Fish Puttu (Scrambled Fish)

DESCRIPTION

Fish puttu (Scrambled fish) is a simple & mild spicy fish dish. Its a very popular south indian recipe which is made with shark fish (Sura Meen in Tamil). This recipe can also made with any other variety of fish which has less bones (or) boneless

Prep Time: 20 mins

Cook Time: 10 mins

Yields: 1 Serving

INGREDIENTS

Fish (Tilapia/Salamon/Any Boneless) - 250 Grams
Mustard seeds - 1/2 Tea spoon
Fennel seeds - 1 Tea spoon
Urad dal - 1/4 Tea spoon
Garlic - 8 Pods
Onion - 1 (finely sliced)
Green chilli - 2 (finely chopped)
Turmeric - 1/8 Tea spoon
Chilli powder - 1/2 Tea spoon
Garam Masala - 1/2 Tea spoon
Salt - 1 Tea spoon
Coconut oil - 1 Table spoon
Coriander leaves - To garnish
Roasted Jeera powder - 1/4 Tea spoon (Optional)

INSTRUCTIONS

Pre work

Steam the fish pieces for about 15 minutes until well done and shred to pieces

Heat oil in a pan, add mustard seeds, after it splutters, add urad dal & fennel seeds
Add garlic, onion, chopped chilli saute until it turns light brown
Now add masala powder, cook until raw smell goes off
Add shredded fish and saute until masalas combined well with fish
Garnish with coriander leaves, roasted jeera powder & squeeze of lemon

STEP BY STEP PREPARATION

Arrange the fish pieces into stemaer and steam it for about 15 minutes or until it turns white/opaque. (Steamer or Idli steamer can be used)

Once the fish is cooked, shred it to pieces, finely chop the onion, garlic, chilli into pieces. Arrange the required ingredients & keep it aside

Heat oil in a pan, add mustard seed, once it splutters, add urad dal, fennel seeds, garlic & saute for a minute. Then add onion & chilli, saute until the onion turns light brown.