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Goan Fish Curry (Goan Coconut Fish Curry)

Name: Goan Fish Curry (Goan Coconut Fish Curry)
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: India
Ingredients: firm white fish, cubed 400 g; coconut milk 300 ml; tamarind paste 15 g; kokum 10 g; onion, chopped 120 g; tomatoes, chopped 150 g; ginger, grated 15 g; garlic, minced 12 g; green chilies, split 10 g; curry leaves 10 g; turmeric 3 g; coconut oil 40 ml; fine salt 5 g

Fish simmered in a coconut, tamarind and kokum-spiced gravy.

40 minutes · 4 servings · Easy

Goa's cooking carries a Portuguese Catholic past alongside its Hindu and Muslim traditions, and its fish curries are built on coconut with kokum or vinegar for sourness rather than with tamarind alone. Coastal kitchens cook whichever fish came in that morning, so the recipe is a method rather than a specification. The gravy should reduce until it coats the fish and pulls slightly from the pan.

Ingredients

firm white fish, cubed400 g
coconut milk300 ml
tamarind paste15 g
kokum10 g
onion, chopped120 g
tomatoes, chopped150 g
ginger, grated15 g
garlic, minced12 g
green chilies, split10 g
curry leaves10 g
turmeric3 g
coconut oil40 ml
fine salt5 g

Directions

1
Fry onion, ginger, garlic, chili and curry leaves 6 minutes.
2
Add tomato, turmeric, tamarind and kokum; simmer 6 minutes.
3
Add coconut milk; simmer 5 minutes.
4
Add fish; simmer 8 minutes until 63C internal.

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