Karu’s Banana Leaf Fish Head Curry

A friend told me that there’s this restaurant that serve’s the best fish head curry in Singapore. My friend told me we have to travel across the island to go to Karu’s Indian Banana Leaf Restaurant to sample the dish. Off we go in his car to have the delectable dish. I hope it’s worth the travel. We’ve arrived after a few hours, there were little traffic and the good thing about it, the traffic made us hungrier. The place looks pleasantly simple at the outside. The blue and green signage inviting customer’s to dine in.

Luckily we’re seated comfortably and already made the orders before people came rushing in for lunch. The fish head curry looks delicious in its brown/orange gravy and the smell of the herbs and spices makes us want to grab the head and eat with abandon hehehe. Now there are 2 version of fish head curry in Singapore – The Chinese version and the Indian version. The Indian version is way spicier than the latter and the fish head I s cooked in a pot of spices. Surprisingly the fish head curry is not spicy, balanced and well rounded dish. Really delicious. The chicken masala is also well balanced. It’s not too oily and the masala was completely absorbed by the chicken. Flavorful, flaky and nice. Other Indian restaurants makes it to hot for comfort, some of it are like incendiary pieces of food.

I ate with my hands; I only used the spoon for the fish head curry. It doesn’t matter if my fingers turned orange, as long as I’m enjoying the food in this place. Orange tinged fingers will not kill me. The biryani rice and the papadams are good curry accompaniments. We had the masala tea to wash down the curry goodness of the fish and chiken masala.

I had another order of chicken masala and fish head curry to take home. Chicken masala taste even better if you re-heat it after a day or two. Have it with garlic fried rice and your all set. The fish head is worth the effort. I love this place.