Pakistani
Fried Machli (Masala Fish Fry)
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Fried Machli (Masala Fish Fry) is Pakistani home cooking, eaten at lunch and dinner. On the plate it is the dish at the centre. Below is what usually sits beside it, what it does and does not contain, and what else to cook once you have made it.
Ingredients
The quantities follow this count.
How to cook it
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Cut the fish into thick pieces, pat them completely dry, and rub them with half the lemon juice and salt. Leave 10 minutes, then pat dry again.
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Mix the besan, corn flour, ginger garlic paste, both chili powders, ajwain, turmeric, cumin and salt into a thick paste with a little water.
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Coat each piece of fish in the paste and leave it to sit 15 minutes so the coating grips.
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Heat the oil in a deep pan to a steady medium-high. Too cool and the coating drinks oil, too hot and it burns before the fish is done.
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Fry the fish in batches for 4 minutes a side until deep golden and