Ingredients:

• Dried fish (Anchovies)or Nethili – 30-40 (you can use any kind of dried fish of your fish)
• Shallot onion chopped-10
• Chilly powder – 1 tbsp
• Corriander powder -1 tbsp
• Tamarind paste- 1/2 tbsp
• Salt for taste
• Coriander leaves to garnish

Method:

• Soak the dried fish in hot water for 10 mins. Remove the head and clean it and waste it .
• Now add 2tbsp of oil in a pan, add the chopped onions.Once the onion in done add the chopped tomato.
• Allow it to mash well, now add the chilly and the corriander powder. Allow it to cook till the oil seperates from the masala.
• Now add the tamarind extract and finally add the dried fish and salt.
• Cook everything together for 10mins.Once you see the oil coming out from this mixture add the coriander leaves and serve hot.

Ingredients:

• Small dry fish(karuvadu) – (5-10 ), cleaned and washed
• Tamarind – big lemon size, soaked
• sesame oil or any oil – 3 tsp
• Curryleaves few
• Corriander powder -3 tsp
• chilli powder – 1 tsp (or more)
• Turmeric powder – 1/4 tsp
• Salt

Vegetables

• Bringal /indian egg plant -2 (chop lengthwise)
• Mochaikottai- 1 cup pressure cooked
• Drumstick – 4 or 5 small pieces
• (All the three used will give you more taste and flavour is you don’t have something then you leave that and add the others)
• For Grinding
• Medium size Onion(chopped ) – 1 (3/4 th for grinding and 1/4 th for tempering)
• Garlic cloves – 2
• Medium size Tomatoes – 1( chopped )
• Sombu/ big zeera – 1/2 tsp

Method:

• Heat 1 tsp oil in a pan . Fry all the items listed in for Grinding.Then grind it well into smooth paste.
• Heat 2tsp of oil in pan . Add mustard seeds and splutter. Then add curry leaves,1/4th onion,and all the vegetables and also the dried fish. Fry them all well.
• Add chilli powder,corriander powder and turmeric powder. Add little water and salt. Let it cook.
• Extract thick juice from the tamarind and add that .
• Cook in medium heat atleast for 15 -20 mins.
• Slow cook for more time add the taste.