Sowndhale alle piyavu (adavu curry)

I got the fish “adavu/sowmdhale” after a very long time.  This is one of my favourite fishes.

 

 

  Ingredients

Adavu/sowndhale             --  7 to 8 medium sized

 

Grated coconut                  --   1 cup

Red chilly                              --  10 to 12

Tamarind                              --  small piece

onion                                     --  1

ginger                                    --  1 inch

green chilly                          --   2 to 3

salt to taste

coconut oil                           --  1 or 2 tsp

 

 

method

·      Cut and clean fish and keep aside.

·      Finely chop onion, ginger and green chilly add little salt and smash with hand so that we get all the flavours together.

·      Grind grated coconut, tamarind and red chilly into fine paste.

·      Boil this in a mud pot with little water. When it boils add smashed onion, green chilly and ginger mix, boil for  5 minutes then add cut and cleaned fish boil it for another 5 to  minutes.

·      Switch off the gas pour coconut oil over it. Close the lid and keep aside for 10 to 15 minutes.

·      Sowndhale alle piyavu is ready to serve with hot steaming rice.