Madras Fisherman's Curry
- 2 teaspoons coarse salt
- 1 teaspoon turmeric
- four 6-ounce orange roughy fillets
- 1 1/2 teaspoons brown or black mustard seeds
- 2 medium onions
- 2 small fresh serrano chiles
- 1 cup packed fresh cilantro sprigs
- 1/2 cup grated fresh coconut
- 1 teaspoon tamarind concentrate
- 1 cup warm water
- 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
- In a small cup stir together salt and turmeric and sprinkle on both sides of orange roughy fillets.
- Let fillets stand at cool room temperature, loosely covered with plastic wrap, 10 minutes.
- With a mortar and pestle or in an electric coffee/spice grinder coarsely grind mustard seeds.
- Coarsely chop onions and, wearing protective gloves, chop serranos.
- In a food processor coarsely grind onions, serranos, cilantro, and coconut, scraping down side occasionally.
- In a bowl dissolve tamarind concentrate in water, stirring.
- In a 10- to 12-inch heavy skillet heat oil over moderate heat until hot but not smoking and cook mustard seeds about 30 seconds.
- Stir in onion mixture and cook, stirring, until fragrant, 6 to 8 minutes.
- Add fillets and cook 1 minute on each side.
- Add tamarind mixture and cook, gently stirring occasionally, until fish is just cooked through, 6 to 8 minutes.
coarse salt, turmeric, brown, onions, serrano chiles, cilantro sprigs, coconut, tamarind concentrate, water, vegetable oil
Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/madras-fishermans-curry-101283 (may not work)