Name: 5 Minutes Chala Curry | Easy Mathi Curry
Prep time: 15 min
Total time: 15 min
Ingredients: 1/2 kg Sardine/Chala; 2 nos Onion (chopped); Curry leaves (Few); 5 nos Dry chillies; Coconut oil (As reqd); 1 piece Gambooge (Kudampuli); Salt (As reqd)

5 Minutes Chala Curry | Easy Mathi Curry

5 Minutes Chala Curry is an easy to prepare fish curry with very less number of ingredients. Easy Mathi Curry is a spicy fish delicacy, very popular in Kerala. 5 Minutes Chala Curry is a tangy flavored red fish curry that goes well with rice, parotta, pathiri and cooked tapioca. Sardines are popular and widely available in Kerala. Sardines are small oily fishes that are very easy to obtain. Sardines are nutritious, rich in vital nutrients required for body. Consuming mathi or sardine lowers cholesterol and prevents diseases of heart. Gambooge spices up the tangy flavor of the dish making it irresistible. Sardines are economical and hence the favorite of common man. You can explore a well detailed mathi curry dish here.

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Prep Time 15

Total Time 15

Cuisine Kerala

Servings people

Ingredients

1/2 kg Sardine/Chala
2 nos Onion chopped
Curry leaves Few
5 nos Dry chillies
Coconut oil As reqd
1 piece Gambooge Kudampuli
Salt As reqd

Instructions

For preparing Easy Mathi Curry, first clean sardines well and wash with some vinegar to remove the smell. Drain well. Then crush onion and dry chillies to a rough mixture.
Heat oil and fry the crushed onion mixture in it. Add salt and curry leaves.
Add gambooge and required water. Gambooge spices up the tangy flavor of the curry dish. You can adjust the tangy flavor by adding gambooge pieces.
Add sardine or mathi fish pieces and cook it. Mathi cooks very easily and requires just a few minutes. Once cooked and done, remove the vessel from fire.
Finally, pour little oil on top and serve the spicy, delicious curry with rice. You will love the dish. Sardines are very nutritious, healthy and economical too. Mathi should be included in your menu chart and should be consumed at least once a week. This curry dish is an apt one for working mothers and bachelors who are always short of time.

Notes

You can visit this link Fish Biriyani. You can also visit this link Pacha Meen Pollichathu.

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5 Minutes Chala Curry | Easy Mathi Curry