Kerala style sardine fish roast

Ingredients

• Sardines- 1kg
• Red chilli powder – 1 tbsp
• Pepper powder- 1 1/2 tsp
• Turmeric powder- 1 tsp
• Salt – 1 tsp
• Onion- 3 nos
• Tomatoes- 3 nos
• Green chilli- 2 nos
• Ginger-2 pieces
• Garlic – 7 to 8 nos
• Curry leaves

Method

• Clean and wash sardines and set it aside
• Add red chilli powder, pepper powder , turmeric powder and salt
• Marinate it and set it aside
• Now peel onion and set it aside
• Wash tomatoes, green chillies and onion
• Then peel ginger and garlic and wash it
• Now chop onion and green chilli and keep it aside
• Then chop tomatoes in to tiny pieces and keep aside
• Heat oil in a frying pan and fry the marinated sardines
• And keep it aside after frying
• Now grind the ginger and garlic in a grinding stone and keep aside
• Now heat oil in a pan and add sliced onion
• Then add green chilli and curry leaves and add ginger garlic paste
• Saute it well till it turns brown
• Now add red chilli powder turmeric powder pepper powder and salt according to taste
• Then add tomatoes and mix it well
• Now add the fried sardines to this masala and mix it well
• Once the fish roast is ready
• Remove from fire and set aside
• Serve the tasty Kerala style sardine fish roast / fried mathi roast