Steps to Make Perfect Anchovies Fish Curry/Nethili Meen Kuzhambu

Anchovies Fish Curry/Nethili Meen Kuzhambu.

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

Ingredients of Anchovies Fish Curry/Nethili Meen Kuzhambu

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