Fish curry

Goa is famous for its beaches and food. The food of  Goa is incomplete without fish. The people from north have their own way to prepare something than the people from south. Fish curry rice is known as xittcoddi in konkani . The curry is yellowish red in colour because of chillies and turmeric.There are different methods of preparing different fish curry so through my blog I will be writing different fish curry recipe.


1.Prawns Curry (sungtache hooman)

Ingredients

1/2 kg prawns
1 grated coconut
2 fined chopped onion
1 fined chopped tomato
Fined chopped coriander leaves
2 fined chopped chillies
10 -12 red chillies
1/2 teaspoon turmeric powder
1 tablespoon coriander seeds
Salt to taste
Oil for frying

Method of preparing

Clean the prawns and keep aside. For preparing masala grind together grated coconut, onion, turmeric powder , coriander seeds ,red chillies and make it into thin paste. Than hit oil in a pan and add chopped chillies and onion followed by tomato and fry for 1 minute than add prawns with little water and cover the pan with lid for 5 minutes. After that add grinded masala with water and salt and mix it together. After it comes to boil  remove from pan and add coriander leaves. Your prawns curry is ready enjoy it with hot rice.

2. Sardine curry (Tallyanche hooman)

Ingredients

18-20 sardines nicely cleaned
1 grated coconut
2 teaspoons turmeric powder
8-10 tirfala
8-10 kokum
10-12 red chillies
1 teaspoon coriander seeds
Salt to taste

Method of preparing

For preparing masala grind together grated coconut, chillies, turmeric powder ,coriander and make thin paste . Add the prepared paste in pan with water and keep on high heat let it come to boil than add sardines and boil on medium heat for 5 minutes than add crushed tirfala, kokum n salt and cook for 5 minutes. Your sardine curry is ready enjoy it with hot steamy rice.

3.Crab Curry (kulyanche hooman)

Ingredients

8-10 mud crabs
1 grated coconut
3 chopped onion
2 chopped tomato
1 teaspoon Gingergarlic paste
Small bunch of coriander leaves
2-4 green chilies
2 tablespoon garam masala
1/2 teaspoon turmeric powder
Salt to taste
Oil for frying

Methods of preparing

Clean crabs and keep aside. Hit oil in pan and add green chilies, onion, tomato , coriander and fry for 2 minutes  than add grated coconut and fry till golden brown. Let the mixture cool down than add garam masala and grind it in medium size paste and keep aside.  Hit oil in pan and add onion and  fry till golden brown than add tomato and fry for 1 minute add cleaned crab and cover the pan with lid for 5 minute. Add grinded paste and little water and salt to taste. Cook for another 10 minutes remove from heat and than add coriander leaves. Your yummy crab curry is ready enjoy it with rice or chapati.