Malabar Fish Curry

Malabar Fish Curry

Ingredients

12 sardines, cleaned
2 cup freshly grated coconut
7 onions, sliced
1 tsp cocum
5 flakes garlic
4 green chillies
1" piece ginger
1 tomato
2 tsp coriander leaves
1 tsp salt
1/4 cup coconut oil

For the seasoning

2 tsp curry leaves
1/2 tsp mustard seeds

For the garnishing

2 tsp mint leaves, chopped

Method

1. Soak the cocum in 1/2 of water for 10 minutes.

2. Grind the coconut,onions,garlic,green chillies,ginger,tomato and the coriander leaves to a fine paste.

3. Heat half the quantity of oil in a pan and saute the seasoning ingredients and the ground paste for minute.

4. Add the fish, salt and 2 cup of water. Bring the contents to boil and cook on slow fire till the fish is tender and the contents are dry.Pour over the curry, the remaining quantity of coconut oil,mix well and remove it from the fire . Transfer the contents to a serving dish.

5. Garnish the dish with chopped mint leaves.

6. Serve hot with rice