Meen Vattichadhu - A special Kerala Fish curry recipe that goes well with Boiled Tapioca and also steamed Rice

Want to prepare this drooling fish curry ? Well see the recipe below:

Fish -1 kg
Chilli powder -1&1/2 tspn
Turmeric powder - 1/2 tspn
Pepper -1/2 tspn whole
Garlic - 1 pod
Small onions peeled-1 cup
Tamarind -1 lemon size
salt 
Oil (normally in Kerala we use coconut oil as it gives a nice aroma)
curry leaves- few

Soak the tamarind in hot water for sometime to extract maximum juice out of it. Remove the chunks and in the water mix chilli powder, turmeric powder.
Grind 1/2 cup small onions and 1/2 pod garlic together with pepper and without water. Mix this also to the tamarind water add curry leaves, salt and 2 tbspn of coconut oil. Add the remaining small onions and garlic after chopping it nicely and also add fish pieces to this . Cover and cook in a clay pot on medium heat. Cook undisturbed till the gravy reduces to a thick consistency and also till the fish gets properly cooked. When it is done drizzle some oil over the curry and cover it for some more time.

Remember u need not stir the curry in between continously as this make the tamarind turn sour. But can turn the fish pieces to cook the other side also in between. Serve hot with Rice