Stuffed Pomfret Recipe
A delicious filling stuffed into Pomfret and then shallow fried.
Ingredients
- 2 Pomfrets, clean and make slits on it.
- 1 Turmeric powder
- 1 Lemon
- Salt to taste
FOR THE STUFFING
- 2 medium Onions, finely chopped
- 1 tomato chopped
- 3 to 4 Green chillies, choppes
- 1-inch Ginger chopped
- ½ tsp Chilly powder
- ½ tsp Turmeric powder or pepper powder
- Juice of half a lemon
- Salt to taste
- 2 tbsp Oil for cooking
Instructions
- Marinate the fish with salt, turmeric and lemon juice and set aside for atleast 15 minutes
Prepare the stuffing/filling
- Heat oil in a pan and saute the onions, green chillies and ginger.
- When onions are translucent, add one tomato and fry till it softens. Add salt to taste.
- Now add chilly powder and turmeric powder
- Add lime juice and coriander leaves.
- Let the filling cool and then stuff into the 02 pomfrets
- Heat oil in a frying pan. Dab some flour on the fish and shallow fry till done.
Notes
- The quantity for the stuffing is for two pomfrets. If you want to stuff only one pomfret then use only one onion and one small tomato.
- Dab or sprinkle flour on the fish before frying. This prevents the fish from sticking to the pan and also gives a nice coat to the fish.
- Use either chilly powder or pepper powder to suit your taste.
- To serve the fish, cut it along the slits