Chepala Pulusu Nellore style / Andhra style Chepala Pulusu

Preparation time: 1 hour
Servers: 4 adults

Andhra Style Chepala Pulusu (Nellore style)

The recipe that I am bringing about today is a very famous and delicious fish curry that widely made in the house holds of a costal district Nellore in Andhra Pradesh.

Ingredients:

1. Fish/ Chepalu : 1 kg (before cleaning)
2. Tamarind       : little above a lemon sized
3. Lemon       : 1
4. Onion       : 2
5. Green chillies     : 5
6. Tomatoes     : 3
7. Ginger garlic paste : 1 1/2 tbsp
8. Salt         : to taste (~2 tbsp)
9. Chilli powder     : to taste (~ 2 1/2 tbsp)
10. Turmeric powder : a pinch
11. Coriander powder   : 1/2 tbsp
12. Coriander leaves   : 3 strands
13. Curry leaves     : 2 strands
14. Oil : 4 tbsp
15. Water : 3-4 tea cups

Procedure:

1. Buy one kilo gram of fish, remove the(or get it removed) scales, tail, head(optional), fins and other unnecessary things from the fish(Chepa). Slice the fish into 3/4th inch wider pieces. Clean the fish slices once again with lemon and crystal salt.
2. Soak the tamarind in a 2 tea glasses of water for about 15 minutes.
3. Dice the onions and tomatoes into small pieces, and slit the green chillies.
4. Make tamarind juice(Pulusu) by squeezing the soaked tamarind thoroughly.
5. Take a vessel, which has wider base, and pour oil and heat it in simmer. Add green chillies and curry leaves, once they are fried add onions. Once onions turned translucent add ginger garlic paste and fry it for a while. Now add tomatoes and fry them till tomatoes boil well. 
6. Now pour the tamarind juice(Pulusu) and add salt. Boil the the tamarind till the content leaves the oil. It probably takes about 5 minutes.
7. Now add the chilli powder, turmeric, coriander powder, and pour 3-4 tea glasses of water. Now switch the flame to high.
8. Once the water boiled well, add the fish slices and keep it in high flame for 5 minutes.
9. Now reduce the flame, add coriander leaves, and boil the curry in low flame for about 5 to 7 minutes. 
10. You are ready to serve the curry/ Chepala Pulusu now.

Fish fry / chepa vepudu Andhra style

Fish fry / chepa vepudu  Andhra style

Ingredients (for marination):

1. Fish slices (cleaned and sliced): 10 (1.5 kg of fish)
2. Lemons :  3
3. Garam malsala : 2 table spoon
4. Coriander powder :  2 table spoon
5. Chilli powder : 3 table spoon
6. Ginger garlic paste : 2 table spoon
7. Salt : to taste
8. Turmeric : 1/2 table spoon
9. Oil : 1 table spoon

Procedure:

1. Wash and clean the fish slices with the crystal salt to make sure that dirt is removed from the outer surface of the fish.
2. Take all the ingredients and mix it with the lemon juice and oil (Do not add water). Make it as paste.
3. Apply this paste to the fish thoroughly and marinate it for minimum one hour.





4. Now take a pan and pour some oil to an extant that fish slices are half floated. Heat the pan.
5. Once the oil is heated enough, fry the fish pieces in the on pan at medium flame( It helps in cooking the fish slices) till it reaches dark brown color.





6. Serve it with onion slices and lemon.

Combinations:

Rasam - Andhra Style