Challa Recipe

• Sardine Fish
• Thick Coconut Milk
• 12 Shallots (chopped)
• 4 Green Chillies
• Small piece of Ginger (chopped)
• 8 Methi Seeds
• 2 ½ tsp Red Chilly Powder
• ½ tsp Turmeric Powder
• ½ tsp Fennel Seed Powder
• 3 Cocum
• Coconut Oil
• Few Curry Leaves (chopped)
• Salt to taste

• Slice the fish into pieces.
• Soak the cocum in salted water for around 5 min.
• Heat oil in a pan and fry the methi seeds until it turns into brown.
• Put in onion, green chillies, ginger and fry it until it turns brown.
• Pour into coconut milk, chilly powder, turmeric powder, fennel seed powder & salt to taste and simmer it on high flame.
• Stir in fish and cook it covered on medium flame until curry thickens.
• Add on curry leaves.
• Serve it hot.