Kerala fish curry (meen pattichathu)

Ingredients

• Fish: ½ kg.
• Kudam puli: 3 or 4.
• Kashmiri red chilly powder:5 or 6 tsp.
• Turmeric: A pinch.
• Pepper powder: ½ teaspoon.
• Mustard seeds: ½ teaspoon.
• Fenugreek or uluva seeds: ¼ teaspoon. (Refer note)
• Button onions chopped: 7 or 8. (Refer note)
• Garlic chopped: 4 or 5 cloves.
• Ginger chopped: 1 inch.
• Green chillies: 2.
• Curry leaves.
• Salt to taste.

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Preparation

• In a chatti pour little oil and crack the mustard seeds and the fenugreek seeds.
• Add chopped onions, garlic, ginger, green chillies and sauté till light brown.
• Put in the chilly powder, turmeric and fry for a little time.
• Pour little water and put in cleaned puli, salt, and curry leaves.
• Put in the fish and when it boils leave to simmer for 10 -20 minutes and add the pepper powder.
• When the fish is done add more curry leaves.