Hello readers, I am back with a new recipe 🙂 Yes, a new recipe on my blog after nearly 1.5 years. Past few months were quite busy and hectic for a good reason. We are blessed with a little baby girl who is 11 months old now and celebrating her first birthday in March. So she keeps me busy all the time and it’s really difficult to get any time for blogging. Though I am a busy new mum; I really miss my blog which was completely ignored by me in past several months. Life has been changed completely and I am occupied with so many things that blogging took a backseat. But as approaching towards 1 year of motherhood; I am slowly getting into a routine. And so planning to make some time to post recipes on my blog and getting on track with blogging (hopefully it goes well🤞🏼).

Recipe for this post is a simple and easy fish curry. Most of the time I publish my family recipes but this fish curry recipe is a new creation. Seafood is a staple in my family and I am a hearty fish eater. I love eating kingfish, pomfret, bombil, Indian salmon, pomfret and list goes on 😜; However I miss my Indian seafood here in UK. After spending few years in UK; it made me realise that I can try some recipes with accessible seafood. And over the time I developed few recipes that thoroughly satisfy my Indian taste buds. This basa fish curry is one of them and if you fancy other recipes that are linked here.

A simple onion-tomato gravy base is used for this recipe. A key ingredient in the recipe is onion seeds or kalonji; also known as nigella seeds. Onion seeds tempering adds unique flavour to simple gravy base. As basa fish doesn’t have any overpowering taste; it perfectly complements flavours of curry. It is a quick and easy recipe for busy day to enjoy with rice or bread. So now let’s checkout detailed recipe below-

Ingredients:

• 2 basa fish fillets
• 1 tbsp vegetable oil
• 1 medium sized onion
• 2 tomatoes
• 1 tbsp ginger garlic paste
• 1/2 tsp onion seeds
• 1 tsp coriander powder
• 1/2 tsp turmeric powder
• 1/2 tsp red chilli powder
• 1 green chilli (optional)
• Salt as per taste
• Fresh coriander for garnish

How to make:

Start with rubbing some salt on fish fillets. I have used readymade fillets which were already cleaned. If you prefer to cut the fish on your own then first clean it throughly, fillet it and apply some salt. Keep these fish fillets aside.

Take a pan over medium heat and add oil into it. Once oil is hot enough turn heat to medium-low. Add onion seeds into it and let them crackle for few seconds.

Meanwhile, finely chop onion and tomatoes.

Next tip in chopped onions into the pan and stir continuously.

Once onions starts to change its colour, add spice powders one after the other. If required add little hot water so that spices won’t get burnt. Mix everything together and then tip in ginger garlic paste. Combine everything and add chopped tomatoes into the pan.

Mix thoroughly so that tomatoes are coated with spice mixture. Add hot water and cover the pan. Let everything cook over medium heat for 5-7 minutes or until tomatoes start to soften.

Make a thick paste or adjust the consistency as required. I like to keep a thick paste.

Season with some salt.

Time to add seasoned fish into the pan. I have cut fillet into small pieces. Slowly transfer your fish fillets into the pan.

Gently coat fish with the paste. If required add some hot water.

Cover the pan and let it cook over medium heat for 5 minutes then simmer for another 5 minutes (or until fish is cooked). While curry is on simmer; add chilli if using. Test taste and add some salt if required.

Turn off the heat and garnish with lots of fresh coriander.

Fish curry is ready to serve. This curry can be best enjoyed with plain steamed rice and some salad on side. A little squeeze of lemon enhances the taste of this curry. You can also serve this curry with bread, roti or paratha to mop all the juices.

I hope you like this recipe and would love to give it a try. As always, your feedback is valuable; so if there are any suggestions then do let me know in comments. Thanks for stopping by and reading this post; do like, share and subscribe to my blog. You can also connect with me on Pinterest || Instagram || Twitter for some amazing food.

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