Preparation time: 15minutes     Cooking time:      Serves: 4

The Malayali's favorite and most sought after sea food preparation. Served along with salad or eaten as an accompaniment with rice

Ingredients:   
Karimeen (Pearl Spot)          600 gms
Ginger                                10 gms.
Garlic                                  10 gms.
Eastern Chilly powder            2 tsp.
Eastern Turmeric powder        ½  tsp.
Eastern Pepper powder          2 tsp.

Salt   

Curry Leaves                   6 springs
Oil   

Method of preparation:

•    Grind the ginger and garlic well.
•    Mix all the powders in a little water to form a thick paste.
•    Mix the ground ginger and garlic paste.
•    Add salt to taste.
•    Make few gashes on both sides of the fish.
•    Apply the mixed paste on both sides of the fish and inside the stomach.
•    Keep for sometime.
•    Heat oil and add the curry leaves (without separating the leaves) and fry the fish
•    Remove and serve with onion salad.