Fish Curry recipe

Fish curry recipe

This fish curry recipe is a Tangy version of fish curry. Not sure which region in south makes it, but for sure its a hit with all my friends and family when mom makes it....so here goes the recipe...Sorry guys no pictures, as theser are just written on the go...Will definitely post pictures very soon and tag it to these recipes


Ingredients

• Fish - Sardines/Seer/Mackeral- 1/2 Kg
• Tomatoes - 3 
• Onion - 2
• Tamarind - 2tablespoon, or a small lemon sized tamarind ball
• Oil- 2tbsp
• Garlic- 10~15 cloves
• Chilli powder
• Turmeric powder-1tsp
• Mustard seeds- 1tsp
• Fenugreek Seeds-1tsp
• Asafoetida- A pinch
• Curry leaves- handful
• salt - to taste

For the Masala Paste - Grind tomatoes,1 onion,7~8 garlic,tamarind,chilli powder.

Method:

• Wash the fish with rock salt and turmeric powder
• In a pan add oil and crackle the mustard seeds.
• Then add Fenugreek , Asafoetida,curry leaves,onion,Garlic adn turmeric powder
• Saute this and then add the masala paste and salt.
• saute it till the masala is cooked.
• If you want it more watery add little water and let it cook.
• Add fish at this stage and close the pan for about 5 to ten minutes or till fish is cooked.   
• Let it cool down and let the fish soak in the masala's . 
• And this simple fish curry is now ready to eat.

Tastes best the next day:-)...you can eat it with Idli or dosa, tastes better with Sardines.