INDIAN FISH CURRY

 

Ingredients:

250 gms fish washed, sliced
1 cup coriander leaves chopped
2 tomatoes finely chopped
8 cloves garlic
2 green chillies chopped
1 tsp methi seeds
1 tsp coriander powder
A pinch turmeric powder
Salt To Taste
oil as required.

How to make indian fish curry:

• Marinate the fish in salt and turmeric powder for 15 minutes.
• Shallow fry the fish pieces, drain and keep aside.
• Grind the coriander leaves, garlic and green chillies.
• Heat oil, add masala paste and fry till the oil separates out.
• Add tomatoes, methi seeds and powder masalas and fry till the oil begins to float on top.
• Add about 1 cup water. Bring the gravy to a boil.
• Add the fish slices and cook for 10 minutes.
• Serve fish curry hot.

 

FISH TIKKA

Ingredients:

500 gms fish pieces of any type
150 gms vegetable oil
1 tbsp ajwain
45 ml cream
2 tsp cumin seeds powder
2 tsp garam masala
1 tbsp garlic paste
20 gms flour (beasn)
30 ml lemon juice
5 tbsp mint or coriander chutney
1/2 tsp white pepper powder
1 onion, chopped in circles.
60 gms curd / plain yogurt
Salt To Taste
chili powder to taste

 

Preparation:

• Mix cream garlic paste, ajwain , chili powder, cumin seeds powder, garam masala, lemon juice, salt, mint or coriander chutney, besan flour in yogurt.
• Add fish pieces to the above mixture and mainate them for about 3 hours.
• Heat oil in a pan, fry fish pieces on both sides till golden & crisp.
• Serve fried fish tikka with chopped onions.

 

DEEP FRIED FISH

Ingredients:

700 gms steaks with bone fish
Salt To Taste
1 tbsp lemon juice
1 1/4 cup fresh green coriander
6 green chillies
4 – 6 cloves garlic peeled
3/ 4 cup plain yogurt
oil for deep frying

 

How to make deep fried fish :

• Cut fillets into pieces that are about 5-6. 5 cm long and 4 cm wide.
• Spread the pieces out in a single layer in a large plate and sprinkle with about 1/3 tsp of salt and 1 tbs of lemon juice.
• Turn the pieces over and repeat with another 1/3 tsp of salt and 1 tbs of lemon juice. Set the plate at a tilt and leave it tilted for 2-3 hours.
• As water accumulates at one end, discard it. Put the green coriander, green chillies, garlic, 1/4 tsp of salt and tbsp of water into the blender.
• Blend until you have a paste. Empty the paste into a deep dish or shallow bowl. Put the yogurt into another deep dish or shallow bowl.
• Add 1/4 tsp of salt to the yogurt and mix it in. Set the oil to heat in a wok, karhai or frying pan over a medium flame.
• When very hot, dip 2 or 3 pieces of fish, first in the yogurt and then in the green paste to cover thoroughly and then put them in the hot oil.
• Fry for about 5 minutes, turning the pieces over once, until the fish is cooked through. Remove with a slotted spoon.
• Fry all the pieces of fish this way.
• Serve the fried fish hot with green chutney.

 

Amritsari Fish

Ingredients:

8 fish fillet
200 gms gram flour
1 tbsp garlic paste
1 tbsp ginger paste
1 tsp ajwain
1 tbsp red chili powder
1 tbsp lemon juice
1 egg
100 gms curd
oil for deep frying
Salt To Taste

 

How to indian fried fish :

• Clean, wash and cut fish into one and a half inch size cubes.
• Apply salt, lime juice, ginger paste, garlic paste and red chilli powder.
• Keep aside for 20 minutes.
• Make a batter of gram flour, curd, egg, ajwain, salt and water.
• Keep marinated fish pieces dipped in this batter for 15 minutes.
• Heat oil in a kadai and deep fry the fish till golden brown and crisp.
• Serve amritsari fish hot sprinkled with chaat masala and lemon wedges.