Meen achar / Fish Pickle
Posted On 20-Jan-2007 at 9:03 PM by Seena
Ingredients
Mackerels - 3 nos
Ginger - 1/2 inch piece
Garlic pods - 8 nos
Green chillies - 4 nos
Curry leaves - A few
Chilly powder - 2 tsp
Coconut oil enough for frying
White vinegar - 4 tbsp
For marination:-
Chilly powder - 3 tsp
Ginger-garlic paste - 3 tsp
Fennel seed(Perinjeerakam) powder - 3/4 tsp
Turmeric powder - 1 tsp
Method
1)Cut and clean mackerels.
2)Cut into small pieces.
3)Marinate it with chilly powder, garlic- ginger paste, fennel seed powder and turmeric powder and keep it in fridge for 1 hour.
4)Fry the marinated fish pieces in coconut oil.
5)Chop garlic, ginger and green chillies and cut a few curry leaves.
6)After frying fish, take it out and put the chopped garlic, ginger, green chillies and curry leaves in the remaining oil.
7)Fry for few mins.
8)Add white vinegar and 2 tsp of chilly powder into this and let it boil.
9)Add the fried mackerel pieces into it.
10)Remove from fire.
11)Allow it to cool.
12)Keep it in the refrigerator.
13)Mix before serving. :- We can also make pickle with kingfish, shark and prawns. bones donot make problems . cut the fish into small pieces.
