Fish Tikki With Spicy Lentil Gravy [A Fusion Recipe]

Ingredients :-

For Tikki :

Fish - 2-3 pcs (Rohu or any fish that you like) (steam the fish for 5 mins in boiling water,                                                                                                    debone the flesh)

Boiled Potato - 1 no.

Onion finely chopped - 1 no.

Ginger-Garlic paste - 1/2 tsp

Green Chillies -3-4 nos. (finely chopped)

Coriander leaves - 1 tsp

Bread crumbs - 2 tsp (or as required)

Black Pepper Crushed - 1 tsp

Salt to taste

Oil for shallow frying

Egg - 2 nos. (Optional) (I'have not use egg here) (If you want, then dip the tikkis in the beaten egg n roll it over the bread crumbs n fry it) 

For Gravy :-

Boiled Masoor Dal (Red lentil) - 1 cup

Yogurt - 1/2 cup

Sambar Powder - 2 tsp

Red Chilly Powder - 1 tsp

Salt to taste

A Pinch of Sugar

For Tempering :

Mustard seeds - 1 tsp

Dry Red Chilly - 2 nos.

Green Chilly Chopped - 1 tsp

A Pinch of Hing (Asafoetida)

Oil for tadka - 1 tsp

Method :-

Add all the ingredients with the fish and mix it properly. Make small round shape tikkis and shallow fry it in a non-stick pan. Cook it in medium flame. Flip the tikkis and fry until the both sides turn brownish in colour. Remove it from flame and keep aside.

Boil the dal in pressure cooker or microwave with a little pinch of haldi and salt. Mash the dal with a masher, add the beaten yogurt to the dal and mix it well. Add 2 tsp Sambar power and mix it.

For Tempeing, heat oil in a frying pan. Add dry red chillies, Mustard seeds, green chilly, pinch of Hing and let it splutter for a while. Then pour the dal and let it boil for 5 mins. Switch off the flame. Transfer the spicy dal into serving plate and put the tikkis on it and Serve hot with roti/chapati/naan.. Enjoy it !!!