Monday, February 18, 2008

Fish Stew



Fish Stew


Ingredients

500 gm fish (any variety)
1 coconut, grated
1 inch ginger, minced
5 green chillies, minced
5 cloves
1" cinnamon stick
2 black cardamoms
1/2 tsp pepper powder
1 tsp salt
1/2 cup coconut oil

For the seasoning

8 small sambhar onions, peeled and fried
2 tsp coconut strips, fried

Method

1. Clean and cut the fish into small pieces.

2. Prepare two extracts of coconut, first with 1 cup of warm water, second with 2 cup of warm water

3. Heat oil in a pressure pan and saute the seasoning ingredients, minced ginger, chillies, cloves,cinnamon, cardamoms and the fish pieces for 2-3 minutes.

4. Add the second extract and salt and pressure cook

5. Finally add the first extract and the pepper powder and boil it for a minute. Remove it from fire and transfer the contents to a serving dish.

6. Garnish it with the fried sambhar onions and the fried coconut strips.

7. Serve hot with appam or pappadam.





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