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 !!!

DAHI MACHA / DOI MAACH / FISH IN YOGURT SAUCE IN A LITTLE DIFFERENT WAY..

DOI MAACH ia an aunthetic bengoli dish. But here, I've not followed the actual process or any cuisine. Its all about in my way, just try it in my kitchen with little experiments. The taste was awesome with a very pleasant fragrance. Its an Oil free, Spice free recipe. So, just try it and enjoy your cooking....

Ingredients :-

Rohu Fish - 2 pcs

Yogurt - 1 n 1/2 cup

Onion Paste - 1 big size

Ginger - Garlic Paste - 2 tsp

Red Chilly Powder - 1 tsp

Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp

Green chilly - 2-3 nos.

Lemon Juice - 1 tsp

Mustard Oil - 2 tsp

Whole Garam Masala - 2 Cardamom, 3 Cloves, 5-8 nos Peppercorns

Salt to taste

Method :-

Wash and clean the fish thoroughly. Marinate the fish in two steps. In first step marinate the fish with salt, turmeric powder, red chilly powder, lemon juice for 10 minutes.

Blend onion, ginger, garlic, green chilly with 1 cup yogurt in a blender to make a fine paste. 

In second step, marinate the fish with yogurt onion ginger garlic mixture, add 1 tsp mustard oil and salt to taste and keep it max. 1-2 hour in refrigerator.

Heat mustard oil in a non-stick pan. Add whole garam masala to the pan. When it start to splutter add the chopped onion and saute for a while till it soft. Put the marinated fish with the mixture carefully to the pan, add 1/2 tsp mustard oil on it and cover with a lid for about 15-20 minutes in a low-medium flame. Stir it very gently in between to avoid burning. Check the fish and if it is cooked add 2 tsp yogurt at last, boil for 2 mins and switch off the flame. Garnish with coriander leaves or little garam masala powder and Serve hot with steamed rice or chapati. Enjoy the healthy Doi maach with your family n freinds !!!

  

MACHA PATRA PODA (ODISHA RECIPE)

Rohi Macha Patra Poda is an unique and delicious recipe which is very famous in my state Odisha. It's an oil free healthy recipe which is goes well with hot steamed rice.

Ingredients :-
Rohi Fish - 2 pcs
Banana leaves - 4 nos. 
Onion cubes - 1 no.
Green Chilly - 4 nos.
Garlic Cloves - 8-10 nos.
Threads to tie up the leaves 

For Thick Masala Paste :-
White Mustard seeds - 2 tsp
Black Mustard seeds - 1 tsp
Poppy seeds - 1 tsp
Cumin seeds - 1/2 tsp
Garlic cloves - 10 nos.
Red Chilly - 2-3 nos.

Curd - 4 tsp
Lemon Juice - 1 tsp
Turmeric Powder - 1/2 tsp

Method :-
Soak mustard seeds with 2 tsp Vinegar to avoid its bitterness. Make a smooth fine paste of mustard seeds, Poppy seeds, Cumin seeds, Garlic cloves n Red chilly. Add curd, lemon juice n turmeric powder, salt to taste and keep aside.

I have just fry the fish with little mustard oil for 3-4 minutes and marinate with the above masala paste. Keep aside for 20 minutes. Add 1 tsp mustard oil to the fish n mix it. Spread little oil on the leaf and grease well. Put the fish in the middle of the leaf and wrap it from all sides and tie up with a thread tightly. Now heat 1 tsp oil in the pan and put the wrapped leaf on the pan and cover with a lid. Keep the fire slow for about 25-30 minutes. At 15 minutes of interval turn the leaf other side and again cook it for more 10 minutes. Switch off the flame and Serve hot with rice.