Aavakaaya Fish

Name: Aavakaaya Fish
Total time: 900 s
Yield: 2ppl
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 4 basa fish fillets; 2 tsp Aavakaaya(with out pieces); 2 tsp aavakaaya oil(oil in the mango pickle); 2 tbsp oil; For Gongura Marinade:; 1 bunch gongura(sorrel leaves); 10 soaked red chillies; 10 garlic; 1/2 lemon; 2 tsp roasted jeera; 1 tsp Olive oil; Salt as per taste

Sailaja Edamakanti @sailajaedamakanti

Hyderabad

Marination of fish for shallow frying can be done in many ways. I have tried marinating the fish with gongura marinade and aavakaya(the gravy and oil part in traditional mango pickle)... it not only tasted yummm...., but very easy to make too

Sailaja Edamakanti @sailajaedamakanti

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Ingredients

10-15mins

2ppl

4basa fish fillets
2 tspAavakaaya(with out pieces)
2 tspaavakaaya oil(oil in the mango pickle)
2 tbspoil
For Gongura Marinade:
1 bunchgongura(sorrel leaves)
10soaked red chillies
10garlic
1/2lemon
2 tsproasted jeera
1 tspOlive oil
Salt as per taste

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Steps

10-15mins

1

For making gongura Marinade, clean and wash gongura leaves. Cook them and grind to a smooth paste by adding reqd salt. Keep it aside
2

Grind together soaked red chillies,garlic,jeera, Salt and olive oil, coarsely. Mix it with gongura.
3

Add aavakaaya gravy and oil in this paste
4

Marinate fish by applying this paste on both sides and leave it for 30mins to one hour
5

Heat 2tbsp oil in a pan and shallow fry the fish
6

Once frying is done, sautee some white rice in the same pan, add reqd salt and serve fish with this rice.