AYEERA MEEN KULAMBU (MADURAI)

Well according to my aunt, you can get this 1 inch fish, only in Madurai, that too for only 3 months during the season.
She says the fish is sold alive. Taste wise she says
Only Madurai people know about this fish. Kugan98

AYEERA MEEN KULAMBU (MADURAI)

Ingredients:
500 grms ayeera meen
100 ml milk
150 shallots sliced
6 pips garlic
100 grms tomato chopped
1 lime sized tamarind soaked in 2 cups of water
2 tsp chillie powder
½ tsp turmeric powder
½ tsp pepper powder
½ tsp cumin powder
½ tsp mustard seeds
½ tsp urad dal
Few dry red chillie pieces
2 tbs oil
Salt as needed

Method:
Put the alive fish in a clay poy.
Use little salt and swirl the fish in the pot using your hands.
Pour more water and drain the fish.
Pour the milk in the pot, close and keep aside.
The milk will make the fish more tasty and soft.

Squeeze the tamarind juice, add in the turmeric powder,
cumin powder, pepper powder and chillie powder.
Mix well and keep aside.

Heat a pot with the oil, add the mustard seeds, urad dal
and the dried chillies. Sauté well.
Add in the shallots and the tomatoes.
Sauté well, add in the tamarind juice mixture.
Let it boil till the raw smell goes.
The gravy will be a bit thick.

Now add in the ayeera fish with the milk.
Let it boil once till the fish is cooked.
Remove and serve with rice.