Family Favourite fish Curry rice and fried fish.
Clean and wash pomfret well.
Make slit on both sides of Pomfret, like pockets.
Rub a little salt into each slits.
Fried Pomfret With Chinchowni masala
For the Masala
12 Red kashmiri chilies
1/2 cup desiccated coconut or fresh coconut
2 tsp cumin seeds
10 cloves garlic
1 onion sliced
small ball of tamarind
1/4 tsp turmeric powder
8 to 10 small pomfrets
Method
soak chilies, tamarind, cumin seeds, garlic cloves in hot water for half hour. Heat a pan with oil and stir fry the onions till lightly browned and coconut and stir fry . once cool grind all the above to a smooth paste.
Heat up some oil in a pan and cook this masala , add Salt to taste, Allow to cool. Stuff this masala into the pomfret and shallow fry or coat the fish with a mix of semolina and rice flour and shallow fry.
For the Curry I used the heads
Curry Masala
8 Red kashmiri chilies
2 tbsp coriander seeds
1/2 tsp cumin seeds
1 tsp pepper corn
1/4 tsp methi /fenugreek seeds
1/2 tsp turmeric powder
1 cup coconut or desiccated coconut
1 onion sliced
1 tbsp ginger garlic paste
grind all the above with a small ball of tamarind
and just enough water
Ingredients
few curry leaves
few triphala / schezwan pepper corn
3 green chilies
Method
Heat up some oil ,add the curry leaves, triphala ,once it starts to splutter add the ground masala and just enough water.
once it comes to a boil add the pomfret heads and 3 green chilies , Salt to taste.
Allow to cook till done.
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