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Fish Karahi | Pakistani Fish karahi is a quick curry & most delicious, flavorful, and spicy fish dish.

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Fish Karahi

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Fish Karahi | Pakistani cuisine | Spicy fish masala | With step by step pics & video | Pakistani Fish karahi is a quick curry made with lightly fried pieces of fish stewed in a tomato base with lots of herbs and ginger.

The most delicious, flavorful, and spicy fish karahi! Guaranteed that this will be the best-curried fish recipe you will ever need. Prepared in a reduced tomato and green-chili base, a karahi is a popular late-night meal in Pakistani cuisine, usually consumed with naan. Similarly chicken & mutton karahi recipes are famous in Pakistani cuisine.

Selection of Fish?

For this fish karahi recipe you should prefer boneless fish. If you prefer with-bone fish be sure to have fewer bones like in kingfish. Here I am using kingfish.

How to make fish karahi?

Fish karahi is a semi-dry spicy fish recipe cooked in the tomato puree. For the tomato puree, we have to cook tomato pieces & then blend it along with coriander leaves.

Firstly, fish is marinated & fried. Then the fish is cooked in a kadai/karahi along with the spices & tomato puree.

The spicy taste for this recipe mainly comes from the selection of green chillies we are using. My green chillies are medium spicy so I am selecting 2 chillies. Based on your spicy taste, select the green chilies.

Fish Karahi

Prep 15 minutes
Cook 15 minutes
Total 30 minutes
Servings 5 servings

Instructions

  1. 1

    Marinate the fish pieces

  2. 2

    In a plate add in 1/2kg Kingfish/boneless fish, & marinate the fish pieces with salt, 1tsp garam masala, 2tsp thick curd, & 2tsp ginger garlic crushed/paste.

  3. 3

    Mix well & keep aside.

  4. 4

    Making tomato puree

  5. 5

    In a kadai heat 1/2cup of water & add in 2 thinly sliced tomatoes.

  6. 6

    Boil well till tomatoes becomes mushy. switch off the flame & allow it to cool down.

  7. 7

    Blending

  8. 8

    Once tomato is cooled down, add 1/2cup of chopped coriander leaves along with cooked tomato slices & blend it to a smooth paste.

  9. 9

    Shallow fry the marinated fish pieces

  10. 10

    Heat 1/4cup oil in a pan & shallow fry the fish pieces on both sides.

  11. 11

    Let it be half cooked & keep it aside.

  12. 12

    Making Fish Karahi

  13. 13

    Heat 2 tsp oil in a kadai.

  14. 14

    Saute 1 clove, 1tsp cumin seeds, 1tsp crushed ginger, curry leaves, & 2-3nos of finely chopped green chilies in low flame.

  15. 15

    Now add in 1/2cup of thinly sliced onion & saute until it turns golden brown in color.

  16. 16

    Then add 1/4tsp turmeric powder & 1/2tsp chilly powder & roast for 30 sec.

  17. 17

    Pour in the blended tomato-coriander puree & cook it covered for 5 to 8min in low flame.

  18. 18

    Now add in 1cup water & cook until oil separates.

  19. 19

    Once done add in the fried fish pieces one by one. Cook the fishes inside the masala by simmering it around 10min. Do mix it in intervals.

  20. 20

    Our fish karahi is ready to be served with it’s or cooked rice.

Notes

Do select boneless fishes for this recipe. Since it is a semi-dry recipe & spicy recipe it is better to choose boneless/less bonefish.

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