Macchi ka Salan Dish

From Hyderabad Seafood Dishes

Macchi ka Salan Recipe

• ½ kg fish, cut into slices
• 1 medium coconut, grated
• 2 tsp til
• 2 tsp dhania
• 1 tsp rai
• 1 tsp jeera
• 2 tsp khus khus
• ½ tsp haldi
• 2 tsp chilli powder
• 2 green chillies, slit
• A few curry patta leaves
• Walnut sized imli
• 2 to 4 tbsp refined oil
• 2 onions, sliced fine
• Salt to taste

Masala:
Grind the following to a fine paste: til, dhania, jeera, mustard, khus khus, 1 table-spoon grated coconut, chilli powder, haldi, garlic and 1 onion.

Extract 2 cups milk from the grated coconut. Extract the pulp from the imli soaked in 1 cup of water.

Heat oil and add the 1 sliced onion and fry till crisp.

Put in the masala paste and fry till the oil separates.

Now add the fish pieces and fry a little. Pour in the coconut milk and add salt to taste along with the curry patta.

Gently simmer till nearly done.

Lastly add the imli water and again simmer a little.

Serve hot, sprinkled with chopped kothmir.