Preparation time
- Total: Approximately 35 minutes
- Preparation: 10 minutes
- Cooking: 25 minutes
Ingredients
- 500 grams Sardine fish - cleaned and chopped
- Gingelly oil - or sunflower oil to cook
- 1/4 teaspoon Methi Seeds (Fenugreek Seeds)
- 1-1/2 Onion - finely chopped
- 1-1/2 Onion - coarsely chopped
- 2 Tomatoes - finely chopped
- 10 cloves Garlic - minced
- Curry leaves - a few sprigs
- 1/2 teaspoon Whole Black Peppercorns
- 6 Dry Red Chillies
- 1/2 tablespoon Red Chilli powder - (adjust to taste)
- 4 tablespoons Coriander (Dhania) Seeds
- 1/4 teaspoon Turmeric powder (Haldi)
- 1 tablespoons Tamarind Paste
- 1/2 teaspoon Cumin seeds (Jeera)
- 3/4 cup Fresh coconut - grated
- Salt - to taste
Instructions
- To begin making Fenugreek Spiced Sardine Fish Curry Recipe, prepare all the ingredients first, clean the fish and chop it to desired size
- Now heat a tawa with some gingelly oil
- Once it is heated, add the jeera, whole black peppercorns, dry red chillies, coriander seeds on medium heat and roast them till a nice aroma emerges
- Add the coarsely chopped onions, and garlic and saute a bit till the onions are translucent
- Once done, add the fresh grated coconut and stir for a minute or so, till toasted
- Switch off heat once done, and allow to cool on a plate, pot which we will need this to grind
- Meanwhile in the same kadai/pot, heat a bit of gingelly oil, add cumin seeds and allow to sizzle
- After a few seconds of adding cumin seeds, add the curry leaves, stir a bit so that the curry leaves splutter
- Immediately add the finely chopped onions and fenugreek seeds, saute and cook till the onions are translucent
- To the kadai, add chopped tomatoes, and continue cooking on medium heat till the tomatoes turn mushy
- Turn off till the ground paste is ready
- By this time, the oil roasted ingredients would be cooled
- Take those in a mixer grinder and grind them into a smooth paste by adding enough water
- Add this paste to the mushy tomatoes in the kadai on medium heat and cook further for about 5 minutes or the gravy kind of comes together from sides
- Add the tamarind paste and required water for the gravy
- After a minutes, add in the sardine fish pieces, required salt and cook covered for about 8-10 minutes on medium heat or till the fish is cooked well
- Serve Fenugreek Spiced Sardine Fish Curry Recipe with Chicken Cutlet Recipe and Steamed Rice Recipe or Ghee Rice Recipe | Neychoru for a complete meal
Other informations
The table below shows servings values and other necessary informations.
- Servings
- Cuisine
- Course
- Diet
- 3
- Indian
- Side Dish
- High Protein Non Vegetarian