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Meen Curry Breaded Tilapia in Coconut Milk
Tilapia marinated in lime and turmeric with roasted curry-leaf powder, crumbed and seared for barely a minute a side, then sauced with coconut milk tempered with mustard seed and fresh curry leaves.

- YieldServes 4
- Hands-on25 min
- Total54 min
- Difficulty
Ingredients
Marinade
- 1large lime, juiced
- ½ tspground turmeric
- 450 gskinless tilapia fillets
- 2 tsproasted curry leaf spice blend (karuvapillai podi)
- 100 gplain dried breadcrumbs, about 1 cup
- 4 tbspunrefined sesame oil or canola oil, divided
Sauce
- 1 tspblack or yellow mustard seeds
- 240 mlunsweetened coconut milk
- 1 tspcoarse kosher or sea salt
- 11 leavesfresh curry leaves, medium to large, 10 to 12
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