FISH DISHES

FISH DISHES

Again with these dishes it is quite easy to add meat to them if you wish.

GOAN FISH CURRY

Ingredients: Fish500 gm Green chillies 5 gm Onions 50 gm Tomatoes 55 gm Red Chillies 10 gm Cumin seeds 20 gm Tamarind 10 gm Coriander 10 gm Oil30 ml Coconut 115 gm

Method :

• Chop onions, Roast and grind red chillies, turmeric cumin seeds and coriander.
• Grind coconut to a fine paste. Combine all other spices.
• Fry onions in fat. Add grounded Masala and green chillies. Fry till flavour emerges.
• Add chopped tomatoes and sufficient water soak tamarind in water and extract pulp.
• Cut fish into pieces.
• When the gravy boils, add fish.
• Add tamarind pulp, curry leaves and simmer till fish is cooked.

Fish Curry with Mustard (Shorshe Maach)

Ingredients: 1 lb. fish, cut into pieces 2 tbsp. oil 1 tsp. turmeric powder 2 tbsp. mustard powder 1 tsp. salt 8 green chillies

Method: Make a paste of mustard in an equal amount of water. Heat oil in a non stick frying pan and fry the mustard paste for half a minute, and add 3 cups of lukewarm water. Bring to a boil and add fish, turmeric and salt and green chillies. Cook on medium low heat for 30 minutes.

Prawn Patia

Ingredients: 1/2 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon ground cumin 1 teaspoon crushed dried red chillies 4 tablespoons groundnut oil 1 capsicum, chopped small 2 large onions, sliced 1/2 oz. ginger, finely chopped 3 cloves garlic, finely chopped 4 fresh chillies, finely chopped 1 lb. prawns, peeled 1/2 teaspoon turmeric 1.14 oz. can of plum tomatoes, drained and roughly chopped water

Method: Heat the salt, cumin and dried chillies in a heavy frying pan over a high heat for 1 minute. Keep the spices moving. Add the oil. Lower the heat and add the onion and capsicum. Cook for a few minutes until the onions are soft. Add the ginger, garlic and chillies. Stir for another minute. Add prawns, turmeric and tomatoes. If the mixture is too thick add a little water. Simmer until prawns are cooked through.

Shrimp Curry (Jhinka Masala)

Ingredients: 1 lb. shrimps, peeled and de-veined 1 onion, pureed 1 tsp. ginger paste 1 tsp. garlic paste 1 tomato, pureed 1 tsp. turmeric powder 1 tsp. chilli powder 1 tsp. cumin powder 1 tsp. coriander powder 1 tsp. salt or to taste 1 tsp. lemon juice Cilantro/coriander leaves 1 tbsp. oil

Method: Heat oil in a non stick frying pan and fry the onion, tomato, ginger and garlic, together with cumin and coriander powders and cilantro/coriander leaves for five minutes on medium low heat. Add shrimp, turmeric and chilli powders and salt together with half a cup of lukewarm water and cook on medium low heat for twenty five minutes. Keep the pan covered with a lid. Stir well to let the shrimps blend with the spices. Season with lemon juice, garnish with cilantro/coriander before serving.