Ingredients

• Fish (Kulambu Fish) – 500g
• Small Onion – 15
• tomatoes – 4
• Red Chilli powder – 1 tbsp
• Red chilli – 1
• Fennel seeds – 1 tsp
• Green chilli – 3
• Garlic cloves – 8
• Lemon – 1
• Coconut – 1
• Tamarind – 1 lemon size
• Asafoetida – A pinch
• fenugreek seeds – 1 tsp
• Cumin seeds – 1 tsp
• Peppercorns – 1 tsp
• Coriander seeds – 2 tbsp
• Turmeric powder – Required
• Curry leaves – Required
• Coriander leaves – Required
• Gingelly oil – Required
• Salt – Required
• Rock salt – Required

How to Prepare

Total Preparation time: 10-20 minutes

1. Add 100ml water and dissolve the tamarind ball using your hand, filter it, save the syrup and keep aside
2. Clean the fish with rock salt 2 times, clean the fish with turmeric powder 2 times, wash it without salt and turmeric for 1 time
3. Add some turmeric and marinate it for 30 minutes and keep aside
4. Take a pan, dry fry coriander seeds, peppercorns, cumin seeds for 5 minutes, grind them well and save it in a bowl
5. Cut 10 onions in two pieces, chop 5 onions slit green chillies, chop garlic and grind them like a paste, chop tomatoes and keep aside
6. Grind coconut with water and extract think milk from it and keep aside
7. Take a pan, add 3 tsp oil, once oil heats up, add fennel seeds followed by red chilli, curry leaves and asafoetida
8. And fry for 2 minutes then cutted onions and saute it till onion become translucent
9. Add green chillies, garlic paste and fry it for 3 minute
10. Add 2 tomatoes, some salt and saute it, tomatoes become mushy
11. Add prepared masala powder, red chilli powder and saute it for 5 minutes
12. Turn off the flame and cool it down after that grind them like a paste and keep aside
13. Take a pan, heat with oil and add mustard seeds, curry leaves
14. Once mustard crackle, add onions and saute it till transculent
15. Then masala paste and mix it well then add chopped tomatoes
16. Saute it then add tamarind syrup in it and 500ml water mix well
17. Finally add the marinated fish pieces and stir it gently
18. Close the lid and allow them to cook for 10 minutes until oil separates
19. Finally turn off the flame and garnish with coriander leaves
20. Now the delicious Fish Kulambu is ready for serve