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Fish Avial

Posted on 10 August 2009 by Sarmila

Ingredients:

  • 1/2 kg of tuna, including bones and head well cleaned and prepared
  • 1 cup grated coconut
  • 2 hot chillies, or depending how spicy you like your dish
  • 10 pieces of baby shallots, keep a few shallots aside for frying
  • 1 inch fresh ginger
  • 3 cloves garlic
  • 1/2 teaspoon turmeric powder
  • 1 green mango cut into chunks
  • 2 drumsticks cleaned and cut into 1 inch pieces
  • a few curry leaves
  • 1/2 a teaspoon of mustard seeds
  • salt, as needed

Method:

  • Put the grated coconut, chillies, shallots, ginger, garlic and the tumeric powder along with 1/2 a cup of water and blend once.
  • Put this mixture in a heavy bottomed pan along with the mango and drumsticks, add a cup more of water and cook until the vegetables are cooked through.
  • Add the fish and season with salt cover and cook till the fish is cooked,.
  • Heat in a pan some oil put the mustard seeds and the curry leaves and shallots and fry until slightly brown and add to the avial.
  • heck the seasonings and add more salt according to your taste

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Fish Vada

Posted on 09 August 2009 by Sarmila

Ingredients:

  • Fish – 1/2 lb
  • All purpose flour( Maida ) – 2 tsp
  • Grated red onion – 4 tsp
  • Grated garlic – 2 tsp
  • Ginger – 1 tsp
  • Salt – 1/2 tsp
  • Red chilly powder – 2 pinches
  • Pepper – 1/2 tsp
  • Oil to fry

Method:

  • Clean fish and boil with some water.
  • When the fish is half cooked, drain the water.
  • Remove bones & mix well with all the ingredients.
  • Make small balls like cutlets.
  • Fry them.

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Malabar Fish Curry

Posted on 08 August 2009 by Sarmila

Ingredients:

  • Fish(Karimeen/Promphret/Chanad) 1/2 Kg
  • Green chillies – 5 nos
  • Onion – 1 no
  • Tomato – 1 no
  • Ginger paste – 1/2 tsp
  • Garlic paste – 1/2 tsp
  • Curry leaves – A few
  • Tamarind(Puli) paste – 2 tsp
  • Chilly powder – 1 1/2 tsp
  • Coriander powder – 2 tsp
  • Turmeric powder – 1 tsp
  • Pepper powder – 2 tsp
  • Salt – As reqd
  • Coconut oil – 3 tsp

Method:

  • Heat oil in a pan or a kadai.
  • Add green chilly paste followed by grated onion, tomato, ginger paste, garlic paste, curry leaves, tamarind paste, chilly powder, coriander powder, turmeric powder and pepper powder.
  • Saute well till onion and tomato blends well.
  • Add salt and mix well.
  • Add 1 1/2 cups of boiled water and allow it to boil.
  • Allow it to boil for 2 – 3 mins.
  • Add fish and cook for 5 mins.
  • Top it with 1 tsp of coconut oil.
  • Serve Hot with Rice.

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Finger Fish

Posted on 06 August 2009 by Sarmila

Ingredients:

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  • 2 lbs of fish (any large variety you like)
  • 1 tbsp of ginger paste
  • 1 tbsp of garlic paste
  • Salt/pepper to taste
  • 2 tbsp of lemon juice
  • 2 tbsp of red chilli powder
  • ½ cup of all purpose flour
  • 2 tbsp soya sauce
  • Oil to deep fry

Method:

  • Clean the fish and cut into fingers.
  • Marinate the fish fingers in a mixture of ginger-garlic paste, salt,pepper and lemon juice for half an hour.
  • Mix red chilli powder,soyasauce ,pepper, salt and all purpose flour.
  • Remove the fish fingers from the first marinate and roll them in seasoned red chilli and flour mixture.
  • Heat oil in a kadai and deep fry in hot oil till crisp and done.
  • Remove onto an absorbent paper to remove excess oil and Serve hot with your favorite chutney.

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Anchovies( Nethili) Curry

Posted on 31 July 2009 by Sarmila

Ingredients:

  • Red onion – 1/2 of one or Shallots
  • Dried anchovies( Nethili) – 1 cup
  • Garlic pod – 1 no
  • Shallots – 4 nos
  • Dried chillies – 10 nos
  • Garam Masala 2 tbsp
  • Salt – 1/4 tsp
  • Sugar – 1 tbsp

Method:

  • Rinse the dried anchovies and drain the water.
  • Fry the anchovies until they turn light brown and put aside.
  • Pound the garam masala together with shallots, garlic, and deseeded dried chilies with a mortar and pestle.
  • Slice the red onion into rings.
  • Soak the tamarind pulp in water for 15 minutes.
  • Squeeze the tamarind constantly to extract the flavor into the water.
  • Drain the pulp and save the tamarind juice.
  • Heat some oil in a pan and fry the spice paste until fragrant.
  • Add in the onion rings.
  • Add in the fish and stir well.
  • Add tamarind juice, salt, and sugar.
  • Simmer on low heat until the gravy thickens.
  • Serve hot with rice.

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Fish Chilly Fry

Posted on 27 July 2009 by Sarmila

Ingredients:

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  • Fish pieces – 6,
  • Grated coconut – 1/4 cup,
  • Fennel seeds – 1 tsp,
  • Pearl onions – 2,
  • Turmeric powder – 1 tsp,
  • Red chilly powder – 3 tsp,
  • Salt – as per taste,
  • Curry leaves – 1 string,
  • Oil – for frying.

Method:

  • Clean the fish pieces well and keep aside.
  • Crush the 1 tsp fennel seeds and keep aside.
  • Grind the coconut, pearl onions in to a fine paste and keep aside.
  • Put the fish pieces in a bowl, add the coconut paste, crushed fennel seeds, turmeric powder, red chilly powder, salt, curry leaves and mix well.
  • Marinate this for 1/2 an hour in refrigerator.
  • Heat 2 tsp oil in a kadai, put the fish pieces 2 at a time and keep in medium flame. Add oil on sides and Cover cook for 3-5mins.
  • Uncover and turn the fish to the other side, add oil on the sides and cover cook for 3mins.
  • Remove the lid and roast till golden brown and garnish with cilantro/Coriander leaves.

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