Friday, December 5, 2025
ADVT 
Food

Kerala fish curry

Chef Kishore Rangan Darpan, 19 May, 2023
  • Kerala fish curry

Ingredients:

Vegetable oil – ½  cup

Coconut oil – 1 cup 

Mustard seeds – 30gms

Cumin seeds – 20 gms

Dry red chili – 8 to 10 whole

Hing powder – as needed

Curry leaves – as needed

Onion diced – 3 cups

Ginger and garlic paste – 1cup

Tomato puree – 6 cups

Turmeric powder – 80gms

Chili powder – 80gms

Coriander powder – 80gms

Salt – as needed 

Fish – as per need

Coconut milk – 8cups

Cilantro chopped – 1cup

Method: 

Heat vegetable oil and half the coconut oil and add mustard seed and cumin seed until the seeds crackle.

Add dry red chili, curry leaves and splash hing on it.

Add onion and sauté until the raw flavour is not present.

Add g&g paste, tomato puree, and all the spices and cook well for 10-20mintues.

The sauce can be chunky or smooth (as needed). Add the fish and pour coconut milk and simmer until fish is cooked.

Turn off the heat and add rest of the coconut oil and garnish with chopped cilantro

MORE Food ARTICLES

Achari Okra

Chef Anjum Anand has worked across the world in innovative restaurants but her real love is delicious and stylish food that is simple enough to cook at home. 

Caramelised Sweet Saffron Rice

Saffron Rice - Perfect with anything!

Balti Baked Squash with Feta, Tomato & Mint

There is no such recipe for balti as it actually means the cooking pot the dish is cooked in rather than a particular spice mix.

Chocolate Cardamom Torte

This recipe brings together two of my favourite ingredients – chocolate and pastry.

Spicy Smoky Potatoes

They had a strange crunch to them that I soon figured out was fried lentils (in this case white urad dhal) so I have added these and a little more right at the end as peanuts, but if you don’t fancy them then just leave them out.

Festive recipes by Chef Anjali Pathak

Anjali Pathak is an exciting talent in the spice arena with a fun-loving and warm character. Having learnt the basics of Indian cookery from a young age, Chef Pathak has stepped out of her heritage and works with spice and flavours from across the globe.