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.

Andhra Chepa vepudu / Andhra Fish Fry

Andhra Chepa vepudu / Andhra Fish Fry :

Required Things :

Fish pieces ( well cleaned) : 6

Oil : 3 tblsp

For Tawa heating:

Oil: 1 tblsp

For masala paste:
Onion -1
ginger garlic paste - 3-4 spoons
green chillies :2
tomato- 1
Coriander - hand full of leaves

For marination:
 curd : 1/2 cup - 1 cup or we can use lemon juice in place of curd
senaga pindi / chana dal : 3 tblsp
salt : according to taste
turmeric - 1 pinch
Chillipowder - according to taste
pepper powder ( optional) - 1 spoon
egg -1 ( optional)

Procedure :

1.Grind the ingredients under masala paste to fine paste.
2.Now take a bowl add masala paste , all marination ingredients and mix well.
3.Finely coat the fish pieces with the marination paste in step 3 ,marinate for 1/2 an hour to one hour.
4.Now heat Oil in a wide skillet
5.Place the fish pieces care fully in the kadai with out breaking the soft pieces.
6.Now rotate the pan to make the oil flow in all aroung the kadai and close the lid
7.Keep turning the fish piece care fully ,to cook it both sides.

Now i will tell you method of my mom,which makes this dish toooo Tasty.

Once the fish piece turns brown in Step 7, heat a tawa and put one spoon of oil ,spread it along the tawa
and  allow it to get hot.
Now place all the pices on the tawa with some distance in between and allow it to cook for 2 mins,
turn it over and allow it to cook
In this way cook,untill all the sides are golden brown and the taste of fish strikes your nose leaving your mouth watery...Humm...we are done !!!!!

You need to try this...so tastyyy.