Sri Lankan fish curry

Had a craving for fish curry, so we knocked up this creamy Sri Lankan fish curry. Meaty cod, creamy coconut milk, delish!

This recipe serves 2 people and only takes 30-45mins, ideal for a mid week meal 😋

Ingredients

• 250g cod, cut into large chunks
• 1/2 tsp turmeric
• 1/2 lime, juice of
• 1.5tbsp vegetable oil
• 1 red onion
• 2 garlic cloves
• 1 inch piece of ginger
• 1 small green chilli
• 16 cherry tomatoes
• 8 dried curry leaves
• 2 dried kafir lime leaves
• 1 tsp black mustard seeds
• 1 tsp cumin
• 1/2 tsp fenugreek seeds
• 1 tbsp oyster sauce
• 250ml coconut milk
• Salt to taste
• Basmati rice, to serve

Method

1. In a bowl mix the lime juice, turmeric and a good pinch of salt, mix in the cod so it is well covered. Leave to marinate at room temperature whilst you prep the other ingredients
2. Finely chop the onion, garlic, ginger, chilli and tomatoes (keep the tomatoes separate)
3. Heat a large pan over a medium heat with the veg oil. Add the cumin seeds, fenugreek seeds, mustard seeds. Fry until they start to splutter and pop
4. Then add the onion, garlic, ginger and chilli, curry leaves and kafir lime leaves. Fry for around 10 minutes until onion is golden brown. Be careful not to burn the spices, add a splash of water if you need to
5. Stir in the chopped tomatoes and fry for around 5 mins until they broken down into the sauce
6. Then add the oyster sauce, coconut milk and a splash of water. Simmer for 10minutes to allow the flavour to infuse and sauce to thicken
7. Then add the fish to the sauce, and simmer until cooked, stir carefully so that you don’t break up the fish. You’ll know when it cooked when the fish is starting to flake, this will take less then 5 minutes.
8. Serve with the rice

Hope you enjoy! One of the best fish curries we’ve ever made, so we were pretty proud of it 😋🥘🌶