Unakka Parava Kaay Curry

Ingredients for Unakka Parava Kaay Curry:

1. False trevally dried (Unakka Parava) medium sized – 3, cut into pieces

2. Green bananas – 2, medium sized chopped

3. Green chillies – 4, split into two

    Turmeric powder – ½ small spoon

    Red chillies – 1 big spoon

    Salt – As required

    Curry leaves – 1 stalk

4. Coconut – ½ scrapped

    Shallots – 4

    Garlic – 3 cloves

    Curry leaves – 5 nos:

5. Coconut oil – 3 big spoons

6. Mustard – ½ small spoon

    Shallots – 4, chopped

    Curry leaves – 1 stalk

    Red chillies – 3

How to prepare Unakka Parava Kaay Curry?

1. Cook dried fish along with banana pieces in an earthen pot adding sufficient water.

2. Make a fine paste of ingredients no: 4. Never add extra water.

3. Add this paste to cooked fish and heat well.

4. Take off the curry from flame.

5. Heat oil and sauté ingredients no: 6.

6. Add this mixture to curry and put the flame off.

Recipe Source: Vanitha Magazine February 15-29, 2012

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