Name: Malay Fish Curry
Ingredients: Halba Campur (Thalippu Spice Blend) recipe;; 1 Tbsp Mustard Seeds; 1 tsp Fenugreek; 1 tsp Fennel Seeds; 1 tsp Cumin Seeds; 1 tsp Black Gram (Ulunthu); Main Ingredients;; 130 g Sea bass fillet (mackerel is good too); 2 Tbsp Curry Powder (see Malay Chicken Curry); 1 Tbsp Halba Campur; 20 g Shallots (finely chopped); 10 g Garlic (finely chopped); 20 g Ginger (finely chopped); 6 curry leaves; 100 g Potatoes (slice); 100 g Tomatoes (diced); 2 pc Tamarind slices; 1/2 cup Coconut milk; 1/2 cup Water; 2 tsp Sugar; 1 tsp Salt; 3 Tbsp Cooking Oil; 1 Stalk Spring Onion (for Garnish)

Malay Fish Curry.

You can cook Malay Fish Curry using 23 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Malay Fish Curry

Prepare of Halba Campur (Thalippu Spice Blend) recipe;.
You need 1 Tbsp of Mustard Seeds.
It's 1 tsp of Fenugreek.
Prepare 1 tsp of Fennel Seeds.
You need 1 tsp of Cumin Seeds.
Prepare 1 tsp of Black Gram (Ulunthu).
You need of Main Ingredients;.
Prepare 130 g of Sea bass fillet (mackerel is good too).
You need 2 Tbsp of Curry Powder (see Malay Chicken Curry).
It's 1 Tbsp of Halba Campur.
You need 20 g of Shallots (finely chopped).
It's 10 g of Garlic (finely chopped).
Prepare 20 g of Ginger (finely chopped).
You need 6 of curry leaves.
You need 100 g of Potatoes (slice).
It's 100 g of Tomatoes (diced).
You need 2 pc of Tamarind slices.
Prepare 1/2 cup of Coconut milk.
It's 1/2 cup of Water.
It's 2 tsp of Sugar.
It's 1 tsp of Salt.
Prepare 3 Tbsp of Cooking Oil.
It's 1 Stalk of Spring Onion (for Garnish).

Malay Fish Curry instructions

In a wok heat cooking oil on high heat. Fry the Halba Campur spice blend until fragrant. Then add the shallots, garlic and ginger and fry these until fragrant. Then add the curry powder and mix well until that is fragrant..
Next add the tomatoes and potatoes and fry for 1 minute. After that, add 1/2 cup of water and cover with a lid. Let it stew for 5 minutes while stirring every 1 minute..
Next turn down the heat to low heat. Add in the coconut milk, tamarind slices, curry leaves, sugar, salt and then mix well. Add in the fish and cover with lid for 5 minutes. Serve on a plate and garnish with spring onions..
COMMENTARY; Black Gram that you use for this is the processed one and it is white in color. The Malay name for it is Halba Putih (White Fenugreek) which is wrong. You can substitute Black Gram with Nigella Seeds (Black Carraway) and this spice blend recipe is called Panch Phoron that is used in Northeast India (Bengal, Nepal).