Hot & Sour Mackerel (with gravy)

 
Ingredients:

• 4 Hot and sour mackerel (scaled)
• 8 red chilies or 2 tbsp red chili powder (red cayenne pepper powder)
• 2 tsp turmeric
• Small marble sixe ball tamarind or 1 tsp tamarind paste
• 1 ½ cup grated coconut
• 4 green chilies
• 4 cocums dry
• 6 teffal
• Salt to taste.

 
Method:

• Cut mackerels into 7 thin pieces.
• Apply salt, marinate for 15 minutes and wash. 
•  Grind coconut, red chillies, turmeric and tamarind to fine paste and dilute with 1 /12 cup water. 
•  Add paste along with slit green chillies, salt teffal, cocum pieces.
• Add mackerel pieces and simmer until gravy starts to thicken.