Chilly Fish
Fresh fish cooked the Kerala way — with coconut, curry leaves, and a tartness that comes from kudampuli or tamarind. Coastal Kerala cooking at its simplest and best.
Ingredientsfor 3 servings
- Fish400gm kozhuva
- 1 nos Onion
- 1 tsp Garlic
- Ginger small piece
- Curry leaf
- 2 nos Carrot
- Mustard seeds
- 3 nos Dry chilly
- Chilly powder 1 tsp
- 1 tsp Fish masala
- Salt, to taste
- Oil, to taste
Preparation
Step 1
Clean the fish and marinate it with chilly powder fish masala salt half tsp garlic and half slice of ginger and fry it.
Step 2
After that heat the oil in a kadai and allow to crackle the mustard seeds and add onion ginger garlic curry leaves carrot and dry chilly and cook it, stirring well then add the fried fish into it and crush it.
Step 3
Then leave it for 10mts in low flame.
Tip
Seafood cooks in minutes. The single biggest mistake is overcooking — the moment fish turns opaque or prawns curl and go pink, they are done.
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