Receta Maasi Masala | Spicy Pounded Dry Fish Masala
Place a pan on flame and pour oil. After it heats up, add curry leaves and let it splutter.
Then add the chopped onions and saute well until it turns translucent and cooked.
Then add tomato, little salt and saute on low flame until the tomato turns pulpy and cooked.
Now add the red chilli powder and saute really well until the raw smell leaves and the oil separates from the masala.
Now add the maasi (pounded dry fish) directly from the packet (no prior cooking or washing is needed) and stir well.
Pour 1/4 cup of water stir well, check for salt and add if needed. Cook on low flame and until the masala gets mixed up well with the pounded dry fish (takes about 3 minutes).
Finally when the water content reduces or when you get the masala consistency remove from flame and drizzle lemon juice over it.
Mix well and serve.
TIP 1: Pounded dry fish/Maasi contains salt content, so do not add too much of salt initially. Check for salt after adding maasi and then add if necessary.
TIP 2: Pounded fish is available in all stores if not available you can just get rock hard dry fish pieces and pound it well using a stone pestle until it breaks into smaller pieces, then add it to a blender and coarsely grind it and use in recipes.
Super hot and tasty masala is now ready!! Serve with aapam, dosa, chapatis, rotis or as sides with rice!!
Chapati with a dollop of curd and this masala makes a great satisfying platter!!