Fish Pickle Easy

Name: Fish Pickle Easy
Prep time: 30 min
Total time: 30 min
Ingredients: 1 kg Fish (any fleshy fish); 10 nos Baby onions (Kunjulli); 3 nos Green chillies; Ginger (garlic paste - 2 tbsp); Mustard seeds (A pinch); Fenugreek (A pinch, Uluva); 1 tsp Turmeric powder; 5 tsp Chilly powder; Salt (As reqd); Oil (As reqd); 1/2 cup Vinegar

By AshokCM

• October 18, 2004

Fish Pickle Easy

A fish pickle from the heart of Kerala-Kottayam

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Prep Time 30

Total Time 30

Cuisine Kerala

Servings people

Ingredients

1 kg Fish any fleshy fish
10 nos Baby onions Kunjulli
3 nos Green chillies
Ginger garlic paste - 2 tbsp
Mustard seeds A pinch
Fenugreek A pinch, Uluva
1 tsp Turmeric powder
5 tsp Chilly powder
Salt As reqd
Oil As reqd
1/2 cup Vinegar

Instructions

Cut the fish into small cube like pieces of approx 3cmX3cm.
Marinate with 1/2 tsp of turmeric, 2 tsp of chilly powder and salt for atleast an hour.
Lightly fry the marinated fish in oil.
:- Take care not to deep fry, as the fish will become hard.
Keep aside for draining.
Heat oil in a kadai or a pan.
Splutter mustard seeds and light fry fenugreek seeds.
Add onions and fry, till they become golden brown.
Add the remaining chilly powder and turmeric powder.
Add the ginger-garlic paste and saute.
Add salt.
Saute, till the mix turns dark.
Add the fried fish to this along with lots of oil.
Cook for 10 - 15 minutes.
Allow it to cool.
As soon as it cools, transfer it to an air tight bottle.
Add vinegar and turn the bottle upside down for the vinegar to reach everywhere.
Keep aside for a day or 2.

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Response (17)

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Thomas October 4, 2007

Hey mate,

you forgot to add curry leaves

ginger and garlic cut into small pieces would have been better than the paste. which oil is preferred????

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Trupa September 7, 2009

thanks for the simple recipee. i m going to try it out very soon

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Mrs. Anthony February 11, 2008

Easy instruction and absolutely delicious……!

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jince varghese June 25, 2008

ya too much tasty but i never tried ..sorry for this.. as soon as possible i`ll try this recipe ..ok.. thanks ..

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Prince varghese November 13, 2008

Good,but better if not to make paste of ginger & garlic.

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clara kennedy March 7, 2007

very excellent Mr.Ashok.It like your recipe and pointwise method.Thank you.

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mol October 15, 2006

good…thanx a lot

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Venugopal September 6, 2006

This is a very simple and easy to make recipe, the preparation is excellent .Thanks Ashok and everyelse try this .

Venu

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helena April 6, 2006

Hey I haven`t tried this. But I want to tell that ur explanation is very clear for us to make. I`m gonna try this.

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malu September 25, 2006

very good and thanks for this recipe

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Shailaja Mohan December 21, 2006

This is an excellent recipe, easy to make and quite tasty. Thank you for sharing.

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ginu December 2, 2004

very good!!, thanks. i am from Ktm. made fish pickle for the 1st time with ur receipe, came out very well.

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she March 24, 2005

Delicious!!

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jiss February 20, 2005

hey ashok…really great!!!
so easy and tasty as well:)

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s April 23, 2005

What oil did u use for this.I want to try this.Can we use gingily oil or cococonut oil.

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parvathy August 17, 2007

whiler eading my taste buds are just givin me an order to get it ready.
would like to try it at the earliest. but thanks for making the reciepe sound so easy to make

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gouri March 11, 2012

Add curry leaves, ginger and garlic cut into small pieces rather than paste. Avoid small onions if u want to keep it long.

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