Kerala style fish curry / ayala curry

Ingredients

• Indian mackerel – 4 nos
• Garlic – 10 to 15 nos
• Ginger – 2 pieces
• Tomatoes – 2 nos
• Green chilies – 6 nos
• Curry leaves
• Oil – 2 tbsp
• Fenugreek seeds – 1 tsp
• Red chilli powder – 2 1/2 tbsp
• Turmeric powder – 1 tsp
• Tamarind water – 1 large bowl

Method 

• Today we’re going to make kerala style fish curry / ayala curry
• For that first clean the fish and keep aside
• Then peel garlic and ginger and wash it and keep aside
• Now wash tomatoes and green chilies and keep it aside
• Then chop the ginger
• Then slice tomatoes and keep aside
• Then slice green chilies and keep it aside
• Now make ginger garlic paste in a grinding stone and keep it aside
• Then heat oil in a pan
• Then add the ginger garlic paste and saute
• Along with ginger garlic paste add fenugreek seeds and saute
• Then smash the sliced tomatoes with hands and add it
• Then saute it well and add red chilli powder, turmeric powder and salt
• Then add tamarind water to it and mix thoroughly
• Close the pan and cook for few minutes
• Then open the pan and add the fish in to it
• Then add sliced green chilies and curry leaves and mix it slowly
• Then close the pan again and let it cook for few more minutes
• Now open the lid and check whether the fish is cooked and add some curry leaves and a teaspoon of oil
• Now remove the pan from fire
• Kerala style fish curry / Ayala curry is ready to serve