Kerala style sardine curry

Ingredients

• Sardine – 1kg
• Garlic – 6 to 7 nos
• Ginger – 1nos
• Onion – 2 nos
• Tomato – 2 nos
• Malabar tamarind – 3 to 4 nos
• Turmeric powder – 1/2tbsp
• Red chilli powder – 1 ½ tbsp.
• Fenugreek powder – 1/2tsp
• Fenugreek – 1 tsp
• Salt – 1or 2 tsp
• Oil- 7 to 8 tbsp

Method

• Heat oil in a pan and add fenugreek.
• Then add chopped ginger and garlic and saute for a few seconds.
• Add chopped onions and saute them well.
• Now add some chopped green chili and saute them well.
• Then add some curry powders, such as turmeric powder and red chili powder and saute them well for a few minutes.
• Add soaked Malabar tamarind and water combine them well.
• Again, add sufficient amount of water for sardine curry and stir and boil them well.
• Once the masala gavy is well boiled, add the cleaned sardine fish and mix it with a spatula.
• Then cook for a few minutes.
• Add chopped tomatoes on top of the curry and cook well.
• If the sardine fish curry is well cooked, add some fenugreek powder.
• Then pour some fresh coconut oil on top of the curry.
• Stir them well, remove from the fire and set aside.
• Serve the tasty sardine fish curry with tapioca or meals.