Last Updated on December 14, 2020 by Chef Mireille
Recently, I came home with some tilapia fillets and decided I wanted to try a new recipe with them, instead of my usual fish recipes I do. I had saved this recipe for a Mangalorean Pineapple Chicken Curry a while ago on one of my Pinterest boards. I changed a few things and made it into a Fish Curry. This is a delicious sweet and tangy curry I hope you enjoy and are tempted to try yourself.
Mangalore is a port city located on the western coast of southern India. It has a tropical climate. Due to its location, fish is a major part of Mangalorean cuisine, along with coconut. Here is my version of a Mangalorean style Fish Curry.
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Ingredients:
2 1/2 pounds tilapia fish fillets, cut into large pieces
2 tablespoons tamarind pulp
1/2 cup boiling water
1/2 pineapple, peeled, cored and chopped
1/2 teaspoon red chile pepper (cayenne pepper)
1 teaspoon ground turmeric
1 tablespoon palm sugar
salt to taste
1 1/2 teaspoons sesame seeds
1 1/2 teaspoons fenugreek seeds
1 1/2 tablespoons grated coconut
1 tablespoon oil or ghee
1 teaspoon mustard seeds
7 curry leaves
In a dry skillet, roast sesame seeds, fenugreek seeds and coconut for a few minutes, until golden.
Cool for a few minutes and then grind to a powder.
Pour boiling water over tamarind and let sit for 15 minutes. Strain, squeezing out all of the water from the tamarind.
In a blender, puree pineapple with tamarind water.
In a large skillet, combine the pinapple puree with the chile, turmeric, sugar, salt and ground sesame seed etc. mix. Bring to a boil. Add fish pieces and simmer until fish is cooked, about 5 minutes.
In a small skillet, heat oil and add mustard seeds. Once mustard seeds start to pop, add curry leaves 1-2 minutes. Add this to curry and adjust salt, if necessary.
Serve with steamed Basmati rice.
Pineapple Fish Curry & Brown Basmati Rice |
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Fish curry looks tempting and very inviting.
Divya's Culinary Journey
Omg, never tried pineapple with fish,very interesting curry.
Delicious fish curry! Bookmarking the recipe and thanks for linking it to seafood feast.
So mouth-watering…it's my first visit here…love ur blog Chef..
Hi there! Tomorrow's Food on Friday is all about curries! It would be great if you popped by and linked this in. Cheers
Very nice and informative blog posting. Among all the fish, tilapia fish is Awesome! Tilapia fish farming is very profitable and easy. I like tilapia fish dish very much for it's unique taste and nutritional value.