Salmon Curry

Ingredients

• 1 lb Salmon, chopped
• 2 Tbsp Oil
• 3 Cloves
• 5 Cardamom
• 1 Cinnamon stick
• 1 tsp Cumin seeds
• 1 Red Chilli
• 1 tsp Ginger & Garlic paste
• 3 ladles curry base
• 1 tsp Salt
• 1 Tbsp Coriander powder
• 1 tsp Garam Masala
• 1 tsp Kashmiri Chilli powder
• 1/2 cup finely chopped cilantro
• 10 Curry Leaves (optional)

Directions

1. Warm a pan with oil over medium heat
2. Drop in whole spices — let them bubble softly
3. Add curry leaves and a spoon of ginger-garlic paste; stir till the raw scent fades
4. Add the curry base, stir it in
5. Turn up the heat, sprinkle coriander powder and garam masala, stir for a breath
6. Pour in 1/2 cup water — or more for a looser flow — and simmer gently
7. Lower the flame, ease in chopped salmon and Kashmiri chili powder — stir with care, fish is tender
8. Cover and cook low, 5-10 minutes, until oil gleams atop
9. Finish with cilantro leaves
10. Serve with rice or bread, as you please

Pairs well with crisp Pinot Grigio & Gin Martinis (stirred not shaken).