Ingredients

• 12 - sardines
• 2 - onions
• 3 - tomatoes
• 4 - green chillies or as per taste
• 3 tbsp - oil
• White pepper powder as per taste
• Salt as per taste
• Water

How to Make Sardines in Oil

• Clean sardines, apply salt and keep aside for one hour.
• Finely chop the onions, tomatoes, green chillies and toss them with salt and pepper and keep aside for an hour.
• Heat oil in a pressure cooker.
• When the oil starts to smoke, put in layers, first the onion mixture, then the sardines and top it with water.
• The water level should be about 2 inches above the whole mixture.
• Do not stir this mixture.
• Place the lid of the pressure cooker and cook first on high flame till the whistle is let out and then on slow flame for 30 minutes.
• Serve hot or cold. This can also be stored in the refrigerator for a week or so.