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Visitors Recipe

Fish Moilly

Ingredients

For the Fish ½ kg - 500g fish slices – (steaks or fillets you have to cut them into 2 inch cubes & keep) 1tspn chillie pwd ½ tspn turmeric pwd. ½ tspn. Salt 3 –4 tbspns Lime Juice Clean & wash the fish pcs. Well leave to drain – in the meantime make a paste with the ingredients given for the fish coat each pcs. of fish & marinate for 15 mins. Then shallow fry & keep aside. If you don’t want to fry the fish & make the curry – then all you have to do is wash the fish pcs. Well leave to drain – proceed with the method of making the gravy & continue making the curry as given For the Gravy 4 Tbs. oil 1 medium large onion finely sliced 6 fresh green chillies slit in two lengthwise A sprig of curry leaves 1 Tbspn ginger/garlic paste 2 tomatoes each chopped into 8 pcs. 1 ½ tsp. salt. ½ tsp. turmeric pwd 1 tin Coconut milk – divide this tin of thick coconut milk in to 2 Make 2 cups thin coconut milk from one half by adding 1 – 1 ½ cups of water. Use the other ½ - which will be approx. 1 Cup thick coconut milk 3 Tbs. limejuice or vinegar For Garnishing: Chopped Corriander leaves – 2 tbspns.

Method

Heat the oil in a vessel over medium heat. When hot, add the sliced onions, green chillies, curry leaves – when onions are turning brown in colour add ginger/garlic paste & continue to fry on low heat for 2 mins. Now add the chopped tomatoes, salt & turmeric pwd & continue to fry the masala till tomatoes are soft. Now add the thin coconut milk & let the mixture bubble once the mixture bubbles nicely add the fried fish pcs. and shake the vessel nicely so that the fish gets blended with the grave – check the salt – add more if required – lower the heat cover the vessel & leave the curry to simmer for 5 mins. Now add the thick coconut milk shake the vessel again so that the thick coconut milk gets mixed nicely with the fish curry – cover again & leave to simmer for 3-5 mins – remove from heat add lime juice – shake the vessel again for lime juice to blend with the curry – garnish with chopped coriander leaves. To Serve: Shake the vessel nicely before serving lift the required pcs. of fish from the vessel place in a bowl or plate & spoon the gravy over the fish pcs. You can have the Moilly with Rice, Dosa’s; Appam; Iddlies; etc. ** Pl. note once you add the fish pcs. To the curry do not use a spoon for mixing – the fish will break up

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