Fish Packets

Keralites are mostly seafood lovers.In my home,everyday there will be some or other seafood item. This Fish Packet is an amazing snack,that i would rather die for.Believe me,it won’t disappoint your taste buds. Fish Packets ready to be served A not- to- be missed recipe from my Amma’s treasured recipe collection..

Ingredients :-

For the rolls : Maida – 2 cup Eggs – 2 Pepper Powder- 1/2 tsp Salt – to taste Water – as needed

For the filling : Fish cut into small pieces-1/2 kg (Use fish which has less bones.If you can use any fillets ,that’ll be well and fine.I’ve used Tilapia fillets for this one) Grated ginger – 2 tsp Chopped Garlic – 2 tsp Chopped Green Chillies – 4 (Use it according to the spice level) Chopped Curry leaves – a few Chopped Onion – 1 medium sized Chopped Tomato – 1 medium sized Red Chilly Powder – 1 tsp Pepper Powder – 1 tsp Turmeric Powder – 1/2 tsp Chopped coriander leaves – 1tsp. Salt – As needed

Other Ingredients : Bread Crumbs – As needed Oil – For Deep Frying

Method:-

To Prepare Filling: Take a pan with 1/4 cup of water in it.Add fish pieces along with salt,1/2 tsp of ginger,1/2 tsp of garlic and 1 chopped green chilly.Cover it and cook till done in medium heat.If necessary ,add water little by little.Drain it and allow it to cool. When it is cooled well,seperate the bones from the fish pieces.Now the boneless fish pieces has to be chopped fine.(This step can be made easier if you use boneless fish fillets)Keep aside.Heat oil in a pan,and add chopped onion,chopped curry leaves,rest of ginger, garlic,and green chillies into it.Saute it till onions turn translucent.Stir in turmeric powder,pepper powder and red chilly powder into it.Now add chopped tomato and salt and saute it till dry.Mix in the cooked fish and coriander leaves into the prepared masala.Simmer it for 2-3 mts stirring continuously.Note that the filling should be made dry. Fish Filling

To Prepare Rolls: Beat the eggs well and add maida,salt and pepper powder into it.Mix it well by adding necessary water.The batter should be made in thin consistency.(It should be made thinner than the dosa batter and if you pour it on a tawa,it should spread by itself.You are not supposed to use a ladle to spread it on the tawa). Maida Batter used to prepare rolls Heat a non stick pan and apply little oil on it evenly just like you do to prepare dosas.Now pour a ladle of batter into the pan and allow it to spread by itself by rotating the pan.The rolls should be made thin,otherwise it can break while rolling.Again no need to use the ladle to spread the batter.Cook it for few minutes and then turn the pan over and let the roll fall into a plate or a newspaper.No need to turn and cook the other side of the roll. Roll is being cooked Just like this,prepare as many rolls as you wish.Reserve 1/2 cup of batter .

To Fry: Spread a little maida on a flat surface and place each roll on it,such that well browned side is facing down.Put one tablespoonfull of filling near an end. Place some filling on one end Fold adjacent ends inwards. Folding the sides inwards Then roll it over as shown in the picture. Rolling the fish packet The ends can be sticked together using the maida batter reserved earlier.Now dip each roll in the left over maida batter and then in the bread crumbs.Now the fish packets are reday to be fried. Fish packets ready to be fried

Deep fry them in the oil and serve with Onion-Tomato Salad or with Ketchup. And this my entry to Tony’s Weekend Curry Mela

Posted by Annita