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A Typical Konkan Coastal Fish Curry Rice Meal for Four persons cooked in less than 30 minutes (excluding preparation)

To keep it real have used my daily regular utensils 😉 😉

A meal for four persons

1. Raouns (Rawas, Indian Salmon) Fish Curry
2. Cabbage Vegetable
3. Lepo (Sole Tounge Fish) fry
4. Steamed rice
5. Mango pickle (homemade)

1. Rawas/Raouns (Indian Salmon) Fish curry

Ingredients

• 8 pieces Raouns fish
• ½ medium onion
• 2 green chillies
• 1” pc ginger
• 1 raw mango
• 1 tsp. Salt or to taste

To grind to a paste

• 4 Kashmiri chillies
• 1/4 tsp turmeric
• 1 tbsp. coriander seeds
• 6 peppercorns
• ½ tsp cumin seeds
• 3 tbsp. coconut powder
• 2 flakes garlic
• ½ medium onion

Method

1. Clean and wash & cut fish.  Apply a little salt and set aside. 
2. Grind the masala to a smooth paste. 
3. Slice the onion, green chillies and ginger. 
4. Wash and peel the raw mango and cut into wedges.
5. Heat 1 to 2 tbsp. coconut oil and add the sliced onion, green chillies and ginger.  Saute till lightly brown. 
6. Keep the flame low so the flavors of the onion, chillies and ginger release and give off a nice aroma. 
7. Add the masala paste, the masala water, raw mango pieces and salt. 
8. Stir and increase the flame and bring to a boil, simmer till oil appears on the edges. 
9. Add the fish, stir and bring to a boil.  Reduce flame to medium low and cook for ten minutes. 
10. When curry is done it will leave fat and appear glossy.
11. Remove from flame.

P.S.: Same recipe may be used for Pomfret, Gole fish (Hammour), Mandeli (Golden Anchovies), Surmai (Kind Fish).  This curry is called sweet fish curry where chillies are less and coriander seeds are more. Other curries are the amotik (Spicy hot) usually made with Tarle (Sardines), Bangde (Mackerels), Bhing (Herring) Tato (Shark) etc., Green curry with fresh green masala for Pomfret, Fresh Bombay duck, etc. and the Kane  (Lady Fish) where curry to similar to above but Ajwain is added to the masala and onion and garlic are increased. 

2. Cabbage vegetable

Ingredients

• 2 to 3 cups shredded cabbage
• 1 medium onion
• 2 green chillies
• 1 small tomato (Optional)
• 1 sprig curry leaves
• 4 flaked garlic
• ½ tsp mustard seeds
• 1 tbsp. coconut oil
• 2 tbsp. fresh grated coconut
• 1 tsp. salt or to taste

Method

1. Shred the cabbage and soak in salted water for few minutes. 
2. Slice the onion and green chillies, chop the tomato.
3. Crush the garlic cloves and wash the curry leaves.
4. Heat the oil in a pan, add mustard seeds and allow to splutter. 
5. Add the garlic and curry leaves, followed by the chillies and onion and saute for a minute. 
6. Add the cabbage and salt, mix.
7. Cover and cook for 5 to 10 minutes till done.  Do not add any water.
8. Garnish with fresh coconut.

3. Lepo fry (Sole Tongue fish fry)

Ingredients

• 8 to 10 Lepo
• 3 tsp. red chilli powder (or to taste)
• ½ to 1 tsp. salt (to taste)
• 2 tbsp. vinegar
• Rice flour or Rava to coat the fish

Method

1. To clean the fish, cut the head and pull out the skin from both sides and the intestines.  Wash and leave aside to drain.
2. Mix the red chilli powder, salt and vinegar to a paste and apply to the fish and marinate for half hour.
3. Heat some oil to shallow fry the fish. 
4. Take some rice flour or rava in a plate. 
5. Roll the fish to coat evenly and fry on medium flame for 5 minutes on each side till crisp.

4. Steamed Rice

• 1.5 cups basmati rice or boiled rice if you wish
• 1 tsp. salt

1. Wash the rice and soak in water for atleast 15 minutes.
2. Bring water to a boil in a vessel. 
3. Add the pre-soaked rice, salt and bring to a boil. 
4. Reduce flame and simmer till rice is tender.  Strain the water. 

Tip: Cook the rice on low flame so the grains remain whole and separate and do not break.