A tangy dried-fish curry
ഉണക്ക മീൻ കറി
Ingredients
250 g dried sardines; 1 onion; 1 tomato; ½ cup grated coconut; 1 teaspoon chilli powder; ¼ teaspoon turmeric; tamarind to taste; curry leaves; 1 tablespoon oil.
Method
- Clean and prepare the dried fish according to the pack instructions. Adjust soaking and the salt in your recipe to suit the fish.
- Soften the onion in oil with curry leaves. Add tomato, chilli and turmeric, then cook until the tomato softens.
- Blend the coconut with a little water. Add it with tamarind water and enough water for a gravy. Simmer, add the fish, and cook through gently. Taste before adding extra salt.