Ingredients (Serves 5)
To Marinate
1. Fish – 1/2 kg (I used tilapia. It will taste best with king fish, pomfret or pearlspot)
Pepper powder – 3/4 tsp
Turmeric powder – 1/2 tsp
Salt – To taste
For the gravy
2. Coconut oil – 2 – 3 tbsp
3. Onion – 1 medium-large, thinly sliced and halved
Ginger – 2 tsp, thinly sliced
Green chilies – 4 – 5, slit
Curry leaves – A few
4. Turmeric powder – 1 pinch
5. Medium-thick coconut milk – 1 cup
Tomato – 1 small, cut into medium thick rounds
Vinegar – 1/4 – 1/2 tsp or to taste
Garam masala powder – 1 pinch (optional)
6. Thick coconut milk – 1/3 cup or as needed
Freshly crushed pepper powder – 1/2 tsp
Tomato – 1 small, cut into thin rounds
Curry leaves – A few
Coconut oil – 1 – 2 tsp
7. Salt – To taste
Method
1. Clean and rinse the fish fillet. Cube them. Marinate them with the ingredients under marinade for at least 30 minutes. Shallow fry them until 1/2 -3/4 th done in a wide, deep non-stick pan over medium-low heat (only for about two or three minutes on each sides, do not brown them) and keep aside.
2. In the same pan, heat some more coconut oil. Add onion, ginger, green chilies and curry leaves. Stir until onion turns soft and translucent, about 7 – 8 minutes, then add the medium thick coconut milk, half of the sliced tomatoes, few curry leaves, 1/2 tsp vinegar, 1 pinch garam masala powder if using and enough salt. Bring to a boil. Now lower the heat to low and add the shallow fried fish pieces. Swirl the pan gently to mix the fish pieces with the gravy. Cover and cook for 8 – 10 minutes or until the fish pieces are completely cooked and gravy is thick. Now add the thick coconut milk, 4 – 5 thin tomato slices, 1/2 tsp freshly ground pepper powder and a few curry leaves. Mix gently and taste check for salt. Cook for 1 minute and switch off. Check for salt. Add 1 – 2 tsp coconut oil for an extra taste. It tastes best after 10 minutes. Mix gently and serve with bread or appam.
Never Tried cooking with Coconut oil …. the gravy looks so creamy n yumm
Cheers n Happy Cooking,
Satrupa
http://satrupa-foodforthought.blogspot.com
Since we love tilapia so would stick with the original recipe . Lovely color because of coconut milk. Looks very tempting
Deepa
Hamaree Rasoi
new combo n looks yummy.
This sounds interesting n yummy
Hey,
Lovely molee preparation…I love this soooooo much!!:)
Dr.Sameena@
http://www.myeasytocookrecipes.blogspot.com
fish molee adipoli ayittundu….superb click!
Such a droolworthy,rich and creamy fish moli,very tempting..
u know what..i like fish molee even better the next day..it tastes amazing:)
molee looks creamy n yummy….
Yummilicious fish molee..Looks creamy and yummm..
Looks so so so delicious and ur pictures makes anyone drool.
my fav..looks so delicious..super!!
wow thats a beautiful click and equally tempting gravy
amazing! i love this dish a lot. superb:)
Adipoli Fish moli. Kanditu kothivarunnu veggie aya enniku.
Creamy and delicious fish molee….
Yummy and drool worthy fish molee..so good,love with appam
The gravy looks very delicious, bookmarked it !
Mouthwatering! The gravy looks especially good.
Delicious looking fish dish..rich n beautiful!
US Masala
what a tempting recipe yaar…Superb…
http://panchamrutham.blogspot.com/
kothippichallo kuttie bread nu adipoli combo anallo. loved ur recipe will try definitely
ente draftil ithu undu da..njan marannu pokkum munbee post cheyyanam..:) this looks absolutely yummy!!kothiyavunutou..
yummy fish moli…one of my fav..
Hi,
This is the first time I am mailing to your blog. First of all let me tell ur blog is amazing…I keep a lot of recipes from here and all of them turn wonderful…the measurements are impeccable. so finally after trying many recipes i decided to sit down and comment on your amazing cooking talent. tried fish moli and was a huge success…thanks and keep posting delicious food.
Shaini,
Thanks a ton for your lovely words about the blog. Really happy to know that all the recipes turned out wonderful for you. Hope you continue to enjoy our recipes. Please keep visiting..Thanks again!
Hey there yummy team,
Luvvvv-ed you recipe.I tried out your fish moli recipe and it came out super-licious.Just yummm..One thing i kind of noticed is that in the preparation method you might have missed on mentioning about the ginger-garlic sauteing after the onions!!!!! otherwise it is just one recipe everyone should give a try…you will love it with appams/roti’s
Hey there yummy team,
Luvvvv-ed your recipe.I tried out your fish moli recipe and it came out super-licious.Just yummm..One thing i kind of noticed is that in the preparation method you might have missed on mentioning about the ginger-garlic sauteing after the onions!!!!! otherwise it is just one recipe everyone should give a try…you will love it with appams/roti’s
Indie,
Thanks a bunch for pointing it out..I have updated the recipe now. Really happy to know that you liked this recipe 🙂
Hi Maya,
Tried this recipe and loved it a lot. Just wanted to know how many servings can i get from this recipe? Wanted to make it for a crowd of 150 this week. Please leave a reply asap. Thanks once again Maya for this yummy recipe.
This recipe makes about 7 servings..Thanks for your feedback 🙂