Mathi nellikka varattiyath -Chala curry in onakka nellikka

It sounds different that sardine means chala or mathi with gooseberry (nellikka).In many T.V shows I have seen the preparation of chala in nellikka.At that time i thought that it was really not a good combination.Yesterday my mother in law cooked it frankly speaking i didnt like the taste of it .But everyone else except my husband enjoyed it well.Some where else i have read that it is a traditional muslim recipe.

Ingredients needed to make mathi nellikka varattiyath

1.Mathi or chala - 5 no
2.Dried gooseberry - 4 to 6 no
3.Pepper corns - 2 tsp4.Garlic - 10 no
5.Coconut oil - 2 tsp
6.Water -1 cup
7.Salt

How to make Mathi nellikka varattiyath

1.Grind the peppercorns with little water.And crush the garlic .

2.For cooking any fish curry use earthen pot or man chatti this will add more taste to curry.Heat the oil in the manchatti and then add the crushed garlic and grounded pepper corns to it.Saute it for 3 mts .

3.Add curry leaves to it and salt then add the cleaned sardine and dried goosebeyy to it .

4.Cover it with a lid and then cook it till the fish is cooked well.Add the 2 tsp pasted gooseberry to it this will gives thickness to the curry.

Mathi meen Pollichath (Sardine pollichath) -Kerala style (lakshmi nair)

Ingredients

For the marination

1.Mathi/Chala - 8 no
2.Chilli powder - 1/2 tsp
3.Pepper powder - 1 tsp
4.Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp
5.Salt
6.Oil -3 table spoon

Other ingredients

1.Shallots/kunjulli - 3/4 cup
2.Chilli powder 3/4 tsp
3.Green chillies chopped - 3
4.Ginger chopped - 1 table spoon
5.Garlic chopped - 1 table spoon
6.Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp
7.Curry leaves
8.Thick coconut milk - 1/2 cup
9.Tomato - 1
10.Salt
11.Plantain leaf /Foil paper - 4

Preparation

1.Marinate the mathi with red chilli powder,turmeric powder,pepper powder,and salt .Keep it for 30 mts .And then heat 3 table spoon oil in a pan and add the curry leaves to it .Then add the marinated mathi on top of it.

2.Cover it with lid and fry it till both sides become lightly fried .Drain it out from the oil.

3.Then in the same oil add garlic ,and ginger to it .Then add the kunjulli and saute it well.

4.Add chilli powder,turmeric powder,salt and mix it well.Then add tomato to it and when it is done add the coconut milk and curry leaves to it.

5.When the gravy becomes thicken turn of the fire .

6.Then slightly smoke the banana leaf then it will become flexible.

7.In an aluminium foil or banana leaf place two fish in the center and then pour the gravy to it and wrap the fish and tie it with cotton thread.Then heat it in non stick pan till both sides become cooked well.No need to add any oil in it.