I have posted a dried fish fry recipe before, that is the first time i cooked using dried fish. Dried Fish / Karuvadu - 25 pieces ( I used nethilikaruvadu)
I usually prepare the Nethilli Karuvadufry or Nethilli sambal, but this time I want to try this thokku as the side dish for rice as well as for the chappathi
I have posted a dried fish fry recipe before, that is the first time i cooked using dried fish. Add in mustard, cumin, urad dal, dry chilli and curry leaves and fry for few sec
( In US, there was no need for me to do all this steps as it was very clean and to my surprise there was no salt added to anchovies for preserving and so I had to add salt while cooking) Heat a small quantity of oil and deep fry the dry fish in batches till they get half cooked
Heat the oil in a medium flame and fry the onions and the curry leaves. Dried anchovies (Nethili ) -- 85 g (3 0z)GG paste -- 1/2 tspRed chilli powder -- 1/4 tsp (acc to taste )Lemon juice -- 1 tspTurmeric powder -- less than 1/4 tspSalt -- to taste (very careful while adding salt)Curry leaves -- 1 sprigOnion -- slivered -- 1/4 cupOil -- to fryMethod. Now throw in the marinated dried anchovies and fry it in the medium low flame for 5 minutes by stirring then n there
