Kottayam style fish curry

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Make a paste of red chilli powder and turmeric powder by adding little water.Keep aside. Heat oil in a manchatti.Splutter mustard seeds and fenugreek seeds.Add small onion,garlic,ginger and curry leaves.Saute till the raw smell goes and small onion starts changing colour.Then add the masala paste.Saute well.Add kudumpuli along with water used for soaking.Add 1 1/2 cups of water. .Add enough salt also.Cover and let the curry boil,Keep in high flame. When the curry boils,add fish pieces.Swirl the pan once.Cover and cook in high flame till the curry boils just once more.Then simmer the flame to medium and cook for 20 mints till the gravy thickens .Serve with kappa/staemes rice. Note:this curry tastes best when used next day.

Ingredients for 2

Fish-250 gms cut into pieces
Small onion-8 sliced
Ginger-1 tblpsn crushed
Garlic-1 tblspn crushed
Curry leaves -few
Mustard seeds-1/4 tspn
Fenugreek seeds-1/4 tspn
Red chilli powder-1 1/2 tblspn
Turmeric powder-1/2 tspn
Kudumpuli-3 pieces,soaked in water for 10 mints.
Coconut oil
Salt

40 min · Easy

Directions

1. Make a paste of red chilli powder and turmeric powder by adding little water.Keep aside.

2. Heat oil in a manchatti.Splutter mustard seeds and fenugreek seeds.Add small onion,garlic,ginger and curry leaves.Saute till the raw smell goes
and small onion starts changing colour.Then add the masala paste.Saute well.Add kudumpuli along with water used for soaking.Add 1 1/2 cups of water.
.Add enough salt also.Cover and let the curry boil,Keep in high flame.
When the curry boils,add fish pieces.Swirl the pan once.Cover and cook in high flame till the curry boils just once more.Then simmer the flame to medium and
cook for 20 mints till the gravy thickens .Serve with kappa/staemes rice.

3. Note:this curry tastes best when used next day.

side dishes April 17, 2015 17:25