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Ingredients
- 1 whole fish, gutted and cleaned (approx 1000-1500 g - see Tips)
- 1000 g Roma tomatoes, cut into quarters
- 8 garlic cloves
- 4 - 6 fresh chillies of choice, deseeded if preferred, cut into thirds
- 1 bunch fresh coriander, stems only; leaves reserved to garnish
- 20 fresh curry leaves
- 1 onion, cut into halves
- 80 g vegetable oil
- 1 ½ tbsp black mustard seeds (see Tips)
- 1 tsp cumin seeds
- 1 ½ tbsp Baba's fish curry powder (see Tips)
- 3 tsp Kashmiri chilli powder (see Tips)
- 1 tsp ground turmeric
- 3 tsp sea salt
- 3 tsp tamarind paste (see Tips)
- 1 tsp sugar
- 465 g cooked rice, to serve
- Nutrition
- per 1 portion
- Calories
- 2205.9 kJ / 527.2 kcal
- Protein
- 17.6 g
- Carbohydrates
- 63.8 g
- Fat
- 24.2 g
- Saturated Fat
- 2 g
- Fibre
- 8.7 g
- Sodium
- 1476 mg
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