Name: Notopterus(Vallankulu) Curry
Prep time: 30 min
Total time: 30 min
Ingredients: 500 g Notopterus/Vala meen) (Vallankulu); 1 tbsp Red chilly powder; 5 nos Green chillies; 1 tsp Mustard seeds; 1 tsp Turmeric powder; 1 cup Tomato (chopped); 1 cup Onions (chopped); Salt (As reqd); 250 ml Refined oil; 1 tsp Poppy seeds (Kashakasha); 2 inch Ginger; 1/4 cup Garlic bulbs; 1 cup Onion (pieces); 6 nos Cloves (Grambu); 6 nos Cardamom (Elakka)

Notopterus(Vallankulu) Curry

Spicy vallankulu curry with tomato

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Prep Time 30

Total Time 30

Cuisine Andhra

Servings people

Ingredients

500 g Notopterus/Vala meen) Vallankulu
1 tbsp Red chilly powder
5 nos Green chillies
1 tsp Mustard seeds
1 tsp Turmeric powder
1 cup Tomato chopped
1 cup Onions chopped
Salt As reqd
250 ml Refined oil

Ingredients for Spicy Paste:

1 tsp Poppy seeds Kashakasha
2 inch Ginger
1/4 cup Garlic bulbs
1 cup Onion pieces
6 nos Cloves Grambu
6 nos Cardamom Elakka

Instructions

Remove gills, scales, fins and alimentary canal of all the fishes. Wash thoroughly and cut into medium sized pieces horizontally. Add turmeric powder, red chilly powder and one tea spoon of salt. Mix well and leave for marination.
Add all the spicy ingredients to a blending jar and grind into a smooth spicy paste.
Heat oil in a deep bottomed pan. Splutter mustard seeds. Add onion pieces and fry till the pieces turn brown.
Add the tomato pieces, half split green chillies and the ground spicy paste. Fry till oil shows up.
Add the marinated fish pieces and sufficient salt. Mix well carefully and add two cups of water. Turn the fish pieces up and down and allow to cook in low flame until all the ingredients are blended well and the gravy thickens.
Serve hot as side dish.

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Notopterus(Vallankulu) Curry