Karimeen Roast/ Pearl Spot Roast

‘Karimeen Roast’ is my MIL’s special fish recipe. She preferred making this delectable roast whenever we bought Karimeen at home! I have never seen anyone making this type of ‘Fish Roast’. So, I want to share with you all this very tasty dish which goes well with rice, appam, idiyappam and chappathis!
This special ‘Karimeen Roast’ is off to Lakshmi Venkatesh who is hosting the event “Think Spice – Think Red Chillies” which is the brain child of Sunita Bhuyan

Ingredients
Karimeen – 1 kg cut into pieces
Onions - 3 big sliced
Ginger – 2 ” piece chopped
Garlic – 4 chopped
Green chillies – 3 slit
Curry leaves – 4 sprigs
Tomatoes – 5 chopped
Chilly powder – 4 tsp
Kashmiri chilly powder – 2 tsp
Turmeric powder – 1 tsp
Garam masala – 1/2 tsp
Salt – to taste
Coconut oil – 4 tbsp

Method
Heat oil in a large non stick pan and saute onions, ginger, garlic, green chillies and curry leaves till the onions turn light brown. Add the tomatoes and saute for 2 minutes till they are soft. Now add the chilly powders, turmeric powder, garam masala and salt. Stir for a few seconds and push the onion masala to the sides of the pan and spread a thin layer of it on the bottom of the pan. Place the fish pieces on this layer and cover it with the masala from the sides of the pan. Do not add any water. Cover the pan with a lid and cook on a medium flame till done. Water will ooze out after a few minutes. Take the gravy from the sides and pour it over the fish pieces. Shake the pan occasionally. Repeat the process 3 – 4 times while the fish is being cooked. Serve hot!
Awards
Dearest Sarah has showered me with these Awards… Thanks a lot dear for honoring me!!!
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Spicy fish roast,looks appetizing
September 25th, 2009 at 6:58 pmI am one your latest blog reader and am absolutely smitten by your work.Really lovely recipes!!!Karimeen roast looks fabulous & tempting…surely i will try your recipes and will give you feeback…Thank u
September 25th, 2009 at 7:24 pmgoogle talk onnuvarumo?pattumenkil mathram mathi.
September 25th, 2009 at 8:24 pmsimplydelicious.ris@gmail.
eniikk adrs ariyilla.
This looks absolutely delicious. I’ve been following your blog for a while now, and I wanted to thank you for teaching me quite a lot about indian cuisine and recipes. Keep it going!
Dan
September 25th, 2009 at 8:34 pmCasual Kitchen
The dish sounds delicious. I’ve never seen anything like this. Congrats for all your awards and thanks a lot for passing them on to me as well.
September 25th, 2009 at 9:11 pmYou get showerd in Awards and then i too get showered by you
September 25th, 2009 at 9:59 pmCongragulations with all the award and thanks for giving them to me also.
Karimeen well last time i had wa swhen i was in India, while commenting i am drooling and if i say i am drooling i really mean it.
Looks so good and yummy dear.. congrats on ur well deserved award.
September 25th, 2009 at 11:27 pmthis really does looks delicious, Lissie! n congrats on all those awards!
September 26th, 2009 at 1:03 amKarimeen curry sounds delicious… congrats on all your well deserved awards and thanks so much for sharing them with me Lissie
September 26th, 2009 at 7:26 amLooks great…karimeen is my all time favourite……fish kondulla endayalum fav thanne….
September 26th, 2009 at 9:06 amWelcome to my blog, Yasmeen! do visit again… Thanks!
September 26th, 2009 at 11:30 amI have visited your blog several times but first time commenting here. All the non vegetarian recipes you have here are totally drool-worthy!
September 26th, 2009 at 12:23 pmWOw this curry sounds too delicious..congrats on ur awards Lissie, thanks for sharing all these awards with me..am honoured..
September 26th, 2009 at 1:34 pmHave tried’manja curries’.But this luks very diffnt.
September 27th, 2009 at 12:00 pmwill try it soon&let u know.
Rava appam mathiayillatto!
Congrats on the awards&tnx a lot for sharing…u have made me so special&honoured!
Welcome to my blog Sangeetha! Plz do try my recipes and let me know… Thanks!
September 27th, 2009 at 1:16 pmIts a pleasure having a friend like you, Sangii! Plz give me a call whenever you are free… Try my kid’s recipes too.. Rishi will love them! Thank you dear!
September 27th, 2009 at 1:20 pmThank you Daniel! do visit often and also try my recipes if you like Indian cuisine…
September 27th, 2009 at 1:22 pmThanks a lot Ivy for your kind words!
September 27th, 2009 at 1:25 pmHappy, you can try the roast with any other variety of Fish… don’t wait to try it till you visit India again…
September 27th, 2009 at 1:29 pmThank you Pavithra for your support!
September 27th, 2009 at 1:31 pmGlad to see you SuperChef after a long time! try it and let me know… Thanks!
September 27th, 2009 at 1:33 pmThank you Padma for your love and support!
September 27th, 2009 at 1:57 pmThank you Tina! do visit more often…
September 27th, 2009 at 2:01 pmThank you hb! since you like them, plz try my non veg recipes and let me know…
September 27th, 2009 at 2:04 pmThank you Priya for your kind words!
September 27th, 2009 at 2:06 pmI am a big fan of seafoods, Love this preparation…looks spicy and nice. A must try version. Wish I could find some Karimeen here!!
September 28th, 2009 at 6:19 amMalar, glad to see you after a long time…! you can try the recipe with any fish of your choice…make it and let me know
Thanks!
September 28th, 2009 at 9:59 amLissie dea..!!!
Karimen looks so yummy …OMG!!! i really wanna taste it…
Reminds me of my grandmothers roast…
Malar,u will get karimeen in most of kerala stores in US..
September 28th, 2009 at 8:02 pmDear Lissie , Karimeen roast looks awesome.
September 29th, 2009 at 8:34 amThanks to you and Alfred , Its a great thing to know. I am still working on it and will mail you soon.
September 29th, 2009 at 8:34 amDear Sarah, now you can relish on your grandmother’s roast…
Thanks a lot!
September 29th, 2009 at 9:16 amThank you Viki! I am glad that everything is sorted out… plz feel free to mail me or Alfred if you need any help…
September 29th, 2009 at 9:18 amvery tasty gravy!!
March 19th, 2010 at 10:33 pmgreat post as usual!
May 6th, 2010 at 10:49 pm