Fresh Belt Fish - EggPlant Gravy/Fresh Belt Fish -EggPlant Curry/Belt Fish - Brinjal Gravy/Belt Fish - Brinjal curry/Vaalai Meen - Kathirikai Thokku

Ingredients

Fresh Belt Fish - 5 fillets
Indian Eggplant/Brinjal - 3 nos small size
Big Onion - 1 no
Tomato - 1 no
Garlic - 4 pods
Chopped Ginger - 1 ts
Coriander leaves - 3 strands
salt for taste
Oil - 1 ts
Milk - 1/4 cup

Spice Powders

Turmeric pwd - a pinch
Chili pwd - 2 ts
Coriander pwd - 3 ts
Cumin pwd - 1/2 ts

Tempering

Mustard - 1/4 ts
Cumin Seeds - 2 pinch
Fenugreek Seeds - 10 nos
Curry Leaves - 1 twig
Asfoetida/Hing - a pinch

Method

1. Finely chop the Onion and tomatoes,cursh the garlic and cut the Eggplant/brinjal in 1/2 inch size,also wash the Beltfish with some turmeric powder.
2. In a thick bottomed pan add a ts of oil and temper the items given in the Tempering list, then add the crushed garlic,ginger,onion and saute it, wait till the onion are soft and turns translucent then add the brinjal/Eggplant and fry for 3mins in medium flame.

4. Then add the chopped tomatoes and fry for 2mins then add all the spice pwd given in the list. saute it for 2mins, once the raw smell goes off,add 2 1/2 cup of water, and close the lid, turn the heat to high.

5. Cook for 5mins, once the water is reduced to half, reduce the flame to medium and add the Beltfish allow it to cook for 5more mins and add the milk let it boil for another 5mins then sprinkle some coriander leaves and switch off the gas.

This Gravy goes well with Rice,Curd Rice, Idly and Dosa.