Fish-Machhli Gravy
Fish/machhli gravy is prepared by cooking fish pieces in curry mixture and other ingredients.
Ingredientsfor 6 servings
- 500 g Fish slices
- 1 nos Onion — chopped
- Ginger — minced
- 1/2 cup Shallots — minced (Kunjulli)
- 1 tsp Fennel seeds
- 2 nos Green chillies
- 2 nos Tomato — finely chopped
- 3 tbsp Fish curry powder Eastern fish masala
- 2 tbsp Tamarind pulp
- Oil, to taste
- 1 tsp Turmeric powder
- Curry leaves, a few
- Salt, to taste
Preparation
Step 1
First mix together tamarind paste, fish curry powder, chopped tomato, turmeric powder and required salt. Blend into a nice paste by adding some water. Set aside.
Step 2
Roughly grind together shallots, ginger and green chillies.
Step 3
Pour oil into a pan and heat it, allow to crackle fennal seeds. cook onion,ground onion paste and curry leaves.
Step 4
When the frying smell comes, add the previously ground curry powder mixture and keep frying until raw smell leaves.
Step 5
Stir in fish slices and cook in low heat until the fish curry starts thickening. Remove pan from fire. 5)Serve hot the fish gravy with rice.
Tip
A clay pot gives fish curry a distinctive taste that metal pans cannot replicate. If you have a manchatti, use it.
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