Monday, September 23, 2013

Nadan Mathi/Sardine curry


Ingredients
8-10 sardines
5 shallots
4 garlic cloves
1/2" ginger piece
6-7 sprigs curry leaves
4-5 tablespoons Kashmiri chili powder
1/2 teaspoon turmeric powder
1/2 teaspoon fenugreek powder
1 tablespoon coriander powder
2 gambooge/kudampulli, soaked in water and torn into small pieces
salt
coconut oil

Method
  • Clean the sardines well. Rub little salt all over the fish and wash again. Make slits on each fish and keep aside.
  • Grind the shallots, ginger, garlic, chili powder, turmeric powder, coriander powder, fenugreek powder and few curry leaves into a fine paste.
  • Marinate the fish with the grinded paste, kudampulli pieces and salt and keep aside.
  • Heat a wide bottomed pan, preferably a mann chatti(earthen pot). Pour 2 tablespoons of coconut oil and rotate the chatti, so that the oil spreads all over the bottom of the chatti.
  • Arrange 4 sprigs of curry leaves in the hot oil. Now place the marinated fish over the sprigs of curry leaves.
  • Pour little water so that the water covers the fish. Allow this to boil.
  • Rotate the chatti at regular intervals so that the curry is well mixed. Do not stir as this will cause the fish pieces to break off.
  • Once it starts boiling, put the remaining sprigs of curry leaves on top the curry and reduce the flame to low.
  • Allow this to simmer for 20 minutes or until the gravy thickens and the water is evaporated. Do not forget to rotate the chatti in between.
  • Now switch off the flame and drizzle little coconut oil on the curry and serve.
  • This nadan fish curry tastes best the next day!!!


Note: This is a very spicy dish. Kerala nadan fish curries are supposed to be very spicy. However you can adjust the chili powder levels according to your taste.

10 comments:

  1. Ohhhfff! kandittu sahikunilla Priya,adipoli !!

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  2. Yum Yum Yum ... Drooling here :-) My only favorite fish and unfortunately I don't find this here :-)

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    1. Thankyou Rekha. sad to know that you don't get it there:(((

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  3. looks so yum... i love to have this with some kappa puzhukku... kure kalayi i've been wanting to eat this... should make some soon... pakshe mathi evidunnu kitti... evide eppo kshaamam poleyalle... hmm...

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    1. You said it. Kappa puzhuku is the best accompaniment with this fish curry.

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    1. Thank you very much Anu. Wonderful blog yours is, thanks for sharing the link. Following you:)

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  5. Ohhh!! The curry drenched over the fish is so good. Lovely spiced up taste.

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