Ingredients:

• 450 g – cat fish, cut into 2-inch pieces
• 2 cups – Tamarind juice
• 2 cups – chopped Onion
• 1 cup – chopped Tomato
• 2 tbsp – Red Chilli powder
• 4 – Green chillies
• 1 tsp – Mustard Seeds
• 1 tsp – Fenugreek seeds (methi)
• 1 tsp – Cumin seeds
• 2 tsp – Turmeric powder
• 1 tsp – coriander powder
• 1/2 tsp – cumin powder
• 4 to 5 – Curry leaves
• 3 tsp – oil
• Salt – to taste
• 1/4 tsp – Sugar

Method:

1. Cut the fish into 2-inch pieces and clean it thoroughly.
2. Add chilli powder in tamarind juice, add salt, 1 tsp turmeric, green chillies, mix well.
3. Keep aside.
4. Heat 3 tsp oil in a non-stick skillet.
5. Add mustard seeds and cumin seeds in the oil.
6. When it starts to sputter, add fenugreek seeds; once you get a sweet and sour flavour and the seeds turn golden brown, add curry leaves and onion.
7. Add a pinch of salt so that the onion gets cooked quickly.
8. When onion turns golden brown, add tomato and cook for another 2-3 minutes.
9. Add cumin powder, coriander powder and turmeric powder, cook for a minute.
10. Add the mixture of tamarind juice; leave it for a couple of minutes till the sauce is well cooked. (You should not get any smell of tamarind once properly cooked).
11. Add a pinch of sugar while the sauce is simmering.
12. Add fish at the end, cook for another 10 minutes in medium flame.
13. Serve hot with rice.
14. Recipe courtesy: Sonali Pradhan
15. http://www.onlyfishrecipes.com/