Fish Puff

The food that I had at the Diwali party was awesome. It was catered by an Indian restaurant here in Haverfordwest. Fish puff was on the starter's menu and it was very yummy...It was definitely on my favorites' list for the day. Thought I should try it out some day! During a casual surfing session, I stumbled upon Ushanandini's food blog on curry puff recipe. It was exactly what I wanted to prepare, I immediately started working on the dish. When it came to deep frying the puffs, I realized that I was low on oil, so had to bake it instead. To my surprise, the puffs turned out really great. You can either deep fry or bake it; the choice is yours!



Fish Puffs

Ingredients:
For Wrapping:
Plain flour: 2 cups
Margarine: 2tsp
Water: as per requirement
Salt

For Stuffing:
Fish fillet (Salmon): 350gms
Potato: 1 large
Onion: 1 medium
Coriander leaves: 2tbsp
Red chilli powder: 1tsp
Garlic paste: 1tsp
Chat masala: 1/4tsp
Salt
Oil: 1tbsp

Method:
Outer covering preparation:
Add the margarine to the flour & rub in well. Then add salt. Mix well. Add water & knead to pliable dough. Keep aside for half an hour ( I left it for nearly 1-11/2hour).

Stuffing preparation:
Steam cook the fish. Mash it. Boil & mash the potato.
Heat oil in the pan add the finely chopped onion, saute' for sometime then add garlic paste, red chilli powder & salt. Saute' for sometime.
Sprinkle chat masala & finely chopped coriander leaves.Transfer it to a bowl along with fish &amp  potato. Mix everything together.

Take a lemon size dough & roll out into puris.
Grease the mould with oil.

Place the puri on the mould & place the stuffing on one half of the puri. Fold the mould & remove the excess dough.

 Arrange these prepared puffs on a greased foil. Pre-heat the oven to 200 degrees celsius & bake for 18-20 minutes.

 Keep a close watch on the puffs while baking. Once they turn golden brown remove it from the oven.
Serve hot with sauce of your choice.

Fish Coconut Curry

Fish coconut curry


Ingredients:
Fish (I used salmon fillet): 300gms
Onion: 2 medium size
Garlic paste: 1tsp
Ginger paste: 3/4tsp
Green chillies: 2-3
Turmeric powder: 1/4tsp
Lemon juice: 1tbsp
Curry leaves: 4-5
Cinnamon: 1 inch piece
Cloves: 2
Red chilli powder: 1tsp
Coriander powder: 11/2tsp
Coconut milk (I used canned coconut milk): 400ml
Salt
Oil: 2tbsp

Method:
Clean, debone & cut the fish into small pieces.
Grind garlic paste, ginger paste ,green chillies, turmeric powder, lemon juice & salt.
Marinate the fish pieces in the ground paste & refrigerate for 1 hour.
Heat oil in a pan add the whole spice & stir fry, then add the finely chopped onion & saute' for 3 minutes.
Add the curry leaves.
Add red chilli powder, coriander powder & mix well.
Add the marinated fish pieces & saute' for 2 minutes.
Pour in the coconut milk  & add salt. Close with a lid & cook for 10-15 minutes.
Serve hot with cooked rice.

Baked Green Fish (Fish Hariyali)

I left my son at the nursery today & sat in front of the tele watching my favorite food channel. Usually my hubby and I will be forced to watch one of my son's favorite channels, the obvious cartoons, but today was an exception. I saw this recipe and did a couple of modifications to suit my palate. Pomfret was used in the original recipe, but I used Salmon instead, since it is not available here. It turned out very yummy. Give it a try & it will surely make your day a great one.

Baked Green Fish

Ingredients:
Salmon fillets: 350gms
Coriander leaves: 10 sprigs
Mint leaves: 10-12 leaves
Ginger paste: 1tsp
Garlic paste: 1tsp
Onion paste: 2tbsp
Curd: 2tbsp
Green chillies: 2
Lemon juice: 2tbsp
Oil: 2tsp
Salt

Method:
Grind all the ingredients together except fish.
Marinate the cleaned fish fillet in it preferably in the fridge for 2-3 hrs.

In a baking dish put a foil, grease it & arrange the  marinated fish pieces.

 Bake in a pre-heated oven at 160 degree celsius for 15-20 minutes.
I used the remaining marinade for preparing a gravy.

Fish Tikka

During a trip to my co-sister's place, she prepared this dish as an appetizer. It was easy to make, tasted really good and the most important: it was healthy because it was grilled; both my husband (who loves fish) and I fell for this dish right away. Got the recipe from her and have tried it couple of times as evening munchies. When I prepared it for the second time, I fried it instead of grilling, tasted yummy!!! My husband likes these kinds of fried dishes (especially fried "Vanjaram"). As you all know "what taste good to the tongue is generally not healthy for the body". Does this have to be this way? So to make fried version of this dish more healthy, I used olive oil instead of the regular vegetable oil that we use. I used Salmon, but you can try it with any fish fillet that you get at your grocery store. Let me know how it tastes!

Fish Tikka

Ingredients:
Fish fillet: 250gms (I used salmon fillet)
Garlic paste: 2tsp
Ginger paste: 1tsp
Red chilli powder: 11/2tsp
Coriander powder: 2tsp
Turmeric powder: 1/4tsp
Jeera powder: 1/2tsp
Garam masala: 1/2tsp
Yogurt/curd: 2tbsp
Olive oil: 1tsp
Salt

Method:
Clean, debone & cut fish into small pieces.
Mix garlic paste, ginger paste,red chilli powder, coriander powder, turmeric powder, jeera powder, garam masala ,yogurt, olive oil & salt.
Marinate fish pieces in the above marinade & refrigerate for 2-3 hrs.
Arrange the fish pieces on an aluminium foil.
Pre-heat the oven to 180 degrees C.
Bake for 15-20 minutes.
Serve with sauce of your choice.