Name: Dried Fish Curry
Prep time: 20 min
Total time: 20 min
Ingredients: 500 gm Dried fish (cleaned and washed, small variety); 20 nos Shallots (cut into small pieces, Kunjulli); 8 - Green chillies (slit into two); 2 sprigs Curry leaves; 1/2 cup Grated coconut; Raw mango (depending on sourness ); 2 tsp Coconut oil; 1/2 tsp Chilly powder; Turmeric powder (A pinch); Salt (As reqd)

Dried Fish Curry

Dried fish (Onakka meen) cooked with raw mango and coconut

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Prep Time 20 mins

Total Time 20 mins

Cuisine Kerala

Servings people

Ingredients

500 gm Dried fish cleaned and washed, small variety
20 nos Shallots cut into small pieces, Kunjulli
8 - Green chillies slit into two
2 sprigs Curry leaves
1/2 cup Grated coconut
Raw mango depending on sourness
2 tsp Coconut oil
1/2 tsp Chilly powder
Turmeric powder A pinch
Salt As reqd

Instructions

Grind the coconut with 1 - 2 shallots into a fine paste.
Cook the dried fish with green chillies, shallots, salt, turmeric powder and chilly powder, till half done.
Cut the raw mango into thin slices and add it to the fish.
Cook well, till the fish is done.
Add the coconut paste and cook, till the raw smell goes.
Switch off the stove.
Add coconut oil and curry leaves and keep it closed for 2 mins.
:- Can prepare sardine or mackerel in the same way, but need to increase the quantity of ingredients.