Fried CatFish on bed of Cabbage, seasoned with Coconut and Poppy seeds

Ingredients

• 2 teaspoons of Poppy Seeds
• 2 teaspoons of Fennel
• 2 teaspoons of Jeera
• 1 1/2 tablespoon of Pepper corns
• 10 Curry leaves
• 1/3 can of coconut milk
• 1/3 can of water
• 1 medium sized Onion, chopped
• 1 teaspoon of Garlic Paste
• 2 medium sized tomatoes, chopped
• 6 pieces of Cat fish, each about 2 inch squares
• 1 quarter of medium sized Cabbage, chopped fine

Steps

1. Grind the Poppy seeds, Pepper Corns, Jeera and Fennel seeds in dry grinder
2. Heat the oil in a Tawa
3. Put the Curry leaves in the hot oil for 30 seconds
4. Add the ground powder from step 1 and fry for another minutes
5. Add garlic and fry
6. Add chopped onions an fry till the onions turn brown
7. Add the tomatos and fry till the tomatos well
8. Add coconut milk and equal amount of water and cook till the added water is gone
9. Remove some of the sauce into a bowl, enough to batter the pieces of fish with
10. Reduce the the gravy a bit further into a thick sauce
11. Add the finely chopped cabbage and fry for 1 minute
12. Take of the heat and transfer into a square serving plate
13. Batter the pieces of fish in the gravy saved for battering in step 9
14. Shallow fry in hot vegetable oil about 3 minutes each side
15. Lay the fried fish on on the bed of cooked Cabbage