Ingredients

• Cat Fish- 1 kg (after cleaning)
• Medium size Onions 4 (ground)
• Green chillies - 6 (cut length wise)
• Tamarind (two fists)
• Ginger Garlic paste- 4 tsps
• Garam masala- 4 tsps
• Chilli powder- 4 tsps
• Turmeric powder- 1 tsp
• Butter milk or Curd- 5 tbsp
• Salt to taste
• Oil -200 ml
• A bunch of fresh Coriander

How to Make Fish Tamarind Gravy

• Soak the tamarind in 1/2 a glass of hot water for at least 20 minutes. Make a puree of it. Meanwhile, cut the fish into fist size pieces and clean the pieces with some salt, butter milk or curd and turmeric powder (1/2 tsp) and then with water.
• Mix the fish pieces in a bowl with chilli powder, 4 pinches of turmeric powder, salt and ginger-garlic paste.
• Heat oil in a non-stick cooking dish and add the ground onion. Fry it on a medium heat till the onion becomes light brown.
• Now pour the tamarind puree and add the chillies. Empty the bowl of fish pieces into the dish. Add salt according to your taste.
• Let the gravy cook on a low heat. In between, keep moving the dish holding the sides so as to stir the contents. If a spoon is used to stir the gravy, the fish pieces will split and dissolve in the gravy. Instead, a wooden spatula can be used by taking care that the pieces are not disturbed much.
• Add garam masala and finely chopped coriander 2 minutes before removing the dish from the flame.
• Those who do not like the gravy to be much hot and sour, can reduce the quantity of chilli powder, garam masala and tamarind. Tastes best with rice.