Mathi Chatti Curry / Sardines cooked in earthen pot
Mathi Chatti Curry / Sardines cooked in earthen pot

Hello everybody, it’s me, Dave, welcome to our recipe site. Today, I will show you a way to make a distinctive dish, mathi chatti curry / sardines cooked in earthen pot. One of my favorites. For mine, I am going to make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Mathi Chatti Curry / Sardines cooked in earthen pot is one of the most popular of recent trending foods on earth. It is enjoyed by millions every day. It’s easy, it is quick, it tastes yummy. Mathi Chatti Curry / Sardines cooked in earthen pot is something that I have loved my entire life. They are fine and they look fantastic.

To begin with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can cook mathi chatti curry / sardines cooked in earthen pot using 21 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Mathi Chatti Curry / Sardines cooked in earthen pot:
  1. Get 700 gms Cleaned Sardines, medium size
  2. Get To grind:
  3. Get 3/4 cup grated coconut
  4. Make ready 4-5 garlic cloves
  5. Make ready 2 inch piece fresh ginger
  6. Get 1/2 tsp fenugreek seeds
  7. Make ready 2 tsp coriander powder
  8. Make ready 2 tsp chilli powder
  9. Get 1/4 tsp turmeric powder
  10. Prepare To make the curry:
  11. Prepare 2 tbsp coconut oil
  12. Prepare 2-3 green chilli, slit
  13. Make ready 2 tbsp shallots, minced
  14. Make ready 1 small tomato, diced
  15. Take 2 sprig curry leaves
  16. Take to taste Salt
  17. Make ready For Tempering: 1/2 tsp mustard seeds
  18. Take 1 tbsp Coconut oil
  19. Prepare 1/2 tsp mustard seeds
  20. Get 2 whole red chilli
  21. Take 1 tbsp shallots, sliced
Instructions to make Mathi Chatti Curry / Sardines cooked in earthen pot:
  1. Soak the typical kerala cocum in warm water.
  2. Grind together the grated coconut, ginger, garlic with dry spices and ½ cup water to form a smooth paste and set it aside.
  3. In a traditional large mud pot heat oil add onion and sauté for 2-3 minutes. Reduce the flame and now add fish and the ground paste.
  4. Add the diced tomatoes, green chilli along with soaked coccum. When the gravy is about to boil add in the Sardines and salt. When it starts to boil lower the flame, check the salt, put on the lid and allow it cook on low flame. This will take around 12 - 15 minutes maximum.
  5. In another pan heat 1 tbsp of coconut oil, add ½ tbsp. mustard seeds and let it splutter. Add the sliced onions and whole red chilli and allow it to brown. Pour this temper over the Mathi / Sardines curry and cover with lid for some time. Covering the gravy after tempering is the key step for the tempering flavor to amalgamate.
  6. Yummy spicy Mathi Chatti curry is ready to be served with hot rice.

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