" Fish fry with Eggy Potatoes"

December evenings gives us more reasons to try out comfort cuisines to make these days more special and cosy. 

I bought fish fillets and tried one fish fry recipe and teamed it up with eggs and potatoes in a different style. The combination worked really well and goes well with rice or breads.

You can use any white fish fillet of your choice and taste. I used the Indian Salmon fish for this recipe. 

Hope you enjoy this Indian style fish and eggy potatoes to relish in this chilly weather.

" Fish fry with Eggy Potatoes"

Fish Fry recipe --

Ingredients :

4 white fish fillets

coriander leaves

mint leaves

ginger garlic paste - 2 tbsp

lemon juice - 2 tbsp

salt as per taste

red chilli powder - 1 tsp

cumin powder - 1 tbsp

turmeric powder - 1 tbsp

rice flour or bread crumbs - 1 cup

olive oil for shallow frying

Preparation:

• Wash the fish and keep aside.
• Grind all the spices except rice flour and oil with coriander and mint to a fine paste.
• Marinate the fish fillets with this paste and keep aside for sometime before frying.
• Heat oil in a non stick pan. Dust the fish in the rice flour/bread crumbs and then shallow fry them in hot oil till crisp and cooked from both the sides. ( keep the flame low while cooking so that fish cooks evenly from inside)
• Remove on a kitchen paper and serve with lime.

Eggs and Potatoes Recipe --

Ingredients:

4 eggs hard boiled

2 tsp lemon juice

5 potatoes boiled and cubed

3 tbsp grated coconut blended to a paste

1and 1/2 cups water

few curry leaves

salt as per taste

1/2 tsp turmeric powder

4-5 cardamom pods

2-3 cloves

1 tsp coriander seeds

2 dried red chillis

green chillis, slit

chopped ginger and garlic cloves

1 onion chopped

oil for cooking

chopped coriander leaves

Preparation:

• Roast the dry spices and blend to a fine powder
• Heat oil. Fry onions with ginger and garlic till lightly cooked.Add green chillis and saute
• Add the ground fresh masala( spices), turmeric and curry leaves. Fry well
• Add water, coconut paste,potatoes and salt. Cook the potatoes till nearly done
• Add eggs and little more water ( if required). Cover and simmer for few minutes.
• Add lemon juice and coriander leaves and serve with fish fry and rice.

Note : My aunt gave one tip that if you season the fish with a little salt and keep aside before marinating then it catches the spices well. You can add boiled peas to the eggs recipe to add more flavour and taste.