Seafood Recipes - Malabari Fish

Ingredients

• 1 coconut, grated (shredded)

• 1.5 l/2 1/2 pts/6 cups hot water

• 45 ml/3 tbsp oil

• 3 onions, thinly sliced

• 10 cloves garlic, chopped

• 5 cm/2 in ginger root, chopped

• 6 green chilies, slit

• 100 g/4 oz/` cup plain (all-purpose) flour

• 5 ml/1 tsp ground turmeric 2 tomatoes, chopped

• 900 g/2 lb cod or white fish, thickly sliced

• 45 ml/3 tbsp white wine vinegar

• salt

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Method:

1. Add 300 ml/1/2 pt/2/3 cup hot water to the grated coconut and extract a thick milk. Add the remaining hot water to the coconut and strain to extract the second milk.

2. Heat the oil and fry the onions, gar­lic and ginger for 2 minutes. Add the chilies, flour and turmeric, stirring well to avoid lumps. Add the tomatoes and thin coconut milk, bring to the boil then simmer for 10 minutes.

3. Add the fish and white wine vinegar and simmer for 15 minutes. Add the thick coconut milk and salt and simmer for 5 minutes. Serve hot with plain rice or idlis.