Fish Balchao - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 kg kingfish, washed
4 onions, peeled,washed and finely chopped
4 cloves garlic, peeled,washed and chopped finely
1 inch ginger, peeled and chopped
1/2 cup fresh coriander leaves, washed and chopped
10 -12 cloves
1/2 inch cinnamon stick
6 black peppercorns
1 tablespoon cumin seed
1 tablespoon coriander seed
1 tablespoon turmeric powder
6 red chilies
3 tomatoes, washed,peeled and finely chopped
salt
4 tablespoons oil
1/2 cup coconut milk

Preparation

Chop the fish into medium-sized pieces.
Keep aside.
In your mixer/blender, prepare a paste of ginger, garlic and the corriander leaves.
Marinate the fish with this paste mixture and turmeric powder, and keep aside for 15 minutes.
Now, prepare a paste of cloves, cinnamon stick, black peppercorns, cumin seeds, red chillies and corriander seeds in your mixer/blender.
Heat oil in a skillet.
Add the onions to it and stir-fry until they become soft.
Add tomatoes and stir-fry until they become soft and the oil separates.
Add the cinnamon-clove paste and fry for 5 minutes.
Add the marinated fish and the coconut milk.
Cover and cook on low flame for 10 minutes.
Garnish with corriander leaves.
Serve hot with cooked long-grain Basmati rice.