Fried Fish Curry: (Restaurant Style)

Meen Sambal Recipe. Machchili Sambal. Chapalu Sambal. Srilanka, Malaysia and Kerala style Sambal Recipe.

Ingredients:

For Fry:

King Fish/ Varal Fish 1/4 kilo(cubed & without bones would be a good idea)
Salt
Turmeric 1/4 spoon
Chili powder 1 spoon
Lemon juice from a fruit
Egg whites 1
Oil for Shallow frying.

For Curry:

Green chilis 3 slitted
Onion 1 large grated
Ginger-garlic paste 1 spoon
Tomatoes 4 – puree
Salt
Turmeric 1/4 spoon
Chili powder 1 spoon
Cashew nuts 10 (soaked and made into paste)
Curry leaves to garnish
Sesmae oil few spoons.

Method:

Marinate fish with all the above said items(for fry) except oil.

Shallow fry them till crisp.

Set them aside over kitchen tissues.

Meanwhile….heat oil in a wok. Add chilies, let it sputter well.

Followed by onion paste. Sprinkle salt now and fry real good….until onion turns to golden color.

Now add ginger-garlic paste and fry real good. Followed by tomato puree.

Add turmeric, chili powder and cashew paste too. Bring this to gravy stage.

Finaaly add fried fish to it….wait till they get well soaked into the gravy. Cook for just 2 minutes and remove from heat.

Thi curry goes well with Naan, Chappathi items.