Kerala Fish Curry

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This curry hails from the location authorities of chef-restaurateur KN Vinod and whitethorn beryllium dissimilar galore you've had.

Serve with steamed rice, steamed yucca oregon steamed puttu (cylinders of layered atom flour and coconut).

Malabar tamarind, a tart-tasting dried bark, is simply a cardinal constituent of this dish, and it is antithetic from the caller benignant you whitethorn find successful taste markets. It is disposable online via Amazon.com. Kashmiri (red) chili pulverization is not arsenic spicy arsenic the benignant you whitethorn usage erstwhile making American chili; it and curry leaves are disposable astatine Indian markets and successful immoderate ample supermarkets.

The curry condiment (without the fish) tin beryllium refrigerated for up to 3 days successful advance.

From KN Vinod, chef-owner of Indique successful the District's Cleveland Park neighborhood.

Ingredients

measuring cup

Servings: 6-8

3 pounds skinned striped bass fillets (may substitute immoderate mild white-fleshed food fillets)
Kosher salt
1/2 spoon crushed turmeric, positive much for the fish
1 1/2 tablespoons Kashmiri reddish chili powder, positive much for the food (see headnote)
Juice of 1 lemon
Four oregon 5 1- oregon 2-inch pieces Malabar tamarind (kodampuli; spot headnote)
2 cups blistery water, positive 2 cups tepid water
1/3 cupful positive 2 teaspoons coconut lipid oregon rootlike oil
Fenugreek effect (see headnote)
8 curry leaves (see headnote)
4 oregon 5 cloves garlic, thinly sliced
One 1/2-inch portion peeled caller ginger root, minced
6 to 8 shallots, minced oregon thinly sliced (1 cup)
2 heaping tablespoons crushed coriander
1 tiny Thai greenish chili pepper, slit lengthwise into strips and seeded (optional)
10 ounces (1 1/4 cups) regular coconut milk

Nutritional Facts

Per serving (based connected 8)

Calories
350
Fat
22 g
Saturated Fat
9 g
Carbohydrates
9 g
Sodium
150 mg
Cholesterol
135 mg
Protein
32 g
Fiber
2 g
Sugar
4 g

This investigation is an estimation based connected disposable ingredients and this preparation. It should not substitute for a dietitian’s oregon nutritionist’s advice.

From KN Vinod, chef-owner of Indique successful the District's Cleveland Park neighborhood.

Tested by Bonnie S. Benwick.

Published October 19, 2016

Updated March 15, 2026