Sea Food
Fish Balls
Ingredients:
Cooking time :30 min. Serving : 6-8
Fish 400 gm.(rohu)
Onions 3 (grated)
Ginger 1 " piece
Garlic 10 cloves
Gram masala 1 tsp.
Cumin seeds 1 tsp. (ground)
Salt 3/4 tsp.
Chilli powder 1/2 tsp.
Chillies green 4 (chopped)
Oil 250 gm.
Flour 3 tbsp.
Egg 1
Method:
Steam fish in a pressure cooker for a minute. Then remove bones from fish and mash. Grate onions. Grind ginger and garlic and chop green chillies. Beat egg well.
Mix grated onions, ginger-garlic paste, salt, garam masala powder, fried cumin powder, chopped chillies, chilli powder and egg with mashed fish. Mix well. Then make 16 balls out of it and roll in flour.
Heat oil in a karahi. Deep fry the balls till golden brown. Arrange fish balls in a plate and garnish. Serve with ketchup or Chutney.
---Ruby Niyogi.
Fish -Stuffed Potatoes
Ingredients:
Cooking time :30 min. Serving : 5
Fish 500 gm (rohu)
Onion 250 gm
Ginger 1 inch piece
Garlic cloves
Green Chillies 8
Turmeric powder 1/2 tsp
Chilli Powder 1/2 tsp
Salt 1 tsp
Medium-sized Potatoes 10
Oil 250 gm
Green Cardamoms 4
Cinnamom Sticks 3
Lettuce leaves 6
Tomatoes 2(Sliced)
Cucumber 1(Sliced)
Onion 1(Sliced)
Cloves 6(Sliced)
Cumin Seeds 1 tsp
Fresh Coriander leaves
Method:
Boil the potatoes whole. Peel and scoop out the middle portion of potatoes with a pointed knife making them hollow inside. Clean Fish. Grate onion and grind ginger and garlic.
Cut green chillies into very small pieces. Roast cardamom, cinnammom, cloves and cumin seeds and grind them into powder.
Boil fish with very little water. Mash the boiled fish and remove the bones.
Heat oil, Fry oinon, ginger, garlic and chillies. Then add fish, turmeric and salt. Fry for a few minutes. Add roasted ground garam masala powder and coriander leaves.
Mix them well. Now insert the fish mixture into the hollow potatoes. Deep fry potatoes till golden brown
On a plate arrange stuffed potatoes on a bed of lettuce. Decorate with sliced onion, cucumber, tomato and green chillies.
---Ruby Niyogi.
Prawns with Coconut
Ingredients:
Cooking time :20 min. Serving : 3-4 persons
For Garnishing:
Prawns 500 gms small Green Chillies 4
Coconut 1 small
Mustard seeds 4 tsp
Mustard Oil 150 gm
Green Chillied 6 or 7
Turmeric Powder 1 tsp
Salt to taste
Method :
Shell and clean prawns. Grind the coconut into a smooth paste with half a cup of water. Grind mustard seeds and cut chillies into small pieces.Rub the prawns with salt and turmeric.
Fry the prawns in mustard oil till they are red. Then add salt, green chillies, mustard paste and coconut paste. Cook covered on a slow fire stirring frequently till the prawns become tender. Continue till the mixture is absolutely dry.
Garnish with green chillies and serve with rice.
---Ruby Niyogi.
Fish Kofta Curry
Ingredients:
Cooking time :35 min. Serving : 6 persons
Fish(rohu) 400 gms Oil 350 gms
Onions 3(grated) Egg 1
Ginger small piece Flour 3 tbsp
Garlic 10 cloves Onions 2
Garam masala 1 tsp Tomatoes 3
Fried ground 1 tsp Turmeric powder 1 tsp
cumin 1 tsp Coriander 1 tsp
Salt taste Cinnamon 2-3 sticks
Chilli powder 1/2 tsp Cardamoms 4 green
Green chilli 4 Bay leaves 2-3
Method:
Steam fish in a pressure cooker for a minute. Then remove the bones and
mash. Grate onions and grind ginger and garlic. chop green chillies and beat egg.
Add onions, ginger garlic, chillies salt, garam masala, fried cumin powder and egg to the fish and mix well. Then make 16 balls out of it. Roll in flour. Deep fry the balls in oil till golden brown.
Grind onions, ginger and garlic and chop tomatoes.Heat ghee in karahi. Add bay leaves,cinnamon, cardamom and cloves. Then add onion
-ginger-garlic paste and fry till half done.
Add tomatoes, turmeric,chilli and coriander powder and salt. Fry the masalas till the oil seperates. Add fish balls and 1 cup
of water. Cook till the gravy becomes thick and then remove from the fire.
Add fresh coriander leaves and serve.
---Ruby Niyogi.