Fried Fish + Fried Rice.....Without Fried Chutney

Fish is a low-fat, high quality of proteins food, rich in calcium, magnesium, phosphorus, zinc, iron and potassium. Fish has got many essential nutrients, such as omega-3 fatty acids, vitamins A, D and E. Fried Fish is very popularly known and eaten all over the world. However, Fried Fish has been prepared by frying, covered with batter like, egg and flour (all purpose flour/gram flour). But in this recipe, I used only dry ingredients such as salt, chili powder, black pepper powder, cumin powder, turmeric, Fish Masala and garam masala powder. I've not used ginger, garlic and onion paste or any other batter. This is one of the easiest and delicious method of Fried Fish. The special about this recipe, is that, it has been prepared with Fried Rice without spice, which latter being served with Spicy Chutney. I've already shared the Whole fish in curry with rice as one of my recipes, for the recipe, kindly, click the given link. https://ayeshamd.blogspot.com/2019/01/whole-fish-in-curry-with-rice.html.




Prep Time: 15 mins
Total Time: 1 hr 30 mins
Serves: 2-3
Cuisine: Indian
Course: Lunch or Dinner
Author: Ayesha Md

Ingredients:

For Fish:

750 gm Fish (cut into small pieces)
salt as per taste
1 tbsp cumin powder
1 tsp turmeric powder
2-3 tbsp red chili powder
1 tbsp coriander powder
1/2 tsp black pepper powder
1 tsp garam masala powder
1 lemon juice
4 tbsp Shan/National Fish Masala powder
oil for frying

For Rice:

500 gm brown rice
500 ml water
salt as per taste
2 onions, thinly sliced
4-6 green chilies (remove stem)
2 bay leaves
4 cardamom pods
4 cloves
2 cinnamon sticks
6-8 black peppercorns
2 brown cardamoms
1/4 tsp mace powder
4 tbsp ghee/oil
1 tbsp cumin seeds
2 tbsp Kewra water
a pinch of saffron color, mix with 1 tbsp of milk

For Chutney:

2 tomatoes
4 green chilies
1 cup coriander leaves, finely chopped
salt as per taste

Methods of cooking:

1. Wash rice and soak them in water for at least 2 hrs

2. Wash and clean Fish add lemon juice, set aside, for 10 minutes.

3. Take a blender, add tomato, green chili and salt, blend it to make a coarse paste. Now remove this paste to a serving bowl, add coriander leaves. Yours Spicy Chutney is ready to be served.

4. Take a large bowl, then add salt, turmeric, red chili powder, cumin powder, black pepper powder, coriander powder, garam masala powder, Shan/National Fish Masala mix them well and set aside for 10-15 minutes. As shown in the picture.

5. Take a pressure cooker, heat ghee/oil, add bay leaves, cinnamon sticks, black peppercorns, green cardamoms, cloves, brown cardamom and cumin seeds, when spluttered, add onion and saute for 2 minutes, then add water, salt, mace powder, green chilies and rice, bring to a boil. Close the lid of the pressure cooker and cook for 5-10 minutes on low flame. Now open the lid of the pressure cooker, add food color and let it simmer for 5 more minutes on low flame. Add kewra water. Yours Fried rice is ready to be served.

6. Take a large non-stick fry pan, heat oil, when oil is enough hot, add a small batch of fishes in the frying pan and fry them for about 5-10 minutes on medium flame or until they turn golden brown,  turning occasionally. Now with the help of slotted spoon, remove the fishes from the oil to an absorbent paper. Repeat this process for the rest of the fishes.

7. Now, take a serving dish and assemble them as shown in the picture.

8. Yours Fried Fish + Fried Rice....Without Fried Chutney is ready to be served.

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