You’ll Enjoy Eating This Quick and Easy Kerala Style Sardine Curry!

Ingredients

• Licious sardines
• 1/2 tsp Mustard Seeds
• 2 tsp finely chopped ginger
• 10 sliced shallots
• 8 Cloves garlic
• 2 tsp chilli powder
• 1 tsp coriander powder
• 1/2 tsp turmeric powder
• 1/4 tsp fenugreek powder
• 2 pieces gambooge/Malabar tamarind
• 4 sprigs of curry leaves
• 4 medium-sized tomatoes
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 2 tbsp Coconut Oil
• 3 green chillies, sliced vertically.

Let’s cook

1. In half a cup of water, soak the gambooge for about 20 minutes.

2. Rub the sardines with salt. Heat the coconut oil and add the mustard seeds.

3. Once the mustard seeds start crackling, add in the sliced shallots. Add ginger, garlic, and green chillies and saute well.

4. Add sliced tomatoes and saute. Make a paste of chilly powder, coriander powder, fenugreek powder, and turmeric powder and add to the pot.

5. Add the sliced gambooge along with the water that was used for soaking. Add curry leaves, salt, and more water if required.

6. Allow to boil and then add the sardines. Cook covered on medium heat till the sardines are soft and the oil separates.

7. Open the lid and cook until the curry is reduced to half. Turn off the flame and cover for some time till the fish and spices blend well.