Pan Fried Fish Egg Cake (Fish Roe) as Starter or Appetizer

• Servings: 3-4
• Marinating time: 10 minutes.
• Preparation time: 10 minutes.
• Frying time: 10 minutes.
• Garnishing time: 1 minutes.
• Total time: 32 minutes.

Fish Egg (Fish Roe) mostly available in monsoon; my husband brings at least once every year. From his point of view “it is extremely delicious and he enjoys as delicacies, eat as a starter.

Starter or Appetizer is small amount of food or drink that are enjoyed as a light or first course or before the main course of food.

” Pan Fried Fish Egg (Fish Roe) as Starter or Appetizer” is simple starter or home meal which I cooked last weekend, just to add splash of enjoyment for family. There were no reason no occasion. The recipe is loaded with omega 3 fatty acid and vitamin B12 and many more…which is essential for brain health and heart health…

In Bihar and West Bengal the recipe served as side dish with Dal– Chawal too… so yummy.

Ingredients:

• Fish Egg: 200-250 gm
• Garlic: 1 teaspoon (paste)
• Salt: 1/2 teaspoon(as per taste)
• Kashmiri chilli powder: 1/2 teaspoon
• Garam masala powder: ½ teaspoon
• Turmeric powder: 1/2 teaspoon
• Mustard oil/cooking oil: 4 tablespoon
• Cumin: 1 teaspoon.
• Curd/ yogurt: 1 tablespoon
• Lemon slices: 2-3no.
• Onion: 1 no. (Medium)
• Green chilli: 1 no.
• Corn flour: 1 tablespoon.

Preparation:

1. Clean the fish egg with running water; coat with curd, Leave it for 5-7 minutes. Again wash and drain out all the water.
2. Prepare marinate with paste of garlic, salt, turmeric powder, chilli powder and Garam masala powder along with one teaspoon of oil; Rub  the marinate all over egg, Keep aside for minimum 10 minutes.
3. Chop and make onion rings and  green chilli Julian’s, keep aside.

Method:

1. Sprinkle corn flour over marinated fish egg, heat oil in pan at high flame, when smoke starts, put  cumin; sputter for few seconds, reduce to low flame, carefully place fish egg all over the pan, let it  cook for about 3-4 minutes on medium low flame, gently flip over the other side & continue to cook for another 3-4 minutes (it depends on the thickness, fry until golden brown colour appears)
2. Note: Take care while handling… as they tend to break.
3. Remove from Pan; spread onion rings  and green chilli on the pan, cook on high flame just for a minute.
4. To serve; gently cut into thick slices with sharp knife, place the onion rings and chilli, serve the delicacy “Pan Fried Fish Egg (Fish Roe) as Starter or Appetizer” piping hot.

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

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