Kappa Mathi Biriyani - Tapioca with Mathi(Sardines)

Ingredients:

Tapioca – 1 big

GreatedCoconut – 1/2 cup

Red onion - 1 full - thinly sliced (can use 5-8 large shallots also)

Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp

Salt to taste

For The Mathi

Mathi(Sardines) - 10

Red onion - 1 large thinly sliced

Turmeric powder- 1/4 tsp

Chili powder – 3/4 tsp

Ginger - 1" pelled and thinly sliced

Garlic - 2 or 3 pods, crushed
Curry leaves - 1 sprigsalt to taste

For Spluttering

Coconut oil – 2 tsp

Mustard Seeds – 1 tsp

Curry leaves – a sprig

Chopped Shallots – 2

Dried red Chillies – 3

How To Do

1. Cook the tapioca in a pressure cooker adding salt, turmeric powder and a little water.Strain the water well .
2.Now add GreatedCoconut, Red onion.Now close the lid and cook for five minuts in very low fire.
3.Remove all the bones of mathi.Now cook the mathi by adding Red onion, curry leaves, turmeric powder, chili powder, ginger,garlic and salt to taste.
4.Note that there should not be any water in it.It should be completely dried.
5.Now mix well this with kappa.
6.Heat oil in a pan and allow mustard seeds to splutter.Add shallots,red chillies and curry leaves into it.Fry it for sometime and pour the mixture into tapioca.Again mix it well for sometime.