Antonia’s Amma’s Sri Lankan Fish Curry
Instructions
  1. In a bowl, mix together 1 tsp turmeric, lime juice, and salt and rub gently onto fish. Let marinate in the fridge for about 1 hour.
  2. To make your sauce, finely chop onions, ginger, tomatoes, garlic and chillies, keeping them all separate.Heat a large pan over a medium–high heat and add oil. Add the cumin seeds, fenugreek seeds, mustard seeds, cardamom and gently fry for a minute until spices start to splutter.
  3. Now add the onion, ginger, garlic, chillies and curry leaves and saute for 5 to 10 minutes, or until the onion is golden brown.
  4. Stir in the chopped tomatoes. Let them cook for about 5 minutes or until oil starts to separate out on the edges. Add tamarind paste, coconut milk, salt and a cup of water, then simmer for 10 minutes, as the sauce reduces.
  5. Add the fish to the sauce and simmer until the fish is cooked through and opaque.
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Antonia's Amma's Sri Lankan Fish Curry
Instructions
  1. In a bowl, mix together 1 tsp turmeric, lime juice, and salt and rub gently onto fish. Let marinate in the fridge for about 1 hour.
  2. To make your sauce, finely chop onions, ginger, tomatoes, garlic and chillies, keeping them all separate.Heat a large pan over a medium–high heat and add oil. Add the cumin seeds, fenugreek seeds, mustard seeds, cardamom and gently fry for a minute until spices start to splutter.
  3. Now add the onion, ginger, garlic, chillies and curry leaves and saute for 5 to 10 minutes, or until the onion is golden brown.
  4. Stir in the chopped tomatoes. Let them cook for about 5 minutes or until oil starts to separate out on the edges. Add tamarind paste, coconut milk, salt and a cup of water, then simmer for 10 minutes, as the sauce reduces.
  5. Add the fish to the sauce and simmer until the fish is cooked through and opaque.