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Achari Pomfret

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Achari Pomfret

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Main Ingredients Medium pomfrets, Pickle
Cuisine Indian
Course Snacks and Starters
Prep Time 11-15 minutes
Cook time 11-15 minutes
Serve 4
Taste Spicy
Level of Cooking Easy
Others Non Veg

Ingredients list for Achari Pomfret

  • 2 Medium pomfrets cleaned
  • 1 1/2 tabl for brushing Pickle
  • 1 tablespoon Gram flour (besan) roasted
  • 1 1/2 tablespoons Yogurt
  • to taste Salt
  • 1 tablespoon Mustard oil smoked
  • for basting Butter
  • to serve Cherry tomatoes
  • to serve Lemon wedges
  • to serve Onion rings
  • to serve Green chutney

Method

  1. Heat a barbeque pit with sufficient coal.
  2. Take pickle in a bowl, add gram flour and mix well. Add yogurt and a little salt and mix well. Add smoked mustard oil and mix well.
  3. Place the pomfrets on a plate, sprinkle a little salt on them and brush a little pickle on both sides of the fish. Apply some of the pickle-gram flour paste, with your hand, on both sides of the fish. Reserve the remaining marinade.
  4. Pass a skewer through each fish and place them on the barbeque pit. Brush some of the reserved marinade and baste with a little butter a few times while the fish are getting cooked. Cook, rotating the skewers, for 12-15 minutes or till the fish are cooked evenly on both sides.
  5. Slide the fish gently onto a serving plate and baste with a little more butter. Serve hot with cherry tomatoes, lemon wedges, onion rings and green chutney.
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