Name: Speedy Salmon Curry
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: ½ tsp Kashmiri chilli powder (optional); 2 large ripe tomatoes, finely diced; 200-300 ml water; 2 tbsp vegetable or rapeseed or mustard oil; 1 tsp salt; ½ tsp ground turmeric; 1 medium white onion, thinly sliced; 1 tsp ground coriander; 1 tsp nigella seeds; 3 fresh green chillies, halved lengthways (optional); 1 tsp ground cumin; 1 heaped tsp cornflour or plain flour (optional); Handful of fresh coriander, to serve; ½ tsp salt; 700 g salmon fillets, skinned or not as preferred; Lemon wedges, to serve

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
30 min

Appears in

Chilli & Mint

By Torie True

Published 2021

About

When you are exhausted at the end of the day and can’t really be bothered to cook an elaborate meal, yet crave something nourishing with minimal effort, then this speedy salmon curry works wonders. In Bengal, it is referred to as macher jol, macher meaning fish and jol meaning gravy. In Kolkata, it is often made with rui, which is a freshwater fish from the carp family. This recipe is a family favourite and quite typical of those homemade fish curries you find in Kolkata households. You can