Goan Recheado Fish Fry

Ingredients

• 4 Mackerel/bangada/ pomfret (washed and cleaned)
• 2-3 tbsp lemon juice
• salt to marinate the fish
• 1/2 cup Rava (semolina) to coat the fish

For Recheado Masala

• 10-12 Kashmiri Red chillies
• 4-5 Dried red chilli (spicy variety) ((optional))
• 2/3 cup White Vinegar ** ((Add more if required to make a fine paste))
• 1 Onion ((chopped and sautéd in 2 tsp oil until soft and golden brown))
• 7-8 large Garlic cloves ((I used Balsajo black garlic))
• 1 inch Ginger
• 1 tsp Turmeric powder
• 2-3 Green Cardamoms
• 4-5 Cloves
• 1 inch Cinnamon
• 1/2 tsp Coriander seeds
• 1/2 tsp Cumin seeds
• 2-3 tsp palm sugar/sugar/jaggery (Add more or less according to taste)
• Salt to taste
• 3-4 tbsp Oil for shallow frying

Directions

1. Clean the fish and make slit in the fish for stuffing. Then marinate the fish with lemon juice and salt and keep it aside.
2. Meanwhile in a mixer grinder add all the ingredients under recheado masala and ground into a fine paste. Add more vinegar few tsps at a time if required to ground into a fine paste.
3. Now stuff and coat the fish really well with the recheado masala.
4. Now coat the recheado stuffed fish with semolina/rava.
5. Heat 3-4 tablespoons of oil in a frying pan or skillet and shallow fry the fish on medium to low heat. Fry until the fish is crispy and golden brown.
6. Serve Recheado fish fry with lime wedges and onions along with rice and goan fish curry.