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Kerala · Dinner

Seer Fish Curry

🍗 Non-veg🌾 Gluten-free📊 Medium

Traditional 82. Seer Fish Curry recipe

⏱️10 minPrep
🔥20 minCook
🕒30 minTotal
🍽️4Serves

🧺 Ingredients

👩‍🍳 How to make Seer Fish Curry

  1. Season seer (5 mins): Rub steaks with 1/2 tbsp ginger-garlic paste, 1/2 tsp turmeric, and salt. Let sit for 5 minutes.
  2. Brown onions (3 mins, medium-high heat): Heat coconut oil, add sliced onions. Fry for 2-3 minutes until softened.
  3. Build spice base (3 mins, medium heat): Add remaining ginger-garlic paste and cook for 1 minute. Add Kashmiri chili powder, coriander powder, black pepper powder. Stir for 2 minutes; oil separates.
  4. Add tomatoes (3 mins, medium heat): Add chopped tomatoes, cover and cook for 2-3 minutes until broken down.
  5. Add kudampuli (1 min, medium heat): Pour kudampuli water and simmer for 1 minute.
  6. Add thin coconut milk (1 min, medium heat): Pour thin coconut milk, bring to gentle simmer.
  7. Finish (2 mins, low heat): Pour thick coconut milk slowly, stirring gently. Simmer for final 2 minutes. Gravy should be creamy and coat fish evenly.

📖 Cultural notes

Seer Fish Curry honors this premium game fish of Kerala's deep waters, where robust, meaty flesh stands up to bold tamarind sourness in celebration meals. ---

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