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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  Asian >> Indian Subcontinent >> Pakistani

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. Cut the fish into big pieces, wash thoroughly. | 2. In a bowl, add the chili powder, turmeric powder, ginger and garlic paste, cumin seeds powder and salt, mix thoroughly. Divide the paste into two halves, one portion is used for marinating fish, the other half is used for the dry masala. | 3. Marinade the fish pieces with one half of the paste along with lemon juice and carom seeds/ajwain seeds powder. Keep marinated for 10 to 15 minutes. | 4. Heat 2 and 1/2 tbsp of oil in a non stick skillet, shallow fry the fish pieces till it turns a medium golden brown color on both the sides, keep aside. | 5. In the same skillet, heat 2 tbsp of oil, add the chopped onion and fry till translucent, add the rest of the masala paste along with fish masala /garam masala powder and salt, if required, fry for 3 to 4 minutes or until the raw smell of the spices vanish. Add 2 tbsp of the tamarind pulp and cook for a minute or two by constant stirring. Lastly, slide in the fish pieces , and let cook covered for another 5 minutes on medium heat until all the flavors blend well. Remove skillet off the heat. | 6. To temper, heat a little oil, add the curry leaves and chopped green chilies. Add the tempering to the fish masala, serve hot with rice/chapatis. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
spanish mackerel	2	lb		1260.2695	0.0	174.8964	57.1201
onion	2	cups	chopped	128.0	29.888	3.52	0.32
chili powder	1 1/2	tablespoons		33.84	5.9639999999999995	1.6152	1.7136
garlic paste	1 1/2	1/2		-	-	-	-
ginger paste	1	tablespoon		-	-	-	-
turmeric powder	1/2	teaspoon		-	-	-	-
cumin seed	1	tablespoon	roasted powdered	22.5	2.6544	1.0686	1.3362
ajwain	1	teaspoon	roasted powdered	-	-	-	-
masala	1/2	teaspoon		-	-	-	-
lemon	1/2			0.6404	0.2058	0.0243	0.0066
tamarind pulp	2	tablespoons		-	-	-	-
salt				-	-	-	-
oil				-	-	-	-
curry leaf	1/2	cup		-	-	-	-
green chilies	2 -3		chopped	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

- Means that suitable USDA nutrition profile could not be mapped for this ingredient-unit combination.