CURRY NO.2 SPINACH AND FISH GRAVY

RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
SHEERIN HABEEB,
KHARTOUM,SUDAN.

                            


Spinach and Fish Gravy
Ingredients
Spinach: 2bunches (steamed and pureed)
Onions: 2 medium sizes (finely chopped into small pieces)
Jeera: 1 teaspoon
Fennel seeds: ½ teaspoon
Tomato: 1 big (pureed)
Ginger paste: 1 tablespoon
Garlic paste: 2 tablespoon
Fish masala: 2 tablespoon
Chicken masala/ mutton masala/ beef masala (any one): 2-3 tablespoon
Garam masala: 1 teaspoon
Fish fillets: 10 pieces (marinated with salt and shallow fried)
Oil: for cooking
Salt to taste
Sugar: 1 teaspoon
Water: 1 cup
Coriander leaves: 1 bunch (finely chopped)

Preparations
Take a kadai and heat oil. Add jeera and fennel seeds and fry for few seconds. Now add onions and fry well till they turn brown (don’t burn it)
Now add the dry masalas and fry well till they leave raw smell.
Now add tomato puree, salt, ginger and garlic paste and cook well adding little water. Now masala gravy is done.
Add sugar and palak (spinach) puree and cook for few minutes. No need to overcook as spinach is already cooked.
Now add the shallow fried fish fillets and cook in 2-3 minutes in medium flame. Add the coriander leaves.
Spinach & fish gravy is now done.
You can serve with steamed rice, rotis, chappathis and naans

CURRY NO .1 FISH CURRY

RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
SHEERIN HABEEB,
KHARTOUM,SUDAN.

                            

Fish Gravy (my style)
Ingredients
Fish fillets: 10 pieces
Onions: 2 (cut into 1inch sizes)
Green chillies: 4
Ginger garlic paste: 3 tablespoons
Fish masala: 3 tablespoons
Tomatoes: 2
Coriander leaves: 1 bunch
Soya sauce: 2 spoons
Milk cream: 2 tablespoons
Pepper: 1 teaspoon
Salt: for fish marinating and for gravy
Sugar: 1 spoon
Turmeric powder: for marinating
Oil: for frying the fish and for gravy

Preparations
First marinate the fish with turmeric powder and salt and keep it aside for 20 minutes
Take pan, heat oil and shallow fry the fish till its half cooked.
Now in the same pan (add oil if necessary) put onions and fry till it turns pink.
Now add the cut green chillies and salt and fry little more.
Now add thinly sliced tomatoes and cook till tomatoes turns mushy.
Put ginger garlic paste and cook well
Now add fish masala, pepper and cook the masala. Add soya sauce and sugar cook well.
Add water to make the gravy and cook till it becomes slightly thick.
Add the cut coriander leaves and the fried fish fillets. The fish will cook in few minutes.
Add salt if necessary.
Last add the cream and the gravy will turn into nice creamy sauce.
Serve hot with plain rice, naan or roti or even toasted bread.......
(We are shallow frying the fish so that it becomes little hard and it will not break in the process of making the gravy)

— with Zabeena Taj.