Mahi Be-Nazeer

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Total Time:
15-30 minutes
Serves: 2
Nutrition facts:

240 calories, 9 grams fat

Cuisine: Indian Recipe
Technique: Steam Recipe
Difficulty: Medium

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Ingredients

  • ½ kg - fish (any firm white fish)
  • 120 gms - ghee
  • 30 gms - malai (cream)
  • 60 gms - yoghurt
  • 30 gms - almonds blanched and ground with water
  • 60 gms - onions, thinly and evenly sliced
  • 12 gms - red chillies, powdered
  • 12 gms - coriander seeds, powdered
  • 18 gms - ginger, scraped and ground
  • 12 gms - garlic, ground
  • 1.5 gms - cumin seeds, powdered
  • 4 gms - cardamoms, powdered
  • 4 cloves, powdered
  • 2" piece cinnamon stick, powdered
  • 15 ml - kewada mixture
  • 12 gms - salt

How to Make Mahi Be-Nazeer

  • Skin the fish and cut into 2-inch x 2-inch pieces.
  • Wash thoroughly and dry completely on paper or cloth.
  • Add malai, almonds, yoghurt and salt to the fish, and mix well.
  • Marinade for half an hour.
  • Heat the ghee and fry sliced onions to a golden brown.
  • Remove, grind and keep aside.
  • In the same ghee, add red chillies, onions, coriander seeds, ginger and garlic and bhunao (stir fry) twice.
  • Add fish, fried ground onions, and stir well.
  • Cook on medium heat, uncovered. Do not add water.
  • Stir occasionally and gently not to break the pieces.
  • When cooked, add all the remaining ingredients and stir gently.
  • Simmer on low heat till ghee films the surface of the gravy.

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