Fish thikkidi-rice balls with fish sauce

For Rice balls

Ingredients:

• Rice Flour-2 cup
• salt-1tsp
• hot water
• turmeric powder-1/2tsp
• 1 coconut milk
• 1 onion chopped into small pieces
• garlic-3 cloves chopped into small pieces
• curry leaves and mustard seeds
• Oil-1tsp
• coriander leaves

For fish sauce

Ingredients:

• 2 fish fillets- cut into small rectangular pieces(I used tilapia,u can use any big fish)
• 1 onion chopped into small pieces
• 1 tomato chopped into small pieces
• 1 tsp oyster suce
• 1tsp soy sauce
• 1 green chilly chopped into small pieces
• Red chilly powder-1 tsp(use as per taste,the dish should not be too spicy)
• turmeric powder-1/2tsp
• lemon juice-1tsp
• garlic-5 cloves
• ginger-1tsp
• onion leaves
• salt as per taste
• oil -1tsp

Preparation:

1. In a large bowl,mix rice flour and 1/2 tsp salt with hot water to make a soft dough
2. Make small balls of goli size with the dough and do a soft press with both ur hands.Keep aside all the balls.
3. Heat the kadai and pour oil.Saute mustard seeds and coriander leaves.
4. Add onion and stir well.
5. When it turns golden color add garlic ,turmeric powder and stir well for 2 mins.
6. Add coconut milk and salt .(If you are taking fresh coconut milk take both first and 2nd milk.If you are using coconut milk can add some more water)
7. To the above mix add the prepared balls . All balls should be dipped in the coconut milk.
8. You should be very carfeul when u stir the mix,balls should not break.Cook till the gravy thickens for 5 mins.
9. Remove from the heat and add chopped coriander leaves and close the kadai with a lid and keep aside.
10. Heat a deep bottom kadai,pour oil ,add onion and stir well till it becomes golden color.
11. Add green chilly,crushed ginger and garlic and stir well.
12. Add tomato and stir constantly.
13. Add turmeric,chilly powder .
14. Mix fish pieces with the above mixture.Add salt and stir once and close the lid and cook for 5 mins.
15. Add oyster sauce ,soy sauce and lemon juice and cook for 5 mins.
16. remove from the heat ,add chopped green onion leaves. Fish sauce is ready.
17. You can serve rice balls and fish sauce separately as in pic.

I liked this for lunch. I have seen chicken thikkidi in taste of kerala TV show,so I tried fish with some changes.