Ingredients

• 1/2 kg - mackerel
• 1 cup - coconut grated
• small piece of ginger, sliced thinly
• 4 flakes - garlic sliced thinly
• 2 - green chillies
• a lot of curry leaves
• 1 tbsp - red chilli powder
• 1/2 tbsp - turmeric
• 1/2 tbsp - cumin powder
• juice of tamarind - lemon sized
• For grinding:
• Grind the above 1 cup of coconut grated with 1/2 tbsp of turmeric finely
• For seasoning:
• Cut onions into small bits
• mustard
• oil

How to Make Mackerel in Coconut Gravy

• Clean the fish and cut each fish to two pieces.
• Now add 3 cups of water to the coconut ground and add the ginger, garlic, green chillies, red chilli powder, cumin powder and tamarind juice to it.
• Finally the curry leaves.
• Let this mixture boil nicely.
• Once boiled, add the fish pieces and cover till the fish is done.
• When the fish is done, now add the seasoning.
• Heat oil and add mustard seeds, when it splutters, add onions and brown it.
• Add this mixture over the fish.
• Excellent with hot basmati rice.