Sour fish curry (Malu Ambul thiyal)

How to prepare Sour fish curry (Malu Ambul thiyal) in Sri Lanka
Ingredients
1) 500g fish
2) ½ onion- sliced
3) 8 tablespoons black pepper
4) 10 gambooge (goraka)
5) ½ tablespoon chili powder
6) ¼ teaspoon turmeric
7) 3 curry leaves
8) salt - to taste
9) 3 cups water (It is depend on the size of the saucepan)

Malu Ambulthiyal a unique spicy fish preparation with thick gamboges 'Goraka' paste. This is a very popular dish of a fish steak (usually an oily fish like kingfish) in a sour curry sauce. Sri Lanka has a great selection of delicious fish. Best accompaniment if you want to bring down a few blocks of milk rice or a few hoppers and pittu as well. 

Method
* In a small saucepan boil gambooge with 1/2cup of water. When it is boiled take out the gambooge and minced it with little boiled water. It should be a fine paste in the end.
* Cut the fish into pieces and wash it well with salt mix water and put it into a saucepan. Then put all the rest of the ingredients, including gambooge paste into the saucepan & mix well with fish pieces with little water. Do not break the pieces.
* Final step is put the rest of the water (2 1/2cups) in to the saucepan and cook the fish in medium heat till the gravy is become so thick.
Taste for salt.

now you can enjoy your hot meal as you like