Fish gravy is a sauce made with various ingredients such as onions, spices, tomatoes, coconut milk, and tamarind juice. It is popular in African countries, Italy, and India, where it is also called fish curry. Flour is added to make the texture consistent, and it is usually served with rice or bread.
Fish gravy is a sauce for fish. It is often flavored with onions and spices, and can be tomato-based or made with coconut milk. In some parts of India, tamarind juice, a tangy juice from the fruit of the tamarind tree, is used as the main liquid ingredient. Citrus juices or wine can also be used to flavor the gravy.
Fish gravy is popular in many African countries such as Liberia where it is made with tomatoes, chillies and onions and served with daytime and evening meals. The dish is also popular in Italy, where it is traditionally served as part of a Christmas feast. Seafood such as squid and lobster are cooked in the sauce and then served over pasta.
The type of fish used for the fish sauce can vary as much as the ingredients. In the Indian state of Tamil, canned sardines are traditionally eaten in a coconut milk-based gravy. Tamil Nadu fish gravy typically includes ginger, curry paste and garlic, as well as potatoes and onions.
In Ghana, fish gravy is traditionally eaten with red snapper and limes are used as the cooking base for the gravy. While in some countries the fish is typically fried before the gravy is added, in Ghana the fish is steamed or braised with the liquid gravy. In the Indian state of West Bengal and Bangladesh, Bengali fish gravy is traditionally made with lemons and mustard oil is usually used for frying the fish. Indian fish gravy can also be called fish curry. North Indian fish curries are often made with just a spicy tomato sauce, while South Indian recipes combine tomatoes with tamarind and coconut.
In most gravy recipes for fish, flour is often added to the liquid during cooking to make the texture consistent with that of a typical meat gravy. This is done by making a roux, a French cooking term for a mixture of flour and fat used to thicken a sauce. The flour must be mixed into the liquid shortening before adding the other ingredients.
Different countries have different traditional accompaniments for seafood dishes. In parts of Africa, the dish is usually served with a starchy vegetable known as cassava and rice or bread. In India, the gravy is typically accompanied by rice or naan, a type of fried bread. In Asia, the traditional way to serve gravy or curry is with rice.
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