How I love a good Curry Recipe! This recipe Becky is sharing is for Malaysian Fish Curry. She used Halibut but any white fish would work. As I have mentioned that living in Alaska, we fish for our own Halibut and Salmon. We are assured of not getting farm fished product and know that it is wild and cared for properly. I hope you can find wild caught fish for your use.
Malaysian Fish Curry Recipe
Malaysian Fish Curry Recipe
This recipe for Malaysian Fish Curry is packed full of flavor and is quick to make for an easy weeknight meal. A dairy-free, gluten-free, soy-free, nut-free recipe
Servings: 4
Calories: 400kcal
Ingredients
- 1 ¼ lb halibut or other firm textured white fish cut into 1 inch cubes
- ½ tsp salt
- 2/3 cup desiccated coconut
- 6 shallots or small onions chopped
- 6 blanched almonds
- 2-3 garlic cloves roughly chopped
- 1 in piece root ginger sliced
- 2 lemon grass stalks trimmed
- 2 tsp ground turmeric
- 3 Tbsp vegetable oil
- 2 14 oz cans coconut milk
- 1-3 fresh green and red chilies seeded and sliced
- Salt and ground black pepper to taste
- Fresh chives to garnish
- Plain boiled rice to serve
Instructions
- Spread out the piece of fish in a shallow dish and sprinkle them with salt.
- Dry-fry the coconut in a wok over a gentle heat, turning all the time until it is crisp and golden. Transfer the coconut to a food processor and process to an oily paste (this can be moistened with a little of the coconut milk if necessary)
- Scrape into a bowl and reserve.
- Add the shallots or onions, almonds, garlic and ginger to the food processor.
- Cut off the lower 2 inches of the lemon grass stalks, chop them roughly and add to the processor; process to a paste.
- Add the turmeric to the mixture in the food processor and process briefly.
- Bruise the remaining lemon grass and set the stalks aside.
- Heat the oil in a wok.
- Add the onion mixture and cook for a few minutes without browning.
- Stir in the coconut milk and bring to a boil, stirring constantly to prevent curdling.
- Add the cubes of fish to the wok, along with most of the sliced fresh chilies and bruised lemon grass stalks.
- Cook for 3-4 minutes. Stir in the coconut paste and cook for a further 2-3 minutes only. Do not overcook the fish.
- Taste the curry and adjust the seasoning, as required.
- Remove the lemon grass.
- Transfer to a hot serving dish and sprinkle with the remaining slices of chili.
- Garnish with chopped and whole chives and serve over plain boiled rice.
Notes
Nutritional values are based on one serving
Nutrition
Calories: 400kcal | Carbohydrates: 20g | Protein: 29g | Fat: 36g | Saturated Fat: 30g | Cholesterol: 69mg | Sodium: 637mg | Potassium: 930mg | Fiber: 4g | Sugar: 4g | Vitamin A: 200IU | Vitamin C: 20.1mg | Calcium: 41mg | Iron: 2.1mg
Recipe provided by Becky Fowler who cooks dairy-free, gluten-free, soy-free, nut-free for her son. Becky has 2 small children and loves to sew and crochet in her spare time and can be found at Sew Need It.
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Oooh this looks so good. Curry is a favorite of mine. Just pinned so I can try soon. Thank you!
I love curry. and this sure looks taste
Oh, yum. Just saw that this recipe has turmeric. Peruvian dishes have that spice included in many dishes, that’s why I know it would be delicious.
Diana C
Thanks for the Delicious Sounding Recipe on Malaysian Fish Curry! I’m not quite sure what to say because we are really not a fish kind of family and we are really plain with our food. We are not into too spicy of foods. I know that I do not like Turmeric it has a very strange taste that does not appeal to me. We also don’t like the curry flavoring either. I know there are so many people who absolutely love fish and spices! They all will love this recipe. Thanks for sharing your Delicious Recipe with all of us! I appreciate it, however, this is just not a recipe for me and my family. Sorry. Thanks, Michele 🙂
I have never tried this before. It sure looks good. Thank you for the recipe.
I love a good mild, white meat fish. There are sit. My favorite is grilled. I don’t like for the house to have a fishy smell.
I am not a curry fan, but I am not a fan of peppers either, the best stew I ever ate was the Bahamian stew, with guess what banana peppers. I will give it a try, we love fish!
I love any kind of fish. this sound like it be real taste
You live in Alaska? I have always wanted to visit there. It sounds beautiful. Not to me, the fresh fish. Have you gone ice fishing at all?
My husband said that this would be great! So it looks like I will be making this soon.
This kind of looks like a stew, or something. Interesting ingredients.
I’m not a big fish person, but I bet my BF would love this!
Love new recipes, also love fish, please keep the recipes coming! Thank you for sharing.
I love a good curry recipe as well. It’s been a while since I had curry and I cannot wait to give this a try. Thank you for sharing this recipe.
My favorite fish is a grilled tuna steak. My husband makes a good marinade that makes it very mild and slightly tangy.
Thanks for the recipe on Malaysian Fish Curry! I’m not quite sure what to say because we are really not a fish family and we are really plain with our food. We don’t like too spicy of foods. I know that I do not like Turmeric it has a very strange taste that does not appeal to me. We also don’t like the curry flavoring either. I know there are so many people who absolutely love fish and spices! They all will love this recipe. Thanks for sharing it with all of us! I do appreciate it, however, this is just not a recipe for me and my family. So sorry. Thanks, Michele 🙂
I don’t like fish or curry.
I’ve never tried Malaysian cooking before.I’d like to see more recipes and try a few.
I’m not a big fish eater but my husband is. I’ll try this for him. I have it pinned. Thanks!
I’m always happy to see new recipes. While I may not always find them to my liking I have found several that I love right here on this blog.
I so wish I could comment on another post here! I can’t stand coconut, garlic, ginger and curry. I don’t want to be negative. I’m sure this is a tasty recipe if you like those ingredients.
I have been looking for more curry recipes and this one sounds fantastic.
Love all these ingredients. I will have to make this for my friends that love curry and are coming over this weekend. The recipe looks delicious and simple to make.
We love curry and simple Alina Conn 🙂