Kerala style anchovy fish curry | netholi mulak fry

Ingredients 

• Anchovy: 1/2 kg
• Turmeric powder: 1 tablespoon
• Red chili powder: 1 tablespoon
• Pepper powder: 2 tablespoons
• Rice flour: 1 tablespoon
• Salt: 1 teaspoon.
• Onions: 2 nos.
• Shallots: 200g
• Garlic: 7-8 nos.
• Ginger: 1 nos.
• Coconut slice: 50g
• Dried red chili: 6 nos.
• Coconut oil: 1/4 liter
• Curry leaves
• Garam masala : 1 tsp
• Lemon : half piece

Method

• Today we are going to make Kerala-style anchovy fish curry.
• For that, cut and clean anchovy and keep it in a pan.
• Then add turmeric powder, red chili powder, pepper powder, rice flour, and salt and mix it with your hands by adding a few drops of water.
• Then peel onions and keep aside.
• Then peel shallots and keep them aside.
• Then peel ginger and garlic and keep aside.
• Then wash all these and set them aside.
• Then slice the coconut into thin pieces and keep it aside.
• Then slice the shallots and onion separately and set it aside.
• Now grind the dried red chili and transfer it into a bowl.
• Then make ginger and garlic paste in a grinding stone and transfer it into a bowl.
• Now heat oil in a pan and make anchovy fry and set it aside.
• Then heat oil in a pan and add shallots, onion, and salt and sauté it.
• Then add ginger garlic paste in to it and mix well.
• Add those coconut slices when their color starts to change.
• Then sauté it well and add the grinded dried red chilies and garam masala and sauté well.
• Then add the fried anchovies in to it and mix and add juice of half a lemon.
• Now add curry leaves and mix again.
• Remove the pan from the fire and keep it aside.
• Kerala style anchovy fish curry is ready to be served.