Simple Kerala Fish Curry

To make this curry, we will need:

 Fish slices -- Of, course!

Grated coconut (1 cup)

Onion (1)

Chilly powder (1 spoon)

Turmeric powder (1/4 spoon)

Cumin seed (1 spoon)

Garlic (4 cloves)

Tamarind pulp (1 spoon)

Mustard seed (1 spoon)

Curry leaves ( a few)
Asafoetida (1 pinch)
Fenugreek (1 pinch)
Oil (1 spoon)
Salt (As per taste)
Coriander leave

The preparation:
Dry roast the coconut until you see a slight change in its color and get a nice aroma. Get this out of the heat and into a mixer jar.
Next, dry roast the onion for 2-3 min. Add this to the mixer that has the coconut.
Similarly dry roast the cumin seeds and fenugreek and transfer it to the same mixer bowl.
Add the chilli powder, turmeric powder, garlic into the mixer bowl and grind using a little water.
Once done, heat one spoon oil in a pan. Add a pinch of asafoetida, mustard, fenugreek and curry leaves.
Empty the content from the mixer bowl into the pan, add some water (according to the consistency of the curry you want), add salt, tamarind pulp and then the fish pieces.
Let this boil for 5 min.
Our fish curry is ready to be garnished with coriander and served with white rice.

You may want to alternate the recipe, by not dry roasting any of the ingredients but simply grinding them all together. It is just one simple step but it changes the taste to a great degree. Also, you may want to use, dry red chilli for seasoning. I have given it a miss here.