HOTCHULHA

My Paternal grandma is such a great cook who always makes all hot and spicy food specially in winter months and during rainy days.

Although my mom is a good cook, we always look forward to eat spicy food from my Grandma especially my dad loves her hot and spicy Hara Emli ka Machhi(Green tamarind with Fish).

Ingredients:

• Fish – 1 lb
• Tomato – 1 large – Cut into small pieces
• Onion – 1 medium – Cut into small pieces
• Green Chillies – 8 – Cut into small pieces
• Green Tamarind Paste – 5 Table Spoons
• Ginger garlic Paste – 2 Table Spoons
• Turmeric Powder – 1/4 Tea Spoon
• Fish Masala Powder – 1/4 Tea Spoon
  •  Methi – 10
  • Curry Leaves – 20
  • Coriander- 1 Table Spoon
  • Cumin – 1 Table Spoon
  • Dry roast the above 4  and store in a air tight bottle.
• Chilly Powder – 1.5 Table Spoon
• Salt to taste
• Oil
• Coriander leaves

Method:

1. Take a Skillet and pour oil. Let it bring to a heat and put the green chillies & onion and fry until they look translucent and then put the ginger garlic paste.
2. Let it saute until the raw smell goes off.
3. Now lower the heat a bit and put turmeric, chilly powder, fish masala powder and salt and saute.
4. Put the tomato pieces and green tamarind paste mix and pour 1 cup of water and add  Fish pieces gently. Let it cook on medium heat until all the water is evaporated.
5. You need to let the curry to burn a little bit(means let the bottom Masala on the skillet become little brown)
6. Put the Cilantro.

Tip: Don’t grind the tamarind to a paste. Grind it coarsely. You should have a texture when you put this in Curry.

Serve it with hot white rice.