Sanoli's Kitchen: Non Veg Fries
Showing posts with label Non Veg Fries. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Non Veg Fries. Show all posts

Wednesday, May 22, 2013

PABDA TEL BORI JHOL (LENTIL DUMPLINGS IN PABO CATFISH CURRY)

Today I am here with mouthwatering Bengali fish curry. 'Pabda' is one of the popular fishes in West Bengal as well as Bangladesh. It is popularly known in english 'Pabo Catfish', a very soft and delicate fish. Very simple and nutritious, hope I am able to do justice to the traditional form of cooking of this dish.

INGREDIENTS:
400 gm / 2 Pabo Catfishes (pabda mach), cut in halves
1 Tomato (chopped)
1/3 tsp Nigella Seeds
1/2 tsp Turmeric Powder
1/2 tsp Kashmiri Red Chilli Powder
8 Lentil Dumplings (daler bori)
1/2 tsp Ginger Paste
2-3 Green Chillies, cut into slits
1 tbsp + 4 tbsps Oil
1 tbsps Chopped Coriander Leaves (cilantro)
Salt to taste

METHOD:
Marinate fish pieces with little salt and turmeric powder. Keep aside.


Heat 1 tbsp oil in a griddle, add lentil dumplings in it. fried both side till it turns golden. Set aside.

Heat 4 tbsps oil in a pan or wok. Fry fish till it turns golden from both sides. Drain oil and remove fishes.


Temper with nigella seeds and green chillies in the same oil. Add all other ingredients except fish and fried lentil dumplings. Fry till spices leave oil from the side of the wok or pan.

Add 3/4 cup water. Mix nicely.


When it starts to boil, add fried fishes and bori (fried lentil dumplings) in it. Cover and cook for another 5 minutes. Turn off the heat now.

Serve immediately with steamed rice, garnishing with chopped coriander leaves on the top.
Sending to: Taste of the Tropics @ ESHO-BOSHO-AAHARE

Tuesday, January 29, 2013

POT ROASTED AYER FISH

A Bengali meal is incomplete without fish. Fishes are prepared in the very nutritious and delightful ways in any Bengali daily meal or occassion. This is a particular dish of ayer fish, I innovated this luscious fish recipe , cooked in traditional onion-ginger-garlic and spicy sauce. A medium spiced juicy fish, very well goes with steamed rice.

INGREDIENTS:
400 gm Ayer Fish, cut in medium sized pieces (aar mach)
1&1/2 tsps Garlic paste
1 tsps Ginger paste
1 Medium Onion (paste)
1 tsp Black Pepper powder
2 tsps Lemon juice
2 tsps Soya Sauce
2 tsps Tomato Sauce
2 tsps Corn Flour
4 tbsps Oil
Salt to taste

METHOD:
Wash ayer fish nicely. Drain all water from it.

Marinate fish pieces with garlic, ginger, onion, black pepper powder, lemon juice, soya sauce, tomato sauce and salt. Keep it aside for 30 minutes.

Heat oil in a wok. Add fish pieces on it. Keep marinated spice mix aside. Fry both sides of fish pieces till golden. Remove fish from oil by using a slotted spoon. Keep those on a plate.

Now add the juice of marination in the same oil. Fry for 4-5 minutes, till spice leaves oil from the side of wok. Now dilute corn flour with little water. Now add corn flour in wok. Mix nicely. Cook for another a minute or two. Remove from heat.

Spead spices mixture on the fried fish pieces. Serve immediately with steamed rice or fried rice or pulao.

Sunday, January 20, 2013

AAR MACHER KUTTI BHAJA (SPICY FRIED AYER FISH)

'Ayer' is a silvery white fish and has a sweet taste. The meat of Ayer is succulent and flaky with very less bones in its body. So, not only me and my husband, kids also like it too much. Bengalis are generally fond of this fish and it can be cooked with various Indian spices. It is little spicy fried fish  (dry version) recipe, you can increase the spice level according to your taste. It takes just 15 minutes to make this heavenly palatable fish dish. Here is the recipe mentioned below:

INGREDIENTS:
300 gm Ayer Fish (aar mach)
1 Medium Onion
4 Pods of Garlic
1 Small Tomato (chopped)
2-3 Green Chillies (as per taste)
1/2 tsp Turmeric powder
1/3 tsp Red Chilli powder
2 tbsps Fennel seeds (paste)
1/3 tsp Freshly Grounded Garam Masala
1 tbsp Chopped Coriander Leaves
4 tbsps Mustard Oil (any oil)
Salt to taste


METHOD:
Wash fish nicely and cut it in 4 equal pieces.

