Add the onion paste and salt into the cleaned sardine .

To avoid sticking of sardine in the pan while frying, add some lemon juice into the mix .

Add red chilli powder, pepper powder and turmeric powder with the sardine pieces, mix it well and keep it aside for some time.

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Heat some oil in a frying pan and put the sardine pieces in it and fry both sides.

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Varutha Matthi is ready and can be served with cooked rice.