Goan green masala fish fry

A tasty fish fry can melt the heart of any fish-lover.Here is a famous Goan recipe of fish fry which includes a green masala.I have used king fish here but you can also use pomfret. Please give it a try as its super easy with almost no preparation time required. 

Ingredients -

king fish/surmai/visvon
fresh bunch of coriander leaves/dhaniya patta
green chillies
onion
ginger
garlic
black pepper corns/kali mirch
cumin seeds/jeera
cardamom/elaichi
turmeric/haldi powder
tamarind pulp/lemon juice
salt
oil/butter/ghee

Method -
Wash the fish pieces well.
Roughly chop the onion,ginger,garlic,chillies.
Wash the coriander leaves well.
Make a paste of the following with less water - 
coriander leaves,chillies,ginger,garlic,onion,black pepper,cumin,cardamom,turmeric powder,tamarind pulp.
Add salt to the paste.
Apply this paste to the fish pieces and let it marinate for atleast an hour.
Heat a non-stick tawa/frying pan.
Add oil or butter or ghee as per your choice.
Shallow fry the fish pieces on the tawa on low heat on both sides.
Green masala fish is ready to serve :)

Shukto

 

Shukto is a popular vegetable dish in Bengali cuisine usually served with rice.It has a slightly bitter taste.The tradition of starting a meal by consuming bitters, is considered to have a medicinal value as per Ayurveda.This dish is full of vitamins as it is loaded with veggies.Please try out this authentic and very healthy Bengali dish for yourself :)

Ingredients -
bitter gourd/karela
lady finger/okra/bhendi
plaintain/kachha kela
carrot/gajar
potato/alu
brinjal/egg plant/baigan
arbi/colocasia/kochu,bori
drum sticks
freshly made ginger paste
salt
green chillies
coriander/dhaniya powder
cumin/jeera powder
sugar
milk - 2tspn

shukto dry masala -
Dry roast and make powder of the following :-
cumin/whole jeera
panch foran
whole red chilly
poppy seeds/posto

Method -
Heat mustard oil in a kadhai/pan.
Fry all veggies separately except for drum stick pieces.Fry them with less oil by covering with lid on low flame and not deep fry.
Once done, remove the veggies out and keep them aside.Add panch foran to the oil.
After adding pach foran, add all veggies except bhendi,baigan and karela.
Once all the veggies have been sauted, add the drum sticks pieces,ginger paste,salt, green chillies, dhaniya jeera powder,sugar.
Add water and let all the veggies boil properly.
Once done,add the bhendi,baigan and karela.
Let it cook for another 2min, then switch off the flame.
Add 2tspn of milk to the shukto.The gravy will be of medium consistency.
Heat ghee in a separate tadka pan,add shukto masala to it.
Now pour this over the shukto.
Shukto is ready to serve with steamed rice :)