Fried Mackerel Curry வறுத்த மீன் கறி

Ingredients:
Spanish mackerel - 6 cut pieces
Onion - 1 (chopped)
Ginger garlic paste - 1tsp
Tamarind - lime size
Tomato -1 ( medium)
Green chilli - 2 ( sliced)
Red chilli powder - 1 tsp
Cumin seeds - 1/2 tsp ( crushed )
Pepper corn- 1/4 tsp ( crushed )
Coconut milk - 1/2 cup
Oil
Salt

For fish marination:
Garlic -2 cloves grated
Red chilli powder -2 tsp
Corainder powder -1 tsp
Trumeric powder - 1/4 tsp
Lime juice -1tsp
Salt

Method for frying the fish:
Have the fish sliced into horizontal pieces.
Mix all the ingredients for marination except oil.
Cover and keep it aside for 30 minutes.
After marination, all the masala would have soaked in the fish. Deep fry the fish pieces in a medium flame.

Method for making the curry:
Soak the tamarind and take the extract.
Heat the oil in a kadai.Add chopped onion and green chilli and fry.
Add ginger, garlic paste .Add tomoto pieces and fry till it becomes paste.
Add crushed cumin, pepper, red chilli powder and fry.
Add the tamarind extract, salt and let it boil.
Deep fry the fish.Add the fried fish in the gravy.
After some time add coconut milk and let it cook for 5 minutes and remove.

P.S adjust the green chilli, pepper,red chilli accoridng to your taste.

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