Karimeen Shap Roast (Fried Pearlspot Cooked in Spicy Gravy)

INGREDIENTS

Karimeen / Pearl spot  -  3 nos
Onion chopped  -  2 nos
Tomato chopped  -  2 nos
Chilli powder  -  1 tsp
Pepper powder  -  1/2 tsp
Turmeric powder  -  1/4 tsp
Garam masala  -  1 tsp
Green chilli slit  -  2 nos
Ginger chopped  -  1/2 tsp
Garlic chopped  -  1/2 tsp
Curry leaves  -  few
Lemon juice  -  1 tbsp
Salt  -  to taste
Coconut oil


METHOD

Clean the fish well.
Make a paste out of chilli powder, turmeric powder, pepper powder, salt and lemon juice.
Marinate the fish with this paste and keep it for 1 hour.
Then heat oil in a pan and shallow fry the fish on both the sides.
Now heat coconut oil in a pan.
Then add ginger, garlic, green chilli and curry leaves and fry for a minute.
Then add chopped onion and saute well.
Then add chopped tomatoes and saute well.
Then add little chilli powder and turmeric powder and garam masala, saute well till the raw smell goes off.
Add salt to taste.
Then add the fried fish to the above masala. Cover the fried fish with the masala and cook covered for about 5 minutes.
Serve hot with rice.