Mala’s Kitchen

Fish koftay

Ingredients:
1 kg boneless fillets of fish, apply garlic, salt and white vinegar to fish and leave for 15 minutes. wash in cold water.
1 onion medium finely chopped, 1 tsp red chillies powdered, 1 tsp black pepper powdered, 1 tsp cumin seeds roasted and powdered, 1 bunch fresh corainder finely chopped,1/2 bunch mint finely chopped, 2 lemon, 1 egg, salt to taste.
Ingredient for curry:
2 medium onions finely chopped, 1 tbsp ginger/garlic paste, 1 1/2 tbsp corainder powdered, 1/2 tsp garam masala powdered, 1 tbsp red chillies powdered, 1 tsp turmeric, 1 bunch fresh corainder finely chopped,2 green chillies finely chopped, 1/2 cup yoghurt, salt to taste ,1 cup oil.

Preparation:
Heat a clean tawa or heavy based shallow pan on low heat, apply a tbsp of white vinegarand a little salt again to fish fillets and put them on tawa/pan for a few minutes till the water in fillets dries or till they turn white. remove from heat and mash the fillets whit a fork, add all kofta ingredients and mix well. from into small balls with greased hand and set a side heat oil in a pan, fry onions till brown. remove to absorbent kitchen paper beat yoghurt with ginger/garlic, turmeric, garammasala, chillies and salt and put in the same pan. crush onions with hands, add to the pan, let it cook on low heat.In a separate frying panb fry the koftay gently and carefully add to the curry. do not stir koftay with spoon, gently tilt the pan from a side to side so all koftay are covered with spices. when liquid is almost dry add 1 1/2 cup of fresh corainder and green chillies.
Serve hot with plain rice.

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