Fish Molee / Moli or Meen Molee is a famous fish curry from Kerala (South India). The word molee literally means “stew”. Fish Molee is a preparation where fish is stewed in coconut milk and very low spiced flavor in masala is prepared, so that flavor of the fish dominates the taste of the curry.
Ingredients #
- Basa Fish (or any white fish) - 600 gm (cubed)
- Coconut Milk - 200 ml
- White Onions - 2 medium (finely sliced)
- Ginger - 1 and ½ inch (finely shredded)
- Garlic - 4 cloves (cut in half, length-ways)
- Black Cardamom - 2 (lightly crushed)
- Cloves - 4
- Cinnamon Stick - 2 (3 cm pieces)
- Bay-leaf - 1
- Turmeric Powder - 1 and ½ teaspoon (or 2 teaspoons)
- Plain Flour - 1 teaspoon
- Green Chilly - 2 (split in half, length-ways)
- Salt (to taste) - 2 teaspoon
- Oil (mustard) - 5 tablespoons (90 ml approx.)
- Water - 1 cup
- Lemon - ½
Recipe #
Add oil to a wok (Karahi), when it is hot add onions.
Fry till the edges start to turn golden brown (approx 10 minutes).
Add cardamom, cloves, cinnamon and bay leaf, fry for another 1 minute.
Add ginger, garlic, green chilly and turmeric and fry for another 1 minute.
Add flour and salt and stir in for another 1 minute.
Add fish, pour water just to cover and simmer for 3 minutes (until fish is part cooked).
Add coconut milk, bring to simmer and cook for further 2-3 minutes (until fish is cooked through).
Sharpen with lime juice.
PS: Serve with boiled Basmati rice.