SILVER FISH GRAVY (Erli/Netholi)

SILVER FISH  GRAVY                                

You Need

Silver fish - 50 no (scales and fins removed, cleaned)                            

One small onion sliced thinly

1 tbsp coconut or any cooking oil

For the masala to be ground to a fine paste

Long red chillies - 4

Jeera - 1 tsp

whole pepper - 1 tsp

Turmeric powder - half tsp

Tamarind – 1 small marble sized (or amchur powder which will give a slightly different taste)

2 medium sized onions              

1.     Heat  oil, fry the onion till brown.  Add the ground paste and fry for 5 minutes

2.     Add the masala water (which you used to rinse the mixi jar or grinder),  bring to a curry consistency and let it boil.  Add salt to taste and check the taste and thickness of the curry.

3.     Add cleaned fish. When it starts boiling, lower the heat, give the vessel a gentle swirl.

4.     Give a good boil, turn off the heat. Let it stand for 5 minutes. Serve it with rice or ragi balls..

Tip:      Avoid putting spoon in the curry once you have added fish because fish may break. Gently swirling the vessel does the job, keeping the fish intact. Add raw mango pieces in season for extra taste. In that case reduce the tamarind.Boil the raw mango pieces separately with little water and add to fried masala and add salt.

You may also like to fry this fish for which you can use Meet Mirsang