Fish Achari Recipe

Ingredients:

4 cod fillets

2 tbsp Lemon juice

Salt to taste

1 tsp Garlic paste

1 tsp Ginger paste

1/2 tsp Turmeric powder

2 tsp Kashmiri red chilli powder

1 tsp Mustard seeds

1 tsp Fennel seeds (saunf)

1 tsp Onion seeds (kalonji)

1/2 tsp Fenugreek seeds (methi dana)

1/2 tsp Black salt

4 tbsps Mustard oil

1 cup Yogurt, whisked

4 tbsp Butter, melted

Instructions:

Cut the cod fillets into big pieces and trim the sides. Take fish pieces in a bowl, add lemon juice, salt, garlic paste, ginger paste, turmeric powder, Kashmiri red chilli powder and mix. Heat a pan and dry roast mustard seeds, fennel seeds, onion seeds and fenugreek seeds. Crush them with black salt in a mortar with a pestle. Heat mustard oil in a pan to smoking point. Add yogurt to the fish along with the crushed spices and mix. Let it stand for thirty minutes. Preheat oven to 200° C to 220° C. When the mustard oil cools completely add it to the marinated fish and mix. Place the fish on a greased rack and place the rack in the preheated oven with a tray underneath it and cook. Baste once with more of the marinade and cook till done (15-20 minutes). Serve hot.