Dhonepata Maach Recipe
Coriander with fish is an amazing seafood recipe. The delicious coriander-chilli-coconut paste gives this fish coriander dish an extra oomph. The flavours are delicious and it’s a simple but very tastydish to serve up! Fish never tastes this good! Try out this Dhonepata Maachrecipe.
Servings: 4
Calories: 177kcal
Ingredients
!Marinate:
- 300 grams Fish fillets, cut into cubes
- ¼ tsp Salt
- ¼ tsp Turmeric powder
! Grind to paste:
- 1½ cups Coriander leaves
- 2 Chillies
- 3 tbsp Coconut, grated
!For curry:
- 1 Onion, chopped finely
- ¾ tsp Garlic paste
- ¼ tsp Kala jeera/Nigella seeds
- ½ tsp Salt
- ⅛ tsp Sugar
- 1 tsp Mustard oil
- 2 tbsp Oil
Instructions
- Wash the fish pieces thoroughly and pat dry. Sprinkle salt and turmeric powder and smear the fish pieces well. Keep aside for 10 minutes.
- Grind grated coconut, green chillies and coriander leaves to a smooth paste with a little water.
- Heat oil in a wide pan. Fry the marinated fish to a light golden brown and remove.
- In the same pan, sizzle kala jeera.
- Add chopped onions and fry till the onions turn slightly brown. Add garlic paste and fry for a minute.
- Add the ground coriander paste. Sprinkle salt and sugar and combine all the ingredients well. Cook for 4-5 minutes till the oil starts to leave the sides and you get a thick gravy.
- Gently slide in the fried fish into the cilantro sauce. Let it simmer for 4-5 minutes till it gets nicely coated with the cilantro gravy.
- Drizzle mustard oil on top and remove the cilantro fish.
- Serve Coriander Fish with steamed rice and a wedge of lime.