Friday, February 14, 2014

Pabda with peas

Ingredients:
500 gms fish (pabda)
1/2 cup of fresh green peas
green chillies
2 big onion made to paste
1/2 tsp black cumin
1 tsp turmeric powder
1 tsp red chilly powder
5 tbsp of mustard oil
1/2 tsp sugar
salt to taste.
1 tbsp tomato sauce/tomato puree

Wash and sprinkle fish with little salt & turmeric. Put oil in a pan and fry the fish lightly. Keep the fish aside. Put oil in a pan. When hot, add black cumin and when it stops spluttering add onion paste and fry until light brown, add chilly powder, tomato sauce/puree and turmeric and fresh peas. Stir it for a while then add 2 cups of water. Add salt, sugar and 4/5 slit green chilies as per your requirement. When it starts to boil add fish one by one very carefully.Its a very soft fish so it can break very easily.When the oil shows on top its ready.
Serve hot with rice.