MACKEREL MASALA FRY !!!!!

I adopted this recipe from SHILPA'S COOK BOOK. This is an easy to make tasty recipe.

Ingredients:
Mackerel - 4 ( cleaned but kept whole )
Fried dry red chillies - 10 ( alter based on your palate)
Tamarind - 1 small lemon sized ball
Fried coriander seeds - 1 tsp
Fried Jeera/Cumin seeds - 1 tsp
Hing/Asofoetida - 1 tsp
Salt - 1 tsp
Lime juice - 1 tsp
Oil - 2 tbsp



Method:
Clean the Mackerel and marinate apply little salt and lime juice and keep aside.
Now grind the fried red chillies, tamarind, fried coriander seeds, fried jeera, hing and salt along with a few teaspoons of water to form a smooth thick paste.
Now take a griddle, place on medium heat, add oil, put 1/4th of the ground paste on the tawa and spread evenly.
Now keep the mackerel on the tawa above the masala or ground paste and smear another 1/4th of the masala on top of the fish and cover the pan for 2 mins so that the fish is cooked.
Now turn the fish over, pour the remaining masala/ground paste all over and sides of the fish and cover and cook for 2 mins. 
Now turn over and fry for 1 min on each side till its nice and glazy.
Serve hot with onion and lemon wedges. 

HAPPY COOKING :))))))

SEER FISH & PRAWNS RAVA FRY !!!!!!

Seer Fish or Anjal or Surmai belongs to mackerel family. It is also known as Spanish mackerel and normally grows to big sizes. When cut into steaks they make for a very tasty fish fri. They come in varied sizes and can range from 1.5KG to 15KG.

Prawn is a common name for large swimming crustaceans, particularly in Britain and Commonwealth nations, and are also called shrimp. Significant commercial species valued for food tend to be large, and thus tend to be called prawns.

There are different methods to prepare rava fries. Today i am going to show you "ground masala method".

INGREDIENTS :-

Seer fish pieces cleaned & washed - 15
Prawns, cleaned & washed - 50
sooji rava - as needed
oil for deep frying

To grind:-

raw rice - a handful
long red chillies - 20
coriander seeds - 1 tsp
hing - little
salt to taste
tamarind - chana size
turmeric pow - 1/2 tsp

METHOD:-

1. Grind  red chillies+coriander seeds+  hing+ salt+ tamarind +turmeric pow+a handful of raw rice.(rice shud b soaked in water atleast for 10 mins) Grind to a smooth paste with very little water.
2. Then coat this paste to the seer fish pieces and prawns & keep them in fridge for 1/2 an hour.
3. Now, roll them in fine rawa/sooji rawa and deep fry. 

HAPPY COOKING:))))))