Fish First
Pan fried fish from the food rich city of Lahore.
Servings
Prep Time
3
20
minutes
Cook Time
25
minutes
Servings
Prep Time
3
20
minutes
Cook Time
25
minutes
Ingredients
700
g
hammour fish (fish fillet
without fat)
salt to taste
3
tbsp
ginger garlic paste
1
tbsp
Ginger
finely chopped
1
tbsp
garlic
finely chopped
1
cup
Rice flour
cup
½corn flour
3
eggs
Juice of 4-5 lemons
1
tsp
red food colouring
2
tsp
black cumin seeds
shahi jeera
2
tsp
red chilli powder
1
tbsp
Garam masala powder
1
tsp
black pepper powder
2
tsp
coriander seeds
crushed
1
tsp
cinnamon powder
2
cups
Desi Ghee
for frying
For the sauce
100
g
dried dates
chhuare in hindi
1
tbsp
tamarind paste
1
tbsp
chaat masala
2
tsp
chicken stock cubes
250
gm yogurt
Instructions
For the fish
Cut fish fillet into 7 equal portions, lengthwise.
Put salt, ginger-garlic paste on each piece. Leave aside for 10 minutes, then wash and strain excess water.
Put chopped ginger and garlic on fish pieces after washing.
Mix rice flour and corn flour. Then mix in the eggs and add lemon juice, red food colouring and mix well.
Add all the spices. Beat together into a smooth paste.
Dab this paste onto fish pieces and refrigerate for 10 minutes.
Remove from fridge and shallow fry on tawa in desi ghee.
For the sauce
Remove seeds from the dried dates.
Boil in 2 cups of water for 5-10 minutes to soften dates.
When water reduces to half (1 cup), remove from heat and add all the other ingredients for the sauce.
Grind to a fine paste.
Add a pinch of salt to the paste and mix.
Serve with fish.