A useful brain food, the pomfret is good for eyesight and healthy hair and skin. .This fish is a high-protein, low-fat food that provides a range of health benefits.
Pomfret has a light texture and sweet, rich flavor. It has a high content of good fats, thereby getting the name, butterfish. It is a great source of calcium, vitamins A and D, and B vitamins, including Vitamin B12, vital for the nervous system.
FEW TIPS AND TRICKS.
Always add lemon juice or vinegar when you make fish fry since it adds nice taste and eliminates the fishy odor.
Marinate fish pieces in the masala for minimum 30 mins. Longer you marinate the deeper flavor.
Fry fish pieces in coconut oil for maximum flavor.
Go heavy on the curry leaves. it adds so much flavor.
HOW TO GET RID OF FISH SMELL FROM FISH?
1)Mix salt and turmeric in fish and leave to marinate for 10 mins. Rinse it well.
2)Apply vinegar or lemon juice over fish and wash it well.
3)Apply, salt, turmeric, lemon juice over fish and marinate for 10 mins. Now wash it well.
4)Soak it in milk: Casein, a protein found in milk, will bind to the fish and leave the fish smelling fresh as ever.
5)Mixture Of Corn Starch, Salt And Powdered Turmeric. Apply this over fish and wash it well.
6)Plain salt water can get rid of the fish smell.
LETS SEE HOW TO PREPARE:
Silver Pomfret Fry
Course : starter
Cuisine : Indian
Prep time :15 minutes
Process time : 1 hour
Total time : 1 hour 15 minutes
Ingredients:
Silver Pomfret fish - sliced - 1/2 kg
Gram flour - 1/2 cup
Rice flour - 1/2 cup
Corn flour - 1/4 cup
Dried red chili paste- 1 tsp
Ginger-garlic paste - 2 tsp
Turmeric - 1 tsp
Ajwain - 1 tsp
Chat masala - 1 tsp
Curry leaves - 1 string
Curd - 3 TSP
Lemon juice - 2 tsp
Salt - as per taste
Water - 1/2 cup
Oil - 4 tsp
Instructions:
In a bowl take cleaned and washed silver pomfret fish
Add gram flour, rice flour and corn flour into other bowl
Add ginger-garlic paste and turmeric paste
Then add red chili paste, curd and crushed ajwain, finally lemon juice with required salt
Add water and mix well into thick batter
Now add cleaned silver pomfret to the batter and coat them well
Marinate them for 15min
In a cast-iron pan, add oil, once heated, fry fish 1 by 1, flip and cook both sides
Strain them from oil, finally sprinkle them with chat masala and fried curry leaves
Enjoy
Grinding the masalas all is been done with amikkal(hand grinder), you can used the powder, to make your dish faster.
I have cooked the dishes in ROCKET STOVE, to know more about rocket stove, check out my old blog site, click the link below.
Check out my youtube link below for this recipe :
Other way to traditional way series blog and youtube link given below:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=URYSsxXt5C4
Pictorial :
"In the hands of an able cook, fish can become an inexhaustible source of perpetual delight."
Other way to traditional way series blog and youtube link given below:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=URYSsxXt5C4
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