Fillets of fish coated in green spice paste

Name: Fillets of fish coated in green spice paste
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: India
Ingredients: vegetable or lentil dish and Plain Boiled Rice, to serve; 5 ml/1 tsp salt, or to taste; vegetable oil, for deep-frying; 75 g/3 oz/⅔ cup gram flour (besan), sifted; 15 g/½ oz/¼ cup fresh coriander (cilantro) leaves and stalks, roughly chopped; 30 ml/1 tbsp tamarind juice or 30 ml/2 tbsp lemon juice; 2 shallots, roughly chopped; 675 g/1½ lb fillet of white fish; 25 g/1 oz/2 tbsp fresh root ginger, chopped; 2-4 green chillies, roughly chopped

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

The Complete Indian Regional Cookbook

By Mridula Baljekar

Published 2017

About

A delicious paste of fresh coriander, tamarind juice, root ginger and chilli is used to marinate the chunks of white fish in this recipe, Hara Masale Ki Machchi, creating a refreshing taste. Any white fish may be used - even flaky fish - as it is coated with gram flour before frying, which helps it retain its shape.

Ingredients

675 g/1½ lb fillet of white fish
2 shallots, roughly chopped

Asia
India
Starter
Pescatarian
Gluten-free

Method

Wash the fish and pat dry with kitchen paper. Cut into 5cm/2in pieces and put them in a large mixing bowl.
Process the shallots, ginger, chillies, coriander, tamarind or lemon juice and salt in a food processor or blender. If you are u