മീന്‍ കറി തേങ്ങാപാല്‍ ചേര്‍ത്തത്

Ingredients:

Fish (king fish or any fleshy fish)   : 1/2 kg
Tamarind                                        : 1/2 lemon size ball
Kashmiri chilli pdr                         : 2 tbsp
Coriander pdr                                 : 1 tsp
Turmeric pdr                                  : a pinch
Tomato                                           : 1 small
Shallots                                          : 10 nos
Green chillies                                 : 2
Onion                                             : 1no
Garlic                                             : 2 cloves
Ginger                                            : 1/2 "pc
Salt to taste
Coconut oil                                    : 2 tbsp
Curry leaves                                  : 1 sprig
Lime juice  of half a lemon

Method:

Clean and wash the fish and marinate with a pinch of turmeric pdr, salt and lime juice and keep aside.
Soak tamarind in one and half  cup of water for 30 mins and extract the juice . You can also use kudampuli (2 pcs)  instead of tamarind. In that case just add it as it is and add one and a half cup of water.
Roast fenugreek seeds in a tawa and powder it.
Chop shallots, garlic and ginger into small pieces. Slice onion into thin slices.
Slit green chillies lengthwise.

 Heat 3 tbsp of oil in a thick bottomed pan (or use a meen chatti) and add garlic, ginger, shallots, sliced onion  and slit green chillies. Saute it till the onion become light brown in colour.




Now add the chilli pdr, fenugreek pdr, coriander pdr, turmeric pdr  to this and saute again.





Now add chopped tomato and saute for a while and add the tamarind extract and salt, let it boil for 3 mins.






Mix 3tbsp of coconut milk powder with 1/2 cup of warm water and add this to the curry. Cook for 1 more min in a low flame.





                                Now add the fish pieces to this and let it boil for 2 more mins.








                             Remove from fire, add curry leaves and 1 tsp of raw coconut oil(optional).



                               
                                           It goes well with steamed rice!!