Fish curry – Kannur style

ingredients:

Fish Any kind of fish, 1/4 kilo, cut into pieces, or 4-6 medium king fish

Red chilli powder 1 tsp

Turmeric powder 1/4 tsp

Salt 1tsp

Green Chillies 4 medium (halved and slit)

Curry leaves 2 strings

Ginger 1 tbsp (crushed finely)

Tomato 1 medium (cut into small pieces)

For paste or masala:

Coconut  1curd cup (grated)

Tomato 3/4 small (cubed)

Turmeric  1/4 tsp

Red chilli powder 2 tsp

Cumin seeds 1 tsp

Additions

Pulp of one lemond sized Tamarind

Recipe:

• In a conditioned claypot, add  ingredients, in the same order as mentioned above.  Keep aside.
• Take Masala ingredients in a blender/mixer, fine paste them by adding little water.
• Take out the only fish from chatty, keep aside.
• Add the ground paste into the chatty, pour two cups of water and mix the ingredients throughly with clean hand.  Allow the mixture to boil on medium heat for 15 minutes.
• When the curry thickens, place the fish one by one into the chatty, allow it to cook in medium heat.
• When fish is almost cooked, stir in tamarind pulp. Boil till end.
• Add salt and tamarind to desired taste.

This is a simple, easy-to-cook recipe for those who likes the exact taste of fish. For appetite appeal, we can fry 1/2 finely chopped onion, fry till brown in coconut oil, pour it over the curry.