Fresh sprats curry

Name: Fresh sprats curry
Yield: Serves 6
Cuisine: Sri Lanka
Ingredients: 2 sprigs fresh curry leaves, leaves picked; juice of ½ a lime; ½ teaspoon caster (superfine) sugar; 2 teaspoons chilli powder; 100 ml (3½ fl oz) vegetable oil; ¼ teaspoon dill seeds; 2 onions, finely chopped; 250 g (9 oz) fresh sprats (anchovies or large whitebait), heads discarded, cleaned; 1 teaspoon ground turmeric; 3 long dried red chillies, broken

Preparation info

Serves
6

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Serendip

By Peter Kuruvita

Published 2009

About

Ingredients

250 g (9 oz) fresh sprats (anchovies or large whitebait), heads discarded, cleaned
2

Asia
Sri Lanka
Fish course
Pescatarian
Gluten-free
Spicy

Method

Rinse the fish in cold water, then place in a heavy-based saucepan. Dissolve 1 teaspoon of salt in 150 ml (5