Fish Podimas/Meen Podimas

This is a different style of preparing podimas using Fish. I usually make potato podimas for chappathi. when I was searching for some fish recipes the other day, I found this interesting recipe in vanitha pachakam magazine and I wanted to give it a try.This yummy dish goes well with rice.

Ingredients

1. Fish(Boneless tilapia fillets,cut into small cubes) – 1/2 kg
2. Onion(finely chopped) – 1
3. Shallots(finely chopped) – 1/2 cup
4. Tomato(cut into small pieces) –1
5. Green Chilly(chop into small pieces) – 2
6. Dry red chilly -1
7. Garam masala powder –1/2 tsp
8. Turmeric powder- 1/4 tsp
9. kashmiri red Chilly Powder – 2 tsp
10. Ginger(Finely chopped) –1 tsp
11. Garlic(finely chopped) –1 tsp
12. Mustard seeds- 1/4 tsp
13. urad dal(uzhunnu parippu) –1/2 tsp
14. Cury leaves – 1 sprig
15. Lime juice – 1 tbsp
16. Coconut Oil – 4 tbsp
17. Salt

Preparation

1. Clean and cut fish fillet into small cubes.Marinate fish pieces with 1 tsp red chilly powder,turmeric powder and salt .Keep aside for 1 hour.
2. Heat a Manchatti  and add marinated fish pieces and 1 tbsp of water to it.cover and cook on low flame till done.
3. Heat 3 tbsp oil in a pan. splutter mustard seeds.once it is done add urad dal,curry leaves and saute.once the dal changes it s color to light brown,add chopped ginger,garlic and saute well.
4. Add green chilly,dry red chilly to it and mix well.
5. Add chopped onions,shallots and saute well till onion turns golden brown.add tomato pieces,garam masala powder, 1 tbsp red chilly powder,1 tbsp oil and mix well.
6. once it is fried well, add cooked fish pieces to it and mix gently to get fully coated with masala.while stirring,take care not to crush the fish pieces.
7. cover and cook for 1 minute.Remove from fire.Finally add lemon juice on top of the masala.
8. Fish podimas is ready to serve with rice.