Easiest Way to Prepare Award-winning Anchovies Fish Curry/Nethili Meen Kuzhambu

Anchovies Fish Curry/Nethili Meen Kuzhambu.

You can cook Anchovies Fish Curry/Nethili Meen Kuzhambu using 23 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Anchovies Fish Curry/Nethili Meen Kuzhambu

1. You need 500 grams of Achovies Fish.
2. It's 5 tbspn of gingely oil.
3. You need 1 of tspn fenugreek seeds.
4. It's 1 tsp of mustard seeds.
5. Prepare 1/2 tsp of urad dhal.
6. You need 10 of garlic cloves.
7. Prepare 2 of spring curry leaves.
8. It's 10 of shallots/1 onion (chopped).
9. It's 1 of tomato (chopped).
10. It's 2 of green chillies (slit).
11. You need 1/2 tsp of turmeric powder.
12. You need 1 tsp of red chilli powder.
13. Prepare 1 tbspn of coriander powder.
14. Prepare 2 tbsp of mixed curry masala/kuzhambu podi.
15. Prepare To taste of salt.
16. It's 2 tbspn of coriander leaves (chopped).
17. Prepare of To grind.
18. You need 2 of onions.
19. You need 2 of tomatoes.
20. You need 1 tbspn of cumin seeds.
21. It's of To soak.
22. Prepare 1 of Lemon size tamarind.
23. You need 1 cup of water.

Anchovies Fish Curry/Nethili Meen Kuzhambu instructions

1. Clean fish at least twice in turmeric water and set aside. Soak tamarind in 1 cup water. Keep all ingredients ready..
2. In a blender add ingredients to grind and blend to coarse paste. Set aside..
3. Heat gingely oil in a wide pan, add fenugreek seeds, mustard seeds after it cracks add urad dhal..
4. Next add the garlic curry leaves and onion..
5. Add green chillies, tomato and the ground paste. Saute till raw smell disappears..
6. Next add the spices, turmeric powder, red chilli powder, coriander powder and mixed curry masala. Saute till oil separates from the pan..
7. Add salt(I've used rock salt) and tamarind water. Adjust water accordingly. Cover and cook for 10 minutes..
8. Once it starts boiling add the cleaned fish and cook for 5 minutes. Don't stir after adding the fish it will break. Garnish with coriander leaves..