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Gonkura fish curry recipe with step-by-step pictures and video on how to make fish curry with gonkura leaves.

Fish curry is nutrient rich, oil less and healthy stew always. Adding gonkura green leaves for it makes it even more rich in vitamins and minerals.

I have prepared gonkura chutney earlier but not fish curry with it. I bought fish for making curry and after coming home I realized having bunch of gunkura green leaves at home. I had no plans for preparing gonkura dish for further 2 days, which left me in thought that it may go waste if I dont cook it as fresh as it is.

So, I decided to give it a try to make fish curry with gonkura leaves. The final gravy was simply awesome and we enjoyed the fish curry this way too.

I thought I should share this new find here.

Gonkura leaves are available in 2 variations. One is completely green, even the stems are green too. In other one, the leaves are green but stems are red. This red stem Gonkura leaves are tastier and has little tangy flavour which we like about Gonkura.

So, when making fish curry with this, we should adjust the tamarind level for fish curry as gonkura gives it some tangy.

I have made fish curry in some other variations too. Mainly, fried fish curry with mango, fish curry with coconut paste, lady fish curry and fish curry with sambar powder.

Lets see the recipe here.

Gonkura fish curry

Fish curry with Gonkura leaves

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Prep Time 10

Cook Time 20

Total Time 30

Course Main Course

Cuisine Indian

Ingredients

1/4 cup Oil
1 tsp Cumin
1 tsp Coriander seeds
6 cloves Garlic
2 Green chilli
3 Red chilli
1 Onion Roughly chopped
1 tsp Salt as required
1 Tomato chopped
1 bunch Gonkura leaves
1 tsp Mustard and urad dal
2 twigs Curry leaves
6 to 7 Shallots Or 1 Onion, finely chopped
1 tsp Ginger garlic paste
¾ tsp Red chilli powder
½ tsp Coriander powder
½ Lemon size Tamarind Extract pulp
¼ tsp Turmeric powder
500 g Fish any variety of your choice
1 tbsp Choppd Coriander leaves to Garnish

Instructions

Prepare Gonkura paste

In a preheated kadai, add 2 tbsp oil and then cumin, coriander seeds, green chilli and red chillis. Fry for few seconds.
Add 1 onion chopped and required salt and saute until onion changes color.
Add tomoatoes add saute until its mashed
Add Gonkura leaves and saute for 5 minutes in low flame.
Take out and grind this mix to a fine paste.

Make Fish curry

Add 2 tbsp oil in a preheated kadai.
After it becomes hot, add mustard urad dal and let it crackle.
Add few curry leaves, finely chopped onion and required salt. Saute until onion changes color.
Add ginger garlic paste and saute until its smell goes off.
Add red chilli powder and coriander powder and saute for few seconds.
Add tamarind pulp and turmeric powder.
Now, add the gonkura masala mix paste.
Adjust the water consistency for gravy by adding required water.
Bring this mix to boil and cook until you see the oils are floating up.
Now, add the fish pieces and cook for 5 more minutes or until the fish is cooked.
Garnish with coriander leaves.
Mix and serve along with rice.

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Step-by-step Pictures of Gonkura fish curry recipe

Prepare Gonkura paste

In a preheated kadai, add 2 tbsp oil and then cumin, coriander seeds, green chilli and red chillis. Fry for few seconds.
Add 1 onion chopped and required salt and saute until onion changes color.
Now Add tomoatoes add saute until its mashed
Add Gonkura leaves and saute for 5 minutes in low flame.
Take out and grind this mix to a fine paste.

Make Fish curry

Add 2 tbsp oil in a preheated kadai.
After it becomes hot, add mustard urad dal and let it crackle.
Add few curry leaves, finely chopped onion and required salt. Saute until onion changes color.
Then Add ginger garlic paste and saute until its smell goes off.
Now Add red chilli powder and coriander powder and saute for few seconds.
Add tamarind pulp and turmeric powder.
Now, add the gonkura masala mix paste.
Adjust the water consistency for gravy by adding required water.
Bring this mix to boil and cook until you see the oils are floating up.
Now, add the fish pieces.
Cook for 5 more minutes or until the fish is cooked.
Garnish with coriander leaves.
Mix and serve along with rice.