Home Cookin' on a Saturday Afternoon

My mom makes an amazing salmon curry. For the longest time, I've wanted to make authentic Kerala cuisine but I'm too fearful that it won't come out right.

Last weekend I had my mom pack the spices and herbs I needed to make my own fish curry. Today I experimented.

Salmon is expensive! 8.99/lb at Whole Foods. Granted, it's whole foods so it's probably 3 bucks more than at a normal grocery store but STILL. Anyway, I got back to the apartment and started preparing the ingredients. The fish was easy to cut because it was in a "steak" form so most of the skin was stripped. The ginger, garlic and onions were also relatively easy to slice and dice.

Once I got the heat going, I did exactly like mother told me - first stir fried some mustard seeds and onions. I stupidly put in the ginger and garlic before I put in the blended curry powders (turmeric, red chilli, paprika, asofetida and something else). Doing so ruined the texture of the powder before it could properly toast.

Without getting into all the steps, the whole process took A LONG time. I made some chapati and a vegetable blend of yellow and green french beans, baby carrots, pearl onions and baby bell mushrooms.

Needless to say, I was happy with the outcome...for the most part. Next time I'll save myself from future ulcers and avoid making the curry lethally spicy. Also, I'll have to sticky note somewhere not to forget to flavor the curry with salt. I always forget salt.

Aren't you proud I cooked, friends? xD