Andhra Chepala Pulusu / Spicy Andhra Fish Curry :

My Athamma's Chepala Pulusu:

My Athamma...so sweet

 Required:

Fish Pieces   : 10-12
Tamarind     : fist full
Oil                : 2 spoons
salt               : according to taste
turmeric       : 1 spoon
chilli powder : according to taste
onions           : 4-5
Chillies          : 4
ginger garlic  : 1 spoon paste





Spice ingredients:
Dhaniyaalu / coriander seeds : 1 tspn

    Jeera / jeelakarra  : 1 tspn
    Lavangaayalu / laung  : 2-3
    Dalchina chekka/ dalchin  : 1 piece
    Garlic pods  : 2 -3

Grind the above ingredients in to spicy powder

Procedure:
1. Clean the fish pieces well ,rubbing with salt
2. Soak a fist full of tamarind in enough water
3. Now chop onions,chillies
4. Heat the kadai

5. Add oil and let it heat

6. Mean while in a bowl put fish pices,add onions,chillies,ginger garlic paste,salt,turmeric,chilli powder
and some tamarind extract ( only a small amount of tamarind)
7. Now put the mixture in step 6 in kadai and let it cook for few minutes
8. Cook it adding tamarind extract spoon by spoon and stirring softly ( with out breaking the fish pieces)
9.  Let the fish pieces get cooked in spicy tamarind extract
10.Stir it softly
11. Add the powder under spice ingredients to add flavour to our gravy
12. Stir it,until it reaches a bit thick consistency
13. Then garnish with coriander and spicy Andhra chepala pulusu is ready.


Note : If you think tamarind extarct is not giving you enough gravy,add small amount ( 1 cup) of water and cook.