No matter how much you make; it'd never be enough...try this spicy sardine dish - Meen Moleshyam. This side dish goes well with rice.

Ingredients
Small Sardines - 500 g
Green Pepper Corns - 60 g
Green Chillies - 3 - 4 nos.
Ginger Chopped - 30 g
Garlic Chopped - 30 g
Curry Leaves - 2 sprigs
Sambar Onions - 100 g
Mustard - 5 g
Cocum - 2 - 3 pods
Salt - to taste
Coconut Oil - 30 ml

Method of Preparation
Clean, and wash the sardines. Apply a little salt and keep aside. Coarsely grind the onions, chillies, green pepper corns, garlic, ginger & curry leaves. Soak the cocum in lukewarm water and break into small pieces. Place the marinated fish with ground masala & cocum; and cover with water. Simmer uncovered on a slow flame till done and the sauce thickens. Add a tempering of mustard, garlic & curry leaves in coconut oil.