Unakkameen Thoran

Ingredients:

• Dry fish 100 gm
• Shallots 20
• Coconut 1½ cup
• Turmeric pdr 1/4 Tsp
• Chilly pdr 3 Tsp
• Mustard seeds
• Curry leaves
• Water 2 cup
• Dry chilly
• Oil

Crush the coconut, turmeric pdr, chilly pdr and the 4 shallots and keep it aside. Soak the fish for 1 hr and clean it well. The recipe calls for small salted fish. Remove the bone and then cook the fish with water, curry leaves and sliced shallots. Crush the cooked fish with a wooden spoon. Add the crushed coconut mixture into the cooked fish and combine it well. Saute it till it is void of the raw smell and make it dry. Season it with mustard seeds, curry leaves and dry chilly.