.
    If you do not have any ginger garlic paste, you can simply add ginger and garlic to the mortar separately.
  6. Then, take a pan and add oil and add curry leaves, pandan leaves, sliced garlic, and fry well.
  7. And, add onion, tomato, and green chilies and fry until it turns golden brown.
  8. Next, add garcinia, chili powder, roasted curry powder, and the pounded spice mix.
  9. And, let it fry for a few minutes.
  10. Then, add the marinated fish to the pan and coat the fish well in that spice mix.
  11. Make sure to coat the fish well with the spice mix
  12. Next, add 2 cups of water to the pan. (I added water to the same bowl that the fish was marinated in)
    If you want more gravy, you can add more water.
  13. Mix well.
  14. After that, close the lid and cook the curry for 15 minutes.
  15. And then, let it simmer for 2-3 minutes on low heat.
  16. Finally, stir it well and ENJOY!!!

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Keywords: Spicy Fish Curry, Fish Curry, Sri Lankan Fish Curry, Traditional Sri Lankan Fish Curry, malu mirisata, malu uyala, malu curry

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