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Fish / Meen Perattu
Published on February 22, 2024

Ingredients:
400 gm fish pieces
1/4 tsp turmeric powder
2 tbsp kashmiri chilli powder
1 tbsp ginger-garlic paste
5 dry red chillies
25-30 shallots
small gooseberry sized / 8 gm tamarind
4 tbsp coconut oil
1/2 tsp mustard seeds
1" piece ginger, chopped
8 garlic cloves, chopped
10 shallots, sliced
2 sprigs curry leaves
salt to taste
Preparation:
- In a bowl, add cleaned fish pieces, turmeric powder, kashmiri chilli powder, ginger-garlic paste and salt and mix well with hand. Keep it aside for 20 minutes.
- Heat a pan and add dry red chillies and fry till it starts to change to dark brown colour. Keep it aside.
- Add about 25-30 shallots in the same pan and fry for 10 minutes at medium flame. Keep it aside to cool.
- Then grind fried shallots, dry red chillies, tamarind adding 1/4 cup of water to a paste and keep it aside.
- Heat coconut oil in a pan and add marinated fish pieces and fry at medium flame on both sides and keep it aside.
- In the same oil, splutter mustard seeds. Add chopped ginger, garlic, 10 shallots, curry leaves and salt and saute for 2 minutes at medium flame.
- Add ground paste and saute well for 1-2 minutes.
- Add fried fish and gently mix till well coated with masala. Adjust salt and switch off the flame.
- Keep it covered for 10 minutes and then serve as a side dish...
Recipe Source: Shaan Geo (YouTube)