Saturday 19 January 2013

White Pomfret / Butter Fish Makha

White Pomfret/Butter Fish Makha         10 Portions:

NB: For this recipe, you can use either the butter fish or, the white pomfret! These kind of fish has bone in it, so watch it.

Ingredients:
10 Servings of rice or, noodles

3-4 White Pomfret or, 5-6 Butter Fish, viscera removed, washed, rinsed, fillets
2 tea spoon of turmeric powder
2 tea spoon of chili powder
2 tea spoon of smoked paprika
4 tea spoon of ginger roots, paste
2 tea spoon of garlic, minced
1 cup of onions, fine wedges
2 cups of water
2 tea spoon of cumin, ground
1 cup of coriander or, cilantro leaves, chopped
1/2 cup of tomatoes, cubes
1 tea spoon of lemon or, lime juice
500 ml of olive oil
*salt

Method:
First, marinate the fish in a bowl with the following ingredients (t-powder, chili, s-paprika, ginger, garlic, cumin, lemon juice and salt). Make sure you use half of the ingredients. Now, in a frying pan take the oil and make it medium hot. Put those fish in the pan and cook it on a medium heat for about 2-3 min. each side or, till you see they are cooked properly. Take it off the oil and put them into a holding container. Now, in the same pan using the rest of the hot oil, cook the onions to golden colour. Add the rest of the (  ) spices in the pan with the onions. Stir it and add the tomato and the water. Let it cook for about 5 min. Add the fish and let it soak some of the sauce. Now, add the coriander/Cilantro and mix it gently. Serve hot with the rice. Super yummy!

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