Ingredients

• Vaalai Karuvadu – 10 Pieces
• Tomato – 1 (crushed)
• Onion – 2 (cut into length pieces)
• Dry Red Chillies – 2
• Prawn Sambal Chilli paste – 2 tsp
• Tamarind Juice – 4 tsp
• Sugar – 1/4 tsp
• Oil – 3 tsp
• Curry leaves – few
• Water – 1/4 cup
• Salt – if needed

Method

• Wash the salted fish and soak in water for 10 to15 min.
• Remove the bone inside and keep aside.
• In a pan, add 1 tsp oil, half the onion, and red chillies, curry leaves and saute till nicely till the raw smell of the onion goes off.
• Remove from heat and grind in the mixer till smooth paste.
• Now in the same pan, add another 2 tsp of oil, onion, tomato and saute well.
• Add in the karuvadu/salted fish and little water and cook it.
• Add in the grind paste and sambal paste and tamarind juice and cook it.
• Now add in the sugar and salt if needed.
• Cook well till the oil floats on the gravy and switch off.
• Serve it hot as a side dish for rice or any kind of roti etc.

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Ingredients

• Nethili karuvadu / Anchovies (dry fish) – 1/2 kg
• Onion – 2 (cut lengthwise)
• Tomato – 1 (small)
• Belacan paste – 2 to 3 tsp
• Dry Red Chillies – 3
• Garlic – 4 flakes (chopped finely)
• Oil – 3 tsp
• Chilli powder – 1 tsp  (optional)
• Coriander powder – 1/4 tsp (optional)
• Salt – as per taste
• Turmeric powder – 2 pinches (optional)
• Curry leaves – few
• Coriander leaves – few
• Water – if needed (optional)

Method

• Wash the anchovies nicely and allow to soak for 15 min at least.
• Soak the dry chillies in hot water.
• Filter the water completely, and mix the chilli powder, turmeric, little salt and coriander powder and allow the marination for another 10 min.
• In the mean time, make a paste with the dry chillies and tomato and keep ready.
• Now adding 1 tsp of oil, fry the anchovies nicely until crispy and keep aside.
• In a pan, add oil, onion and curry leaves and fry them until light brown color.

• Add the belacan paste and garlic and saute well, till the aroma comes.
• Now add the fried anchovies and chilli paste.
• If needed sprinkle little amount of water.
• Check for the seasoning and switch off the stove.
• Garnish with coriander leaves and server this famous malaysian dish with roti, chappathi or plain white rice.

Note:
The actual recipe, do not allow the marination of chilli powder, turmeric powder, coriander powder (my mom mixed it without my knowledge)

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Ingredients

• Vaala Meen pieces – 15 
• Turmeric powder – 1 tsp
• Coriander powder – 1.5 tsp
• Red chilli powder – 1 tsp

Method

• Wash the fish pieces well in water.
• After washing, Soak the pieces in water for 15 mts.
• Marinate the above ingredients for 10 mts.
• Fry the fish peices in oil in small batches.
• Goes Well with Rasam Sadham, curd rice etc.

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