Thursday, 29 March 2012

Fish With Drumstick...



In India fish is cooked in many ways but one thing is common in Indian cuisine flavours of fish are dominated by the spices
Now I am sharing with you a south Indian style of cooking fish, slightly a Kerala style. Straight from my kitchen to you all.

Preparation time; 20 min 
Cooking time; 10 min

Ingredients (serving 8)

Fish (Bengal crap) 1 kilogram
Drumsticks 3-4 no's
Onion’s 3-4 no’s
Oil 4 tbsp
Lemon juice of ½ lemon
Ginger & garlic paste 2tbsp
Thick coconut milk 1cup
Salt as per taste
Red chilli power  1 ½tsp
Turmeric power ¼ tsp
Green chilies 3-4 no’s
Roasted cumin (zeera)powder ½ tsp
Coriander & fresh fenugreek ½ a bunch

Fish marination

Clean fish and cut it into medium sized slices.
Apply 1/2 lemon juice & ½ tsp salt to fish pieces, keep it a side.


Procedure

Fry finely sliced onions to golden brown in a tbsp of oil, after  it got normal temperature make it into a paste.

Wash the marinated fish just once gently  and the onion paste to it.(u can also do it without washing fish).

Add ginger garlic paste, red chille powder,termiric ,salt, roasted cumin powder(zeera),green chilles,coriander & fresh fenugreek(methi)too.

Then mix well but gently and add thick coconut milk and 3tbsp of oil.

Finally settle the fish pieces nicely and add ¼ cup of water; cover it with lid.

Keep it on high flames until its bubbling then simmer it for5 min.

Garnish

Garnish it with fresh coriander, mint, fresh fenugreek leaves and finely chopped green chillies just for a look...

Best served with plain rice...


by faiza anjum 


www.faizafoods.blogspot.com

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