Last week was lot of fun, the extended Durga Puja holidays were fully utilised by cooking, eating and shopping. The other day on my way back from work, I dropped by INA market and bought my weekly quota of fish, what I absolutely love about INA is that the market never disappoints me and what is even more interesting is that INA market works like a mood elevator for me. I may sound a bit crazy but I'll choose to spend time at INA market over any of the swanky shopping mall in Delhi.
To make my weekend interesting and food filled I decided to make baked fish and stir fried mixed veggies, so I bought 1 Kg of Red Snapper fish, Rohu, chives, Pui saag also known as Malabar Spinach, Black beans paste, Kikomon soya sauce and few other things. The final result of my exotic buy was very satisfying...baked fish is not a new recipe, Manipuri's love the 'Nga-nam' made mostly with smaller fish or 'Nga-kha' as we call it and never made with fish bigger than the little finger. But once I tried it with medium size fish and it was quite good. The recipe of the baked fish is below:
'Baked Fish wrapped in Turmeric leaves'
Ingredients:
1. 2 medium or small size Red snapper fish ( One can also use Pomfret, Tilapia or any other medium size fish)
2. Ginger Garlic paste- 3 spoons
3.Turmeric power- 1 tbsp.
4.Onion- 2
5. Garlic- I whole pod
6.Chilli powder - 1 tbsp (opitional)
7. 15-20 leaves of Awa Phadigom ( also know as Culantro/Mexican Coriander)
8. Mustard oil.
9. 4-5 Turmeric leaves (In case you don't have turmeric leaves use Banana leaves)
10. Aluminium foil
11. Salt to taste.
Steps:
1. Wash the fish properly, make small slits and pat dry using kitchen paper towel.
2.Mix all the ingredients together in a bowl ( Ginger garlic paste, Turmeric power, Chopped onion, Crushed garlic, chilli power, chopped awa phadigom, 1 tbsp mustard oil and salt).
3. Smear some turmeric powder and mustard oil on the fish and also sprinkle some salt.
4. Cover the fish properly with the mixed ingredients and also put some inside the fish. Once done leave it for about 30 mins.
5. Pull out some aluminium foil and on it put a single Turmeric leave, now put the fish on it and put another turmeric leave on the fish, to save turmeric leave as it's always on short supply I had cut it neatly and covered the fish well with the leaves. Now wrap the fish with the aluminum foil, I used another layer of aluminum foil to fully wrap the fish. (Traditionally we use only the turmeric leaves to bake it but due to limited supply/availability of the turmeric leaves I used the aluminium foil to cover it fully and maintain the aroma)
6. Take a Tava and pre heat for 2-3 mins on high flame, add 1/2 tbsp of oil and put the foil wrapped fish on the tava, cover it fully with a plate or another container to maintain the heat. Turn the fish every 7-8 mins and cook on medium flame. It will take about 40-45 mins for the fish to get cooked.
( One can also use an Oven to bake the fish but I prefer using the Tava, I find it more convenient )
Unwrap the fish after about 15-20 mins and serve hot with some simply yummy stir fried veggies and rice. Enjoy....
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