Delicious Mackerel Fish Curry Goan Style

Lip-smacking Goan Mackerel Fish Curry

Want to get a taste of lip-smacking Goan cuisine? Then let’s make one of our popular coconut-based Goan curries – delicious mackerel fish curry Goan style. Let’s make a creamy and mouth-watering Goan Mackerel Fish Curry. A Goan bangda fish curry. I’m going to show you an easier way to make this Goan Mackerel Curry or Goan Bangda Fish Curry. In the video, I’ve also  offered some useful tips for checking if the fish is fresh and on how to perfectly clean and cut the mackerels before making the Mackerel Fish Curry.

In Goa, we have a variety of fish curries. The super-tasty Jeerem Meerem fish curry is made without coconut! Do check it out too.

Ingredients

3 large mackerels (500g)

½ tsp salt

½ tsp turmeric powder

Curry

1 cup grated coconut

1 small onion, sliced

Small ball of tamarind

½ tsp ground pepper

1 tsp cumin powder

1 tbsp coriander powder

1 ½ tbsp Kashmiri chilli powder

1 tsp crushed ginger

6 garlic cloves

½ tsp turmeric powder

15 sichuan peppers / Tepal / Teplam

2 slit green chillies

Salt to taste

Procedure

1. Scrape off the scales and clean and slice the mackerels. Wash the mackerel pieces well in plenty of water. Apply the salt and turmeric powder to them, and let them marinate for around 20 minutes.
2. In the meanwhile, soak the tamarind in a little hot water for around 10 minutes and remove the seeds from the Sichuan peppers (tepal or teflam / teplam) and lightly crush them.
3. Next, grind the grated coconut, sliced onion, soaked tamarind along with the water, ground pepper, cumin powder, coriander powder, crushed ginger, garlic cloves, and the turmeric powder with a little water to a smooth paste.
4. Add the masala to a pot, dilute it with a little water so the curry is not too thick or too thin, and stir in ½ tsp of salt and the Sichuan peppers. Bring the curry to a boil.
5. Lower the heat and let the curry simmer for around 5 minutes.
6. Gently add in the fish pieces, and the slit green chillies, and let the fish cook in the curry on medium-low heat for around 8 minutes. (Do not stir the curry while the fish is cooking. Just hold the pot and swirl the curry around.)
7. Taste the curry and add some more salt as needed. Turn off the heat.
8. Wait for around 5 minutes and then serve the curry.

Enjoy!