Mar 21, 2008

Low Calorie Fish Curry in Earthern Pot ( not spicy )

Kudampuli (Kokum or Garcinia indica)


Ingredients
Seer Fish - 250 gm
Turmeric powder - 1 teaspoon
Small onions - 15
Tomatoes - 2
Green Chilly -2
Kudampuli (Kokum or Garcinia indica) -4 cloves ( soak for 1/2 hr in salt water for better result)
Ginger - Garlic Paste -2 teaspoon
Red Chilly Pasted - 6 nos
Curry leaves- 10
Salt - to taste
Cooking oil -1 teaspoon
Preparation
Marinate fish cubes with turmeric powder and salt for 1 hour. Heat Earthern pot. Add cooking oil. Shallow fry small onions, tomatoes, green chilly, ginger- garlic paste and curry leaves. Add red chilly paste, fry it slowly. Add kudampuli , fish pieces , salt and a glass of water. Cover with the lid. Cook till done.
This Fish curry is not very spicy and the cooking oil used is only 1 teaspoon. Apart from red chilly no other masala / spices used. Goes very well with Rice.

3 comments:

Sagari said...

nice recipe and pics

Meera said...

I loved that earthen pot. I have heard that it imparts a wonderful flavor to the fish curries. I have only eaten yogurt/tea/lassi etc in small earten pots (kulhads), but have never tasted fish curries. Thanks for sharing.

Cham said...

When the fish is prepared in earthern pot it is totally awesome :) Nive picture