Sprinkle salt and little turmeric powder on the fish pieces. Mix nicely and set aside for 10-15 minutes.

In the mean time, grind onion, garlic, turmeric powder and green chillies together. Keep it aside.

Heat mustard oil in a wok. Put fish pieces in it. Fry till fish turns into light brown. Now drain out the oil and remove the fish from wok. Set aside.

Now add grounded onion paste, fennel seeds paste, red chilli powder and garam masala in the same oil. Keep stirring continuously and fry till spices leave oil.

Add chopped tomatoes and salt in it. Fry till tomatoes turn mushy.

Put fried fish in it. Fold well, so that all spices coat fish pieces nicely. Cook for another 2-3 minutes. Garnish with coriander leaves and switch off the heat now.

Enjoy this scrumptious aar macher kutti bhaja with cooked rice accompanying with dal.

Wednesday, December 5, 2012

FISH CAKE


These Fish Cakes bring back memories of a big gathering at my home, a great non-vegetarian appetizer. With the addition of Indian spices, these fish cakes were really something special. A chilled winter evening can be easilly relished with these delicious luscious fish cakes and a mug of pipping hot coffee. Enjoy!

INGREDIENTS:
15 OZ can of Tuna Fish (may use Salmon / Macherel / Cod / Bhetki too)
1 tbsp Butter
1/4 tsp Black Pepper powder
2 Cloves Garlic (crushed)
2 Medium sized Potatoes (Parboiled)
2 tbsps Chickpea Flour (Besan)
1 Medium Sized Onion (finely chopped)
1" Ginger (minced)
2 tbsps finely chopped Cilantro / Parshley Leaves
1/2 tsp Chaat Masala
1 tbsp Lime Juice (fresh)
1/2 tsp Roasted Cumin seeds powder
1/2 tsp Garam Masala
1-2 Green Chillies (chopped)
1/2 tsp Red Chilli powder
1/2 Cup Bread Crumb
Salt to taste
Canola Oil for frying
METHOD:
Heat butter in a pan. Add cushed garlic in it. Saute for 30 seconds, add drained tuna fish now.
Sprinkle black pepper powder and little salt in it. Fry for 3-4 minutes on medium heat. Set it aside.
Mash parboiled potatoes in a large bowl.
Combine fish, chickpea flour, onion, ginger, green chillies, cilantro, chaat masala, lime juice, roasted cumin seeds powder, garam masala, green chillies, red chilli powder and salt with the mashed potatoes now.
Using by hand, mix up nicely so that there should not be any lump.
Take a ball (small amount) from the dough, give it a flat oval shape by using two palms. Roll on bread crumb. Keep aside. Follow the same process to make all fish cakes.
Heat canola oil in a deep fry pan. Fry 3-4 fish cakes at a time. Fry till it turns golden brown. Remove from oil by a slotted spoon and drain on a kitchen paper towel to absorb the excess oil. Fry all cakes following the same process.
Serve hot with chilli garlic sauce.
Enjoy Winter's evening with this delectable evening snack or appetizer!

Sending to: 60 days to Christmas @ Cook like Priya & You Too Can Cook - Indian Food Recipes

Monday, October 29, 2012

CHICKEN SHASHLIK

A very delicious fingerlicking simple chicken tikka is chicken shashlik, a great appetizer, very healthy and attactive dish with different colourful vegetables. It is actually Pakistani kabab dish, very mouthwatering, easy but truelly delightful, loved by all.

Today my space achieved 100 blogger friends. Let us celebrate this memorable moment with luscious Chicken Shashlik - A Simple but Yummy Kabab recipe. Just try and enjoy it.

INGREDIENTS:
1lb Boneless Skinless Chicken Thigh, cut into 1" cubes
1 large Onion (diced)
1 Green Bell Pepper (seedless & diced)
2 medium Tomatoes (seedless and diced)
1/2 tsp Ginger paste
1/2 tsp Garlic paste
1 tbsp Fresh Lemon Juice
1/3 tsp Black Pepper powder
1/3 tsp Garlic Pepper powder
1&1/2 tbsps Olive Oil
Salt to taste
1/2 tsp Chaat masala
2 tbsps Hot and Sweet Tomato Sauce
1 tsp Butter
7 Wooden skewers

METHOD:
Soak wooden skewers in water for atleast 2 hours, so that it will not burn at the time of baking/grilling.

