Meen moilee

Method

1. 1 Marinate the fish with turmeric powder and salt for 15 minutes.
2. 2 Sauté curry leaves, onions, ginger, garlic, and cinnamon with coconut oil for 6 minutes.
3. 3 Add the diluted coconut milk and simmer gently for 5 minutes.
4. 4 Add the fish and halved green chilies, and simmer for 8 minutes.
5. 5 Pour in the remaining thick coconut milk, squeeze in the lemon juice, simmer for another 2 minutes, then turn off the heat.

With an appliance

• Oven 40 min

  Replace step 4: cover the pot tightly and simmer the fish on the middle rack of the oven at 170 degrees for 8 minutes; step 5 continues to pour the thick coconut milk after removing the pot to prevent the coconut milk from separating.