Karaikudi Fish Curry

Ingredients:
Fish – 250 grams cut into pieces
Mustard – ½  tspn
Curry leaves – 1 sprig
Onion – 1 Chopped
Garlic – 6 flakes
Green Chili – 1 Chopped
Ginger garlic paste – 1 tspn
Tomato – 1 Chopped
Turmeric powder – 1/4 tspn
Tamarind – small gooseberry size
Salt – to taste
Oil preferable sesame oil – 2 tsp
Roast and Make a paste of:
Dry Red Chilies -  4 – 5
Coriander seeds – 1 tspn
Cumin seeds – ½  tspn
Pepper – ¼  tspn
Toor dal (thuvaram paruppu)- 1/4 tspn
Fenugreek seeds (Vendhayam) – a pinch
Curry leaves – 1 sprig
Coconut – 1 tspn
Method:
Soak Tamarind in water for 15 minutes and extract the pulp.
Heat ½  tsp of Oil in a pan. Add Dry red chili, Coriander seeds, Cumin seeds, Pepper, Toor dal, Fenugreek seeds, Curry leaves and Coconut.
Then roast them till almost brown.
Then let it cool and then grind into a paste by adding little water.
Heat 2 to 3 tspns Oil in a pan.
Add Mustard seeds; once it starts spluttering add Curry leaves, Onion and Green chili, and fry till they are golden brown.
Add Ginger garlic paste and fry till the raw smell goes off. Add
Tomato and mash it with the spatula.
Then add Turmeric Powder, ground paste and fry for  3 minutes.
Add Tamarind juice, 1 cup of water, Salt to it.
Bring this curry to boil once, then reduce the heat to medium, cover the pan with a lid and cook for 10 minutes till it turns thick.
After that add Fish pieces and cook for 5 minutes or till the fish and gravy are cooked.