Mulloway Fish Curry With Eggplants

This mulloway fish curry has subtle comforting flavours. It's mildly spicy & tangy with soft eggplants and creamy mulloway.

Mulloway fish is also known as Butterfish, Japanese Meagre, Jewfish, Kingfish, Ghol, kabeljou, etc. in different parts of the world. And it's my favorite fish!

Time to make the family recipe...

Ingredients
500 g mulloway (cleaned & cut)
2 tbsp oil
1 tsp turmeric powder
2 tsp homemade red masala (see step 1.a)
1 tsp salt
6 small eggplants (chopped)

1 tsp green paste (see step 1.b)
8-10 garlic cloves
Handful of cilantro
2 green chillies

1 tbsp tamarind pulp (see step 1.c)
Sour thai tamarind
Water

other supplies
Cooking pot or pan
Mixer blender/mortar pestle
Mixing spoons & bowls
Knife

a. The red masala I make has 60+ spices and I use it in almost every dish, but doing that process for a single recipe is not plausible. So I'll give you some quick alternatives: As the first alternative, you can use ½ parts red chilli powder + ½ parts mixed spice or garam masala. As a second alternative, equal parts sweet paprika & black pepper would also be fine for this recipe. Both will give different flavours to the curry but it will turn out tasty no doubt.

b. To make green paste, finely ground the garlic, chillies and cilantro together in a mortar pestle or food processor.

c. Place tamarind in a bowl & cover with water. Let it soak for 2-5 minutes and mash with your fingers. Remove the rough parts and keep the smooth pulp aside. You can also use Store-bought Tamarind Paste if dry salted tamarind is unavailable!

1. Place the mulloway fish & eggplants in a cooking pot, followed by all remaining ingredients except tamarind pulp.

2. Coat the pieces nicely with the marinade and add water to cover everything halfway through.

3. Place the pot on medium heat and cook till the eggplant pieces are soft.

4. Once the eggplants are cooked, that means the fish is almost done. Pour in the tamarind pulp and boil for another 2 minutes.

Tasty mulloway eggplant curry is now ready. Enjoy with a plate of steaming rice or slurp on!

I've entered this one in the 'One Pot Challenge' so if you liked it, drop me a vote below please!