Ingredients

• 10 - large green chillies
• 15 - large dry red chillies
• 3 kg - fish (sardines, surmai, mackerels, suitable for frying)
• 3 pods - garlic
• 1 inch - ginger
• 1 tsp - jeera/cumin seeds (ground)
• Salt to taste
• Oil for frying
• Turmeric powder as required
• 1 inch - turmeric/haldi (ground)
• 3 cups - vinegar

How to Make Fish in Vinegar (Molee)

• Cut the fish, remove the entrails and wash it until clean and ready to be cooked.
• Apply turmeric powder and marinate for an hour.
• Grind dry red chillies, turmeric powder, jeera with a little vinegar.
• Slice green chillies, flakes of garlic and ginger and mix them to make a masala.
• Fry the fish in a pan. Once done, remove and let it cool.
• In a separate vessel, add vinegar, salt, the ground masala and the sliced masala and boil for 30 minutes.
• Cool it and add the fried fish.
• Recipe Courtesy: Mangalorean Recipes