Mackerel Uppat (Fish uppat)

This is a traditional fish curry prepared by Konkanis  which is usually prepared with sardine (pedvo—Mathi) fish.  Here  I tried a small variation  with Mackerel (Ayala-Raju-Bangude) Thanks to Nisha Baliga and Vidhya Baindoor.

 

 Mackerel fish                              4 cut and cleaned

Ingredient for dry roast masala

Coconut                                    2 tbsp

Red chilly                                  10 to 12

Coriander seeds                       1 tsp

Methi seeds                              10

Garlic cloves                            6 to 7

Mustard                                   ½  tsp

Turmeric                                  ¼ tsp

Tamarind pulp                         1 tbsp

Teppal(Sichuan pepper)           6

Salt to taste

Oil                                              2tsp

Method

Dry roast all ingredients  when it cools  grind it with tamarind pulp and water into a fine paste.

Pour this paste in a kadai  add water for gravy  add salt boil it for 5 min. then add cut and cleaned fish again boil it for 10 min. off the gas and pour coconut oil on top of it serve this with hot steaming rice.