What would you do with Dry Fish? Can we make curry out of it? Yes, you can. I must say this is one of my special grandma recipe done with a clay pot to preserve the traditional way of doing it. It is tasty and goes well with plain rice. Why are you waiting? Let’s get started!

Preparation Time: 10 mins	Recipe Servings: 4
Cook Time: 20 mins	Download Recipe
Total Time: 30 mins

Ingredients for Curry Preparation:

1. 1/2 tsp Black Pepper
2. 1/2 tsp Cumin Seeds
3. 10 Small Onion
4. 8 medium cloves Garlic
5. 2 Green Chilly
6. Coconut pieces [few]
7. Small ball-sized Tamarind
8. 1/4 tsp Turmeric Powder
9. 2 tsp Coriander Powder
10. 1 tsp Chilly powder
11. 1 medium chopped Tomato
12. 1 cup Thick Coconut Milk
13. Crystal Salt

Ingredients for making Dry Fish Curry:

1. 1 tbsp Oil
2. 5 small cloves crushed Garlic
3. 1/2 tsp Mustard Seeds
4. 1/2 tsp Cumin Seeds
5. Curry leaves [few]
6. 1/2 tsp Chilly Powder
7. 4 pieces Dry Ribbon Fish [Valai Karuvadu]
8. 2 Brinjal [Each cut into half]
9. 1 tbsp finely chopped Coriander leaves

Step 1 – Curry Pre-Preparation:

Take 1/2 tsp of black pepper, 1/2 tsp of cumin seeds in a mixie jar, and grind it coarsely. Keep this powder alike aside.

Take ten small onions, eight medium cloves of garlic, two green chilly in a mixie jar again, and grind them too coarsely. Keep this stuff aside.

Take few coconut pieces with little water in a mixie jar, and grind them to get a smooth paste. Get small ball-sized tamarind, and add enough water to squeeze the extract.

Now, take a bowl and add the prepared coarse powder and coarsely grinded onion, green chilly and garlic. Add 1/4 tsp of turmeric powder, 2 tsp of coriander powder, 1 tsp of chilly powder, coconut paste as made earlier, and one medium chopped tomato.

Pour 1 cup of thick coconut milk with prepared tamarind extract and preferred level of crystal salt. Mix it well to get a dissolved mixture, and you’re ready for the next step.

Step 2 – Making Dry Fish Curry:

Roast the dry fish on direct flame, and then keep those fishes aside. You can dry roast it on a pan also. Use a clay pot to make this curry to get a traditional taste. Keep the flame at medium heat and pour 1 tbsp of oil. Add five small cloves of crushed garlic and fry for a minute till the raw smell disappears. Add 1/2 tsp of mustard seeds, 1/2 tsp of cumin seeds, and mix it.

Add some curry leaves and mix it well. Fry it for 20 seconds after adding 1/2 tsp of chilly powder. Pour the dissolved mixture and put four pieces of dry ribbonfish. You wash it slightly after direct roasting those fish pieces. You can use any dry fish for this curry.

Take two brinjals, each cut into half in the clay pot. Cook it for 15 minutes with medium heat with a covered lid. Later add 1 tbsp of finely chopped coriander leaves and mix well. Now, turn off the flame as the dry fish curry is ready to serve! Enjoy it with plain rice.

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