Fish Pickles

Fish Pickle/Meen Achaar
Ingredients
Group A	Items to use
	Naimeen (King Fish)	500 grams
	Turmeric Powder	½  teaspoon
	Salt	1 pinch
	Sesame seed oil	150 ml.
Group B	Sesame seed oil	1 teaspoon
	Mustard Seeds	1 Teaspoon
Group C	Curry leaf	2 stalks
	Garlic	5 cloves chopped
	Ginger	1 small piece finely chopped
	Green Chillies	6 nos chopped
Group D	Fenugreek powder	1 tea spoon
	Kashmiri Chilli powder	1 teaspoon
	Red chilly Powder	2 teaspoon
	Salt water	To taste
	Black Pepper Powder	1tsp
	Sugar	½ teaspoon
	Vinegar	2 tea spoon
Preparation
Step  1: Clean fish and cut it into 1 1/2 cm size pieces.Add a pinch of salt and turmeric powder with little water and make a paste.Rub this paste on to the fish cuts and keep for half an hour. Boil some salt in water, get it cooled and keep.
Step  2: Pour little oil in deep pan heat it and crackle mustard seeds.
Step  3: Add all ingredients in Group C and fry it until become slightly brown
Step 4: Mix all items in the Group D in salt water and add fried fish in it and heat it low for some minutes.Keep the same for cooling .Once cooled Pour it in air tight moisture free container for longer time use.

Prawns Pickle / Chemmeen Achaar

Prawns Pickle / Chemmeen Achaar
Ingredients
Group A	Items to use
	Chemmeen/Prawns	500 grams
	Asfoetida powder	½ teaspoon
	Black pepper powder	1 ½ tea spoon
	Curry leaf	2 stalks
	Fenugreek seeds	1 tea spoon
	Garlic	12 cloves chopped
	Ginger	1 medium piece chopped
	Green Chillies	6 nos chopped
	Mustard seeds	1 tea spoon
	Kashmiri Chilly powder	1 teaspoon
	Red chilly powder	3 tea spoon
	Salt	2 tea spoon
	Sesame Seed oil	250 ml.
	White Vineger	1 tea spoon
	Sugar	½ teaspoon
Group B	Marinade items
	Red Chilli Powder	2 tea spoon
	Salt	1 tea spoon
	Turmeric Powder	1 tea spoon
	White Vinegar	2 tea spoon
Preparation
Step  1: Clean the prawns by removing shell ,head and inside.Cut it into 2 cm size pieces.
Step  2: Mix Group B ingredients  to marinade. Rub this on to the prawns and marinate for 30 minutes
Step  3: Heat the oil in a deep pan and fry for 4 to 6 six minutes till it turns slightly  brown.Drain the oil from pawns  and set aside.
Step 4: Heat the Sesame seed oil in a deep pan and crackle the mustard seeds.Add green chillies ginger,curry leaves, fenugreek seeds and fry for 5 minutes.Then mix all the remaining items and remove from heat.Let it cool.Then put it in a air tight container.If you wish to store it for longer period get it keep in refrigerator.