Mom's Meen Kulambu / Fish Gravy

Ingredients (Grocery catalogue / translation with images)

Fish - 8 pieces (cleaned medium size)
Small onions - 10 nos.
garlic - 7
green chillies - 2 (medium size)
Tomatoes - 2 medium size
curry leaves - few
tamarind water - 1/4 cup
raw mango - two small piece
salt - to taste
coriander leaves -garnish

Ground Masala
Coconut - 1/2 coconut (small size coconut)
chilli powder - 1 1/4tsp
coriander powder - 2tsp
turmeric powder - 1/4tsp
water - for the paste

Seasoning
oil
mustard seeds - 1/2 tsp
urad dhal - 1/2 tsp
cumin seed - 1/4tsp
fenugreek seed - 1/4tsp
asaefaetida - 1/4tsp
small onions - 4
curry leaves - few
red chilli - 3 broken


In a clay pot (if not available then use normal sauce pan) add chopped small onions, chopped garlic, slitted green chillies, curry leaves, tomatoes, ground masala, tamarind water, raw mango and salt and mix it.

Place the pot over the flame, leave it to boil, then reduce the flame to medium for the masala to cook for about 5min. Add the cleaned fish, use flat ladle to mix. It will take nearly 5 to 7min, switch off and close the pot with the lid.

Take a pan add oil and add the seasonings, and pour into the kulambu( gravy). Finally garnish with coriander leaves and serve with rice.

It also goes well with idle, dosa and idiyappam.