Wash chicken nicely and make it pat dry. Marinate chicken pieces with ginger paste, garlic paste, black pepper powder, garlic pepper powder, lemon juice, olive oil and salt. Cover and refrigerate atleast for 2 hours or overnight will be preferable.

Add tomato, bell pepper and onion with the marination. Mix nicely. Combine tomato sauce and butter in a small bowl.

Thread the chicken into the skewers, alternating the chicken with cubes of vegetables as you wish (alternating, onion-chicken-bell pepper-tomato-onion chicken-bell pepper-tomato like that). Arrange the skewers on the baking tray. 

Brush with tomato sauce and butter on it.

Preheat the oven to 450 F. Bake for 20 minutes. To achieve the sizzling effect, now put the oven to broil mode for 5 minutes. Switch off the oven. Take out the baking tray from the oven after 5 minutes.

Place the chicken skewers onto the plate, squeeze little lime juice and sprinkle chaat masala on the top. Serve immediately.

TIPS: If you don't have any oven, you may pour little oil in the griddle and shallow fry
          it with the skewers. 
Sending to: 60 days to Christmas @ Cook like Priya & You Too Can Cook - Indian Food Recipes

Tuesday, October 9, 2012

ROASTED CHICKEN DRUMSTICKS (TANDOORI STYLE)

Today I am going to post my 150th recipe, which is obviously a favourite roasted chicken dish and extremely loved by all generations. Here I didn't use any food colour, as I don't like to use it. But ultimately this taste is lipsmacking good. There are actually 4 steps: prepare marination, marinate the chicken drumsticks, oven baked and final touch given on the pan or griddle. This is not actually tandoori chicken, not used tandoor even. But kasoori methi and adjusted the amouth of spices, it comes out the taste exactly I was looking for. So enjoy this roasted chicken and my 150th post!!!

INGREDIENTS:
6-7 Chicken Drumsticks
2 Carrots, cut in round or oval shapes
1 Large onion, cut in thick slices
1/2 Cup Thick Yogurt (plain)
1 tsp Ginger paste
1 tsp Garlic paste
1/2 tsp Pepper powder
1/2 tsp Red Chilli powder
1/2 tsp Green Chilli paste
1/2 tsp Dry Fenugreek Leaves (kasoori methi)
1/3 tsp Garam masala
1/3 tsp Roasted Cumin powder
1/2 tsp Coriander powder
1/3 tsp Turmeric powder
1/2 tsp Chaat masala
2 tbsps Lemon juice
2-3 tbsps Olive oil
1 tbsp Butter
Salt to taste

METHOD:
Wash the chicken pieces and make it pat dry. Now make a deep cut on the thicker flesh of chicken drumsticks upto the bone part with the tip of your knife. Make sure the marination will enter inside the chicken drumsticks.

Now in a small bowl combine red chilli powder, 1 tbsp lemon juice and salt. Rub this mixture on the chicken drumsticks and make sure it must be inside the cutting parts also. Keep this marinated chicken aside for 30 minutes.

Take a large bowl. Combine yogurt, ginger-garlic paste, green chilli paste, pepper powder, dry fenugreek leaves, garam masala, cumin powder, coriander powder, turmeric powder, 1 tbsp lemon juice and salt. Mix nicely and add chicken pieces in it. Fold well, so that chicken coats nicely with the spices. Add olive oil on top of the chicken pieces and mix it once again. Now keep the marianated chicken in refrigerator for overnight or atleast 4 hours.

Preheat oven to 450 F. Take one greased baking tray. place carrot pieces on it. Keep little room between the two pieces.

Now place marinated chicken drumsticks on the top of these carrot pieces.

Place the baking tray to oven after 15 minutes take it out from the oven and just turn the chicken pieces. Again bake for another 15 minutes more. Switch off the oven and keep it inside for another 5 minutes.

Now heat butter on a large frying pan. Combine onions with the remaining juice of the chicken marination.

Add onions and the chicken pieces in frying pan. chicken pieces on that. After 2 minutes, turn the chicken pieces. Fry for another 2 minutes.

Garnish roasted chicken drumstics on a plate with onions and carrots. Serve hot as a starter or side dish with dinner.