Healthy Recipes

Monday, October 31, 2011

Fish Pakora

This tasty-treat is a mouth-watering Snack Recipe - given esp for Fish Lovers here.U can have it as an accompaniment or teatime snack.In this recipe,Fish pieces are deep or shallow-fried with spices and with gramflour coating.U can try this recipe with Chicken,Prawns and Sausages and with loads of Vegs of Ur Choice.Very tasty teatime recipe this is.Enjoy Ur Teatime and BonAppetit!.

Fish Pakora - Fish pieces shallowfried with spied gramflour coating

Ingredients:
    150 gms boneless good Fish pieces - cut into bite sized strips
    1/2 tsp chilli powder
    5 tbsp Aachi bajji bonda mix powder or plain besanflour(kadalai maavu) with 1/5 tsp asafoetida powder
    1/2 tsp garam masala powder
    1/4 tsp salt
    50 ml water
    1/4 tsp cuminseeds
    few coriander leaves-optional
    3 curry leaves - optional
    200ml refined oil

Directions:
    1.Mix chilli powder,cumin seeds,garam masala powder,salt and 50 ml water with Aachi Bajji bonda mix.
    2.Add the Fish pieces in gramflour batter(add curry and coriander leaves if U want).Mix it well so that no lumps should form.
    3.Heat oil in the frying pan .Put the chicken pieces in  boiling oil and shallow fry on bothsides,till golden brown. Similarly make all the pakoras.
    4.Hot and fresh Fish Pakoras are now ready to be served with tomato ketchup and Coconut Chutney.

Healthier Option:(Microwave Recipe)

Microwave the masala-flour coated Fish pieces(Step 2) for 3 mins on High(the batter shd be thick) and then stop and apply or brush little oil over the pakoras and M/W on High for 2 mins.Then pause and Medium High for 4-5 mins.That's all!.This timing is for 100 gms Fish pieces.

Coconut Chutney:
3 tbsp grated coconut
1 sambar onion
1/2 garlic pearl
1 big green chilli
1/4 tsp salt
Directions:
1.Mix all the ingredients and grind it into a smooth paste with 50 ml water.Serve it with Fish Pakoras.That's all!.

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Spinach Pakora
Cashew Packoras
Roasted Cashewnuts (Microwave Recipe)
Mutton Spicy Vada (Muttonkari Vadai)
Achappam or Rose Cookies or Achu Murukku
Caramelized Potato Wedges
Potato Chickpeas Cheesy Kebab
Cheese Triangles
Sweet Squares
Samosa
Thattai
Uzhunthu Kazhi (Uraddal Sweet)

12 comments:

  1. I would love to have some of these tasty fish pakoras with my all time fav CURD RICE :D

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  2. Hey christy,
    This is a really yummy looking recipe. Am sure my hus wud love it as he is crazy abt fish n chips and it's a perfect appetizer for those who love fish.
    Good mouth watering pics too :)

    Regards, manju

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  3. Tempting and delicious appetizer,love it..

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  4. Yummy yum pakoras!!!!!!!!!!!

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  5. Delicious and yummy looking fish pakoras.

    Deepa
    Hamaree Rasoi

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  6. Super delicious and tempting pakoras...just drooling here..

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  7. Delicious pakoras...Perfect for parties..

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  8. hmm
    When I am on Diet(strictly to eat only Fruits for breakfast, Chapathi and vegetables for lunch and dinner)you are giving recipes for such mouth watering delicacies.
    svsaibaba.blogspot.com

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  9. Not very fond of fish, I will try though at least with some variant, right?:)

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