Fish Kozhambu

I found some other recipes I once wrote up:

Fish Kozhambu
Ingredients

• About 500 grams of fish (any, red snapper or tilapia is nice actually)
• half an onion
• half a tomatoe
• 6 cloves of garlic
• curry leaves
• ABouit 4 or 5 pieces of tamarin, soaked in water
• Salt
• little bit of Fenugreek seeds
• little bit of Mustard seeds
• half a spoon of curry powder
• Fresh coriander
• Paste (see below)

Ingredients for Paste

• Pepper, 1 teaspoon / to taste
• Red Chillies, 2 pieces
• Fenugreek (Meethi) seeds, 1 teaspoon
• Geera (Cumin) seeds, 1 teaspoon
• Mustard seeds, 1 teaspoon
• Thoor dhal, 1 teaspoon
• Coriander seeds, 1 teaspoon

Preparation

1. First fry all the ingredients for the paste in little oil and grind it to a very fine paste. Keep this aside.
2. Cut the fish in medium pieces.
3. Cut the onion and tomatoe very small
4. Grind the raw garlic, onion and curry leaves.
5. Soak the tamarin in 2 cups of water. Grind the tomatoe and add it.
6. Heat 2~3 spoons of oil, fry mustard seeds and fenugreek. After "popping" add no. 4. Let the raw smell go (approx 2 minutes) and add no.1. Fry a bit. Add no 5. Add half a spoon of curry powder. Let it boil for approximately 15 to 20 minutes in order to obtain a medium thick consistancy.Add salt to taste.
7. Add the fish. Let it simmer for 5 minutes.
8. Add fresh coriander just before serving.
9. Serve with white or curd rice

Approximately 4 servings

Variation tip: replace fish with shrimp and potato or with lady fingers.