Canned sardines fish curry

I love sardines! Fresh sardines are of course better than canned but I have been eating canned sardines since I remember. Anyway, canned sardines can be very versatile. You can use them as filling for sandwich or empanadas, serve them with rice and make into curry like I did recently.


Canned Sardines Fish Curry
serves : 2-3 pax

Ingredients
2 cans x 90 gm sardines in tomato sauce
1 medium onion, slice
3 cloves garlic, mince
cooking oil
red or green chilli, slice, to taste
1 dried bay leaf
salt & pepper
lemon or lime

spice paste
2 tsps ground paparika powder, spicy
1 tsp curry powder
1 tsp chilli powder
1/2 tsp turmeric powder
1/2 tsp ground cumin
1 dash of fennel seeds
a little water

Optional2 medium potatoes, diced
Hard boiled eggs

Method
1) Mix ingredients for spice paste together with a little water. Set aside.
2) Heat a little oil, sauté sliced onion until translucent and then add in the minced garlic. Cook until garlic is fragrant. Next pour in the spice paste and bring it to a boil. Be careful not to burnt it.
3) If you're using potatoes, add in now, and pour in tomato sauce from canned sardine (not incl. the sardines) , if the liquid is not enough to barely cover the potatoes, add in some stock or water. Throw in the red / green chillies and dried bay leaf. Let this cook for a bit until potato is ready.
4) Once potatoes is ready add in the sardines and simmer for 10 mins. and it is ready.
5) You can add hard boiled eggs into the gravy before serving with your choice of carbs.