FISH MAPPAS RECIPE Fish Mappas is a delicious recipe from South India that can be served on Pongal. SERVES: 6

Ingredients	How to?
• ½ kg Fish (King fish or Butter fish) • 2 medium-sized Onions, sliced • 6 Green Chilies, slit • 2-inch piece Ginger, chopped • 4 Garlic Pods, chopped • 2 tsp Vinegar • 12 Curry Leaves • 1½ cups Thin Coconut Milk • ¾ cup Thick Coconut Milk • 1 tbsp Kashmiri Chili Powder • ½ tsp Turmeric Powder • 1 tsp Coriander Powder • ½ tsp Cumin Powder • Salt, to taste • 3 tbsp Oil	• In a small bowl, prepare a paste of kashmiri chili powder, turmeric powder, coriander powder, salt, and cumin powder, with 4 tsp water. • Heat oil in a pan and saute onions, green chilies, garlic, ginger and curry leaves together. • When the onions start turning purple, put masala paste in it (prepared earlier) and mix. • Now, put in thin coconut milk, vinegar and salt and mix. Cover it and let it boil. • When the mixture has boiled, put fish in it and let it cook for about 10 to 15 minutes. • When the fish is tender and the gravy thickens, put thick coconut milk in it and let it cook on simmer flame for 3 minutes. • Remove from flame and serve hot with rice.