Ingredients for Mackerel Stew (Ayala Stew):
1. Mackerel (Ayala) – 4
2. Onions chopped – 1
3. Green chillies – 4, cut lengthwise
4. Pepper powder – ½ tsp
5. Garlic crushed – 4 cloves
6. Ginger chopped lengthwise – 1 piece
7. Thick coconut milk – 1 cup
8. Second extract of coconut milk – 1 cup
9. Rice flour – 2 tsp
10 Curry leaves – 2 stems
11. Lemon juice – 1 tsp
For tempering:
12. Coconut oil – 2 tablespoons
13. Red chillies (broken into four) – 2
14. Fenugreek seeds – 1 tsp
15. Curry leaves – 2 stems
How to prepare Mackerel Stew (Ayala Stew)?
1. Using a knife, make cuts in mackerels.
2. Cook mackerels in the second extract of coconut milk, adding onions, green chillies, ginger, garlic, curry leaves, and salt.
3. Add a little coconut milk to rice flour to make a paste, and pour the remaining coconut milk into it.
4. Pour this coconut milk into the curry. Reduce the flame.
5. Keep stirring, and cook till the curry boils.
6. Heat coconut oil and add fenugreek seeds.
7. When it’s fried, add red chillies and curry leaves, and add to the mackerel stew.
8. Add lemon juice too.
9. You can serve this stew with rice pathiri or podi pathiri.
Courtesy: Grihalakshmi July, 2010
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