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Fish Sambar | How to make fish curry with just sambar powder

Name: Fish curry with sambar powder
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 30 min
Ingredients: 500 g Fish; 2 tbsp Oil; Few Curry leaves; 10 Shallots (finely chopped); 2 Green chilli (slit); 2 tsp Ginger garlic paste; ¾ tsp Salt (as per taste); ½ inch Fresh turmeric (finely chopped (optional)); 1 Tomato (finely chopped); ¼ tsp Turmeric powder; 2 tsp Sambar powder (Adjust as per your spice need.); 1 handful Coriander leaves (Finely chopped for garnishing); 1 lemon size Tamarind (Soak and extract water)

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Fish curry recipe with just sambar powder without coconut (Fish Sambar) with step by step pictures and video on how to make fish sambar.

I have been trying out fish curry in different styles and variations for sometime now. Fish sambar or fish curry with sambar powder is one of my try with fish curries.

If you have not tried this fish sambar curry, I recommend you should make this fish curry. It was just awesome. Though I try many, I post only the recipes which comes out well for me. So, you can take it from me that you will surely enjoy this fish curry.

You can use any fish variety. I used one of the small oily fish for this curry.

This is not promoational post. But I suggest Grandma’s brand sambar powder as I loved the curry taste with this masala. If you have any preference or like some sambar powder (any brand or home made), you can very well use that too.

Using shallots and chopping it very small makes a whole lot of difference in taste. So, I would suggest to use shallots when available, as it is tasty and healthy as well.

You can watch the fish sambar video recipe here.

I request you to check out my other seafood recipes too as I keep updating them frequently.

You might like my other fish curry recipes such as fish curry with coconut, fried fish curry, Gonkura fish curry and lady fish curry.

Fish curry with sambar powder

Fish sambar is an easy, simple and tasty fish curry made with just sambar powder.

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Prep Time 5

Cook Time 25

Total Time 30

Course Main Course

Cuisine Indian

Ingredients

500 g Fish
2 tbsp Oil
Few Curry leaves
10 Shallots finely chopped
2 Green chilli slit
2 tsp Ginger garlic paste
¾ tsp Salt as per taste
½ inch Fresh turmeric finely chopped (optional)
1 Tomato finely chopped
¼ tsp Turmeric powder
2 tsp Sambar powder Adjust as per your spice need.
1 handful Coriander leaves Finely chopped for garnishing
1 lemon size Tamarind Soak and extract water

Instructions

Clean and wash the fish. You can keep refrigerated until you add in curry.
Heat a kadai, add oil. Once the oil is heated, add curry leaves.
Add chopped onions, slit green chilli and salt. Saute until onion is brown.
Include ginger garlic paste and saute until its raw smell goes off.
Add fresh turmeric pieces now along with chopped tomatoes.
Saute until the tomatoes are mashed.
Add turmeric powder and sambar powder now.
Mix together and saute for 2 minutes in low flame.
Add tamarind extract water and extra water to adjust the gravy consistency.
Bring this mixture to boil.
After it starts to boil, reduce the flame.
Cook in low flame until oil start separated. This should take about 10 minutes.
Now add fish pieces and immerse in masala mixed water.
Cook in low flame for 5 minutes.
Garnish with coriander leaves.
Now the yummy fish curry is ready.
Let it rest for an hour at least, then serve with hot rice.

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Notes

Adding chopped shallots for this recipe makes whole lot of difference.
You can adjust sambar powder as per your taste. 2 to 3 tsp sambar masala would be sufficient for medium spicy gravy.
Further, always reduce the flame to low after the gravy started boiling.
Finally, you can adjust the tamarind water as per your taste or based on the fish variety you use. Some fishes need more tamarind water while few require less.

Keyword Fish curry with sambar powder, Fish sambar