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If you are the kind of person who likes flavor in your food, this is for you. Its a very simple dish, but its packed with flavor. The ingredients are very basic stuff, but somehow the outcome is extraordinary

Hope you will also like this flavor filled dish

1. King fish - 1/2 kg
   For Marination
2. Chili powder - 1 tsp
   Pepper powder - 1/2 tsp
   Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp
3. Salt
   For Masala
4. Onion - 2 medium, chopped
5. Tomato - 2 chopped
6. Green chili - 3
7. Ginger - 1 1/2 tbsp, chopped
   Garlic - 1 1/2 tbsp, chopped
8. Coriander powder - 1 tbsp
9. Kashmiri chili powder - 1 1 /2 tbsp
   Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp
   Garam masala - 1 tsp
10. Water - 2 cups
11. Coconut oil - 4-5 tbsp
    Curry leaves
    Salt

Marinate the cleaned fish pieces with number 2 ingredients (marination ingredients) and keep aside for half an hour. Heat 4 tbsp oil in a pan and fry the marinated fish pieces. Add chopped onion, ginger & garlic,curry leaves and green chili to the remaining oil and saute till it is done. Add all masala powders and stir for a minute. Once the masala powders are fried well, add tomato pieces and saute till the oil starts appearing. Add 2 cups of water & salt. Let it boil. Once it starts boiling add fried fish pieces and cook in low flame for about 7 - 10 minutes or until the fish pieces are covered in the gravy. Serve hot with rice.

Recipe source: Lakshmi Nair, Magic Oven cookery show