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Indian Recipe : Amritsari Machli

This is a recipe from Punjab , India

Ingredients:

• ½ kg fish fillet (pomfret or see)
• 2 ½ tsp Ajwain
• Pinch of chat masala
• ¾ cup raw rice
• 20 g ginger
• 20 g garlic
• Fresh mint leaves (few chopped for the marinade and few for garnish)
• 3 tsp red chili powder
• 2 tsp roasted cumin powder
• A few drops of orange color
• ½ tsp pepper
• Salt to taste
• 3 tbsp lemon juice
• 2 green chilies

Directions:

1. Soak rice for 1 hour. Dry on a paper and grind to powder. Keep aside.
2. Grind ginger, garlic, green chilies and all the spice powders and color along with salt to form a paste. To this, add powdered rice with little water making a thick batter. This is the marinade.
3. Clean fish and cut into pieces. Rub lemon juice and keep aside for half an hour.
4. Put these pieces into the marinade and allow to stand for about 20 to 30 minutes.
5. Heat oil in a kadai and fry fish pieces. Garnish with fresh mint leaves.