Name: Mackerel Pickle
Prep time: 30 min
Total time: 30 min
Ingredients: 3 nos Mackerels; 1/2 inch Ginger; 8 nos Garlic pods; 4 nos Green chillies; Curry leaves (A few); 2 tsp Chilly powder; Coconut oil enough for frying; 4 tbsp White vinegar; 3 tsp Chilly powder; Ginger (garlic paste - 3 tsp); 3/4 tsp Fennel seed powder (Perinjeerakam); 1 tsp Turmeric powder

Mackerel Pickle

Mother`s recipe

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Prep Time 30 mins

Total Time 30 mins

Cuisine Kerala

Servings people

Ingredients

3 nos Mackerels
1/2 inch Ginger
8 nos Garlic pods
4 nos Green chillies
Curry leaves A few
2 tsp Chilly powder
Coconut oil enough for frying
4 tbsp White vinegar

For marination:-

3 tsp Chilly powder
Ginger garlic paste - 3 tsp
3/4 tsp Fennel seed powder Perinjeerakam
1 tsp Turmeric powder

Instructions

Cut and clean mackerels.
Cut into small pieces.
Marinate it with chilly powder, garlic- ginger paste, fennel seed powder and turmeric powder and keep it in fridge for 1 hour.
Fry the marinated fish pieces in coconut oil.
Chop garlic, ginger and green chillies and cut a few curry leaves.
After frying fish, take it out and put the chopped garlic, ginger, green chillies and curry leaves in the remaining oil.
Fry for few mins.
Add white vinegar and 2 tsp of chilly powder into this and let it boil.
Add the fried mackerel pieces into it.
Remove from fire.
Allow it to cool.
Keep it in the refrigerator.
Mix before serving.
:- We can also make pickle with kingfish, shark and prawns. bones donot make problems . cut the fish into small pieces.