kerala fish curry

Ingredients
 1) Fish cleaned & sliced - 250 gms(approximately10 pieces)
 2)Kudampuli - 4 or 5 small pieces

 3) Red chilly powder - 1 1/2 tablespoon
   Coriander powder - 1/2 tablespoon
   Turmeric powder - 1/4 teaspoon
 

 4) Ginger sliced -1 tablespoon
    Garlic sliced - 1 tablespoon
    Greenchilly slitted - 1 or 2
    Curry leaf(Kariveppila) - a sprig


 5) Salt as needed
 56Oil as needed(preferably coconut oil)

Method.
Keep the cleaned fish for a while to drain the water .Soak kudampuli in  small quantity of water and keep it  for sometime..
Make a smooth paste of ingredients 3 along with  little water and keep it aside.
Heat oil in a pan(preferably an earthenware pot for better results) and add ingredients 4 to it  and saute for sometime .To this add the paste of ingredients 3 and saute in in low flame for a minuteAdd water,kudumpuli and salt.Boil well and add the  fish ,reduce the flame.Cover and cook the  fish for 15 minutes,gently swirling the pan in between.