Ingredients:
1/2 kg of tuna, including bones and head well cleaned and prepared
1 cup grated coconut
2 hot chillies, or depending how spicy you like your dish
10 pieces of baby shallots, keep a few shallots aside for frying
1 inch fresh ginger
3 cloves garlic
1/2 teaspoon tumeric powder
1 green mango cut into chunks
2 drumsticks cleaned and cut into 1 inch pieces
a few curry leaves
1/2 a teaspoon of mustard seeds
salt, as needed
Method:
Put the grated coconut, chillies, shallots, ginger, garlic and the
tumeric powder along with 1/2 a cup of water and blend once. Put this
mixture in a heavy bottomed pan along with the mango and drumsticks,
add a cup more of water and cook until the vegetables are cooked through.
Add the fish and season with salt cover and cook till the fish is
cooked,. Heat in a pan some oil put the mustard seeds and the curry
leaves and shallots and fry until slightly brown and add to the avial.Check
the seasonings and add more salt according to your taste.
Sherene Dcruz
