Fish Moilee

Kerala Style

Ingredients

Seer Fish            - 300 gms ( vanjiram )
Lemon juice       - squeezed out of 1 lemon
Ginger                - 1 tsp
Green Chillies     - 3 nos or according to taste
Big onion            - 1 big
Tomato               - 1
Curry leaves        - 4 sprigs
Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp
Pepper powder    - 1/2 tsp
Salt                      - to taste
Coconut milk        - thin 1 cup & thick 1 cup

METHOD

Step 1 : Marinate fish in 1/4 tsp turmeric powder,salt & lemon juice for half an hour

Step 2 : In a kadai, add vegetable oil (i prefer-coconut oil or sesame oil) , big onion ( sliced thinly length wise ),after
it turns translucent,add curry leaves, green chillies, ginger & saute for some time.Then add fish & thin coconut milk first (3rd milk), the remaining turmeric powder,pepper powder & salt & cook till fish cooks 3/4th . Finally add the thick coconut milk & tomato pieces & close & leave to simmer for few seconds in medium heat. Then take off heat & garnish again with curry leaves .

TIPS : Do not allow the thick coconut milk to boil & Tomato should be added only in the end, otherwise the acidity in the tomato will curdle the coconut milk.

Goes well with Malabar paratha, appam , idiappam etc. it is a very light dish.