Malay Fish Curry
Malay Fish Curry

Hello everybody, it is Jim, welcome to our recipe site. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a distinctive dish, malay fish curry. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I’m gonna make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.

To serve: Pour some curry sauce into a bowl, arrange fish and prawns on top, drizzle some more sauce over the top of the fish, sprinkle with coconut and lime leaves. This Malaysian Fish Curry (Kari Ikan) is one of the most delicious curries I cook at home. I'm a massive fan of Malaysian and Singaporean food. With vibrant orange hues, soft and tender fish pieces and intense fragrance and flavour it's almost impossible to find any fault.

Malay Fish Curry is one of the most popular of current trending foods in the world. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. It is simple, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. Malay Fish Curry is something which I have loved my entire life. They’re fine and they look fantastic.

To get started with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can have malay fish curry using 23 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Malay Fish Curry:
  1. Take Halba Campur (Thalippu Spice Blend) recipe;
  2. Take 1 Tbsp Mustard Seeds
  3. Take 1 tsp Fenugreek
  4. Take 1 tsp Fennel Seeds
  5. Get 1 tsp Cumin Seeds
  6. Get 1 tsp Black Gram (Ulunthu)
  7. Prepare Main Ingredients;
  8. Take 130 g Sea bass fillet (mackerel is good too)
  9. Take 2 Tbsp Curry Powder (see Malay Chicken Curry)
  10. Make ready 1 Tbsp Halba Campur
  11. Take 20 g Shallots (finely chopped)
  12. Make ready 10 g Garlic (finely chopped)
  13. Make ready 20 g Ginger (finely chopped)
  14. Take 6 curry leaves
  15. Get 100 g Potatoes (slice)
  16. Make ready 100 g Tomatoes (diced)
  17. Get 2 pc Tamarind slices
  18. Prepare 1/2 cup Coconut milk
  19. Prepare 1/2 cup Water
  20. Take 2 tsp Sugar
  21. Prepare 1 tsp Salt
  22. Prepare 3 Tbsp Cooking Oil
  23. Take 1 Stalk Spring Onion (for Garnish)

Then add the shallots, garlic and ginger and fry these until fragrant. Then add the curry powder and mix well until that is fragrant. malaysian fish curry recipe Season the fish with salt and pepper, sprinkle with the lemon juice and set aside. Add the curry powder and the turmeric and mix well. Sprinkle the flour over and stir it in.

Steps to make Malay Fish Curry:
  1. In a wok heat cooking oil on high heat. Fry the Halba Campur spice blend until fragrant. Then add the shallots, garlic and ginger and fry these until fragrant. Then add the curry powder and mix well until that is fragrant.
  2. Next add the tomatoes and potatoes and fry for 1 minute. After that, add 1/2 cup of water and cover with a lid. Let it stew for 5 minutes while stirring every 1 minute.
  3. Next turn down the heat to low heat. Add in the coconut milk, tamarind slices, curry leaves, sugar, salt and then mix well. Add in the fish and cover with lid for 5 minutes. Serve on a plate and garnish with spring onions.
  4. COMMENTARY; Black Gram that you use for this is the processed one and it is white in color. The Malay name for it is Halba Putih (White Fenugreek) which is wrong. You can substitute Black Gram with Nigella Seeds (Black Carraway) and this spice blend recipe is called Panch Phoron that is used in Northeast India (Bengal, Nepal)

Add the curry powder and the turmeric and mix well. Sprinkle the flour over and stir it in. Add the water and bring to boil, stirring. When the oil rises up, add in the lady fingers and fish. This Salted Fish Curry is an adaptation of the Nyonya version using freshly salted fish instead of dried salted fish.

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