Clean fish and marinate with a mixture of chilly powder, turmeric powder and little salt. Take a bowl, add the marinated fish pieces with some water and bring the contents to a boil. It should just get cooked. Don¦t overcook it.

Grind to a fine paste v soaked amla, coconut, ginger, garlic and shallots.

Add this paste to the cooked fish and continue cooking till the mixture gets boiled. Add salt if required.

Once cooked, add the jeera and uluva powders and off the gas.

Heat a small pan, add oil and crackle mustard seeds. Add curry leaves and fry. Pour this into the curry.

Nadan dry amla fish curry is ready.