Easiest Way to Make Delicious Malay Fish Curry

Malay Fish Curry. Hazel McBride shares the fragrant and spicy world of South African food in her recipe for Cape Malay fish curry. Step by step learn how to cook and prepare the most delicious fish curry using the techniques of the Cape Malay. You can use any firm white fish to make this aromatic fish curry.

Authentic South African Cape Malay Fish Curry recipe, with easy step-by-step instructions & resources to obtain traditional, often hard to find ingredients. Fish head curry (Malay: kari kepala ikan, Indonesian: kari kepala ikan or gulai kepala ikan) is a dish in Indonesian, Malaysian and Singaporean cuisines with mixed Indian and Chinese origins. This curry is definitely not an exact replica of what we were served Add the fish and prawns and stir. You can have Malay Fish Curry using 23 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Malay Fish Curry

1. You need of Halba Campur (Thalippu Spice Blend) recipe;.
2. Prepare 1 Tbsp of Mustard Seeds.
3. Prepare 1 tsp of Fenugreek.
4. Prepare 1 tsp of Fennel Seeds.
5. You need 1 tsp of Cumin Seeds.
6. Prepare 1 tsp of Black Gram (Ulunthu).
7. It's of Main Ingredients;.
8. It's 130 g of Sea bass fillet (mackerel is good too).
9. You need 2 Tbsp of Curry Powder (see Malay Chicken Curry).
10. Prepare 1 Tbsp of Halba Campur.
11. Prepare 20 g of Shallots (finely chopped).
12. You need 10 g of Garlic (finely chopped).
13. Prepare 20 g of Ginger (finely chopped).
14. Prepare 6 of curry leaves.
15. Prepare 100 g of Potatoes (slice).
16. It's 100 g of Tomatoes (diced).
17. Prepare 2 pc of Tamarind slices.
18. You need 1/2 cup of Coconut milk.
19. Prepare 1/2 cup of Water.
20. It's 2 tsp of Sugar.
21. It's 1 tsp of Salt.
22. You need 3 Tbsp of Cooking Oil.
23. You need 1 Stalk of Spring Onion (for Garnish).

Specially made for large variety of fish curry dishes including fresh water fish. It has its own special taste for those who loves extra hot and spicy taste. It is also suitable to use as an additional flavour to. This Salted Fish Curry is an adaptation of the Nyonya version using freshly salted fish instead of dried salted fish.

Malay Fish Curry instructions

1. In a wok heat cooking oil on high heat. Fry the Halba Campur spice blend until fragrant. Then add the shallots, garlic and ginger and fry these until fragrant. Then add the curry powder and mix well until that is fragrant..
2. Next add the tomatoes and potatoes and fry for 1 minute. After that, add 1/2 cup of water and cover with a lid. Let it stew for 5 minutes while stirring every 1 minute..
3. Next turn down the heat to low heat. Add in the coconut milk, tamarind slices, curry leaves, sugar, salt and then mix well. Add in the fish and cover with lid for 5 minutes. Serve on a plate and garnish with spring onions..
4. COMMENTARY; Black Gram that you use for this is the processed one and it is white in color. The Malay name for it is Halba Putih (White Fenugreek) which is wrong. You can substitute Black Gram with Nigella Seeds (Black Carraway) and this spice blend recipe is called Panch Phoron that is used in Northeast India (Bengal, Nepal).

Curry fish was brought to the Cape from the East when the slave trade was still in operation. Today it is an immensely popular Cape Malay dish made by everyone around the world, and not only at Easter. This fish curry is quite different from what we normally make at home. This curry has a thick gravy (sauce). However you can add more water to adjust the consistency.