Sunday, September 22, 2013

Fish Fry

Ingredients:
  • Surmai (King fish) cut - medium pieces
  • 2 tsp ginger garlic paste
  • 2 tsp rice flour
  • 3 tsp semolina
  • 1 tsp red chili powder
  • salt to taste

Fish Fry

Preparation:

1. Marinate fish fillets with ginger garlic paste, turmeric, salt, chili powder. Keep it in refrigerator for half an hour at least. Do not marinate for longer time.
2. take rice flour, semolina, red chili powder and salt in another plate and mix it together.
3. take the marinated fish fillets one by one and coat it with the dry ingredients mixed in step 2.
4.heat the non stick griddle and put 1 tsp of oil. then keep the coated fish fillets on pan and pour little oil around it.
5. cook the fish from low to medium flame till semolina shows golden brown color from one side.
6. then flip it carefully and cook the other side. Apply little oil on the other side as well. 
7. remove and server hot.

(fish fry and be served as starter or a side dish)

Saturday, September 21, 2013

Fish Curry

Ingredients:
  • Surmai cut - medium pieces
  • 2 tsp ginger garlic paste
  • 4 tsp dry coconut
  • 2 tsp fresh coconut
  • 1 cup coconut milk according to taste
  • 1/2 cup coriander
  • 1 small tomato
  • 1 big onion
  • 1 tsp garam masala
  • 2 tsp chilli powder
  • 1/2 turmeric
  • 1-2 green chili
Fish Curry

Preparation:
  1. Marinate the fish with ginger garlic paste+turmeric+salt+chili powder. Keep it in refrigerator for half an hour at least. Do not marinate for longer time.
  2. Grind to smooth paste dry coconut, fresh coconut, onion, garam masala, chili powder,coriander,tomato, turmeric powder and green chili.
  3. Heat oil in deep pan and put the masala from step 2. Let the masala cook for 5 minutes. Put little amount of water in between if required so that masala won't burn or stick to the bottom of pan.
  4. Now add enough amount of water to make it a gravy. Add salt to taste.
  5. Let it boil for 4-5 minutes.
  6. Add marinated fish to the gravy,cook for not more than 10 minutes. (As fish fillets are tender, they tend to break if cooked for longer time.)
  7. Adjust the salt and turn off the flame.
  8. Fish curry tastes delicious with white rice or chapatis.