HOW TO COOK SWEET AND SOUR SHOL FISH

INGREDIENTS :-
(SERVING TWO)

1. Shol Fish - 200 gms (cleaned and washed )
2. Mustard Oil - 2 table spoon
3. Bay Leaf - 2
4. Cumin seeds -1/2 teaspoon
5. Kashniri Red chili powder - 1 tea spoon
6. Ginger paste - 1 tea spoon
7. Dhania-Jira (coriander-cumin) paste - 2 tablespoon
8. Tomato puree - 1 tea spoon
9. Hung curd - 50 gms
10. Turmeric powder - 2 tea spoon
11. Tamarind pulp - 1-2 tea spoon ( to taste )
12. Sugar - 1 tea spoon ( to taste )
13. Lemon juice - 2 tea spoon
14. Green pea - half cup
15. Salt to taste
16. Water - 1-2 cup
17. Garam masala - 1 tea spoon
18. Green chili for garnishing

DIRECTIONS :-

• Marinate shol fish with lemon juice , turmeric powder and salt for fifteen minutes .
• Take mustard oil in a frying pan and light fry the fish and put them aside .
• Add bay leaf and cumin seeds to the oil .
• Add ginger paste and dhania-Jira (coriander-cumin) paste and saute for two minutes .
• Add kashmiri red chili powder and turmeric powder and saute for two minutes more .
• Add tomato puree and hung curd to it and saute till the oil releases. 
• Add green pea and fold in the mixture. 
• Add salt to taste.
• Add water and let it come to boil .
• Add shol fish in the gravy .
• Add tamarind pulp and sugar in the gravy .
• Cover the frying pan with a lid and boil for five minutes more .
• Add garam masala and garnish with green chili .
• Serve hot with steamed rice .