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SKATE (KITE) OR VAGOLEM, MANGALOREAN FISH CURRY

Ingredients

700 grams Skate or Kite fish, skin removed cut into small pieces (with Bone)

1 sliced onion

5 cloves chopped garlic

1 inch ginger chopped

15 pepper corns

6 green chillies slit

1 tsp Mustard Powder

1/2 tsp Turmeric Powder

1 tsp Coriander Powder

1 tsp Cumin Powder

3 tsps of Kashmiri Chilli Powder

200 ml of coconut milk

(1/2 tsp )salt and (2 tblsp) vinegar to taste

1/2 tsp sugar

2 tsp garam masala

Seasoning:

4 tablspoons of oil

4 crushed garlic

Method:

Add two tsp of salt to skate pieces and scrub lightly all over. Wash and keep aside.

Heat a pan and add three tablespoon oil. When hot add the chopped onions and fry 5 minutes. Add ginger, garlic and black pepper, mix well fry for a minute. Add the powders, salt, vinegar, sugar and half cup water. Mix well and bring to boil. Add the coconut milk and bring to boil. Add the fish pieces, stir and close the lid. Let it cook for 5 minutes. Around 3 minutes into the cooking add the green chillies and garam masala and cook for the remaining two minutes.

Seasoning: Heat the oil in a pan and when add the crushed garlic and when garlic becomes brown add the seasoning to the fish curry and close the lid. After fish minutes, open and stir it gently. Skate fish curry is ready.