Fish Balchao

Total Time: 1 hr 20 mins Preparation Time: 35 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 kg kingfish, washed
• 4 onions, peeled,washed and finely chopped
• 4 cloves garlic, peeled,washed and chopped finely
• 1 inch ginger, peeled and chopped
• 1/2 cup fresh coriander leaves, washed and chopped
• 10 -12 cloves
• 1/2 inch cinnamon stick
• 6 black peppercorns
• 1 tablespoon cumin seed
• 1 tablespoon coriander seed
• 1 tablespoon turmeric powder
• 6 red chilies
• 3 tomatoes, washed,peeled and finely chopped
• salt
• 4 tablespoons oil
• 1/2 cup coconut milk

Recipe

• 1 chop the fish into medium-sized pieces.
• 2 keep aside.
• 3 in your mixer/blender, prepare a paste of ginger, garlic and the corriander leaves.
• 4 marinate the fish with this paste mixture and turmeric powder, and keep aside for 15 minutes.
• 5 now, prepare a paste of cloves, cinnamon stick, black peppercorns, cumin seeds, red chillies and corriander seeds in your mixer/blender.
• 6 heat oil in a skillet.
• 7 add the onions to it and stir-fry until they become soft.
• 8 add tomatoes and stir-fry until they become soft and the oil separates.
• 9 add the cinnamon-clove paste and fry for 5 minutes.
• 10 add the marinated fish and the coconut milk.
• 11 cover and cook on low flame for 10 minutes.
• 12 garnish with corriander leaves.
• 13 serve hot with cooked long-grain basmati rice.