Non-veg recipe · lunch, dinner, side
Dried Shark Thokku
சுறா கருவாடு தொக்கு (Sura Karuvadu Thokku)
Serves 3 · 30 min
Adapted from பேலியோ ஆரோக்கிய சமையல் (Paleo Arokkiya Samaiyal) by Rtn Kannan Azhagirisamy, page 76
Soaked and skinned dried shark pieces cooked into a thick onion-tomato thokku with cumin.
Estimated per serving from USDA FoodData Central and Indian Food Composition Tables 2017 values for the raw ingredients. Real numbers vary with brands and portions. Some ingredients here (such as game, organ meats or seafood not in the Indian food tables) use approximate USDA reference values.
Ingredients
- 100 g dried shark (sura karuvadu) (சுறா கருவாடு)
- 2 onion, chopped
- 2 tomato, chopped
- 1 tsp ginger-garlic paste
- 1 tsp cumin powder
- as needed turmeric and chilli powder (used in method)
- as needed rock salt, curry leaves
- 2 tsp coconut oil
Method
- Soak the dried shark in hot water for 5 minutes, clean, peel off the skin and chop small.
- Temper curry leaves in oil and saute the ginger-garlic paste, onion and tomato in turn.
- Add a little water with turmeric, chilli powder and salt and bring to a boil.
- Add the fish and simmer until it thickens to a thokku, then sprinkle cumin powder and remove from heat.
Dried fish is already salty, so taste before adding salt.
Adapted from பேலியோ ஆரோக்கிய சமையல் (Paleo Arokkiya Samaiyal) by Rtn Kannan Azhagirisamy, page 76. Method rewritten in our own words; ingredient quantities follow the book, with gram weights estimated for the nutrition figures. The book thanks the Arokkiya Unavugal (Healthy Foods) Facebook group and tamilpaleorecipes.com.
Recipe credit: tamilpaleorecipes.com and Adapted from பேலியோ ஆரோக்கிய சமையல் (Paleo Arokkiya Samaiyal) by Rtn Kannan Azhagirisamy, page 76.