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Mackerel Pickle

Mother`s recipe
Prep Time 30 minutes
Total Time 30 minutes
Cuisine Kerala
Servings 4 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.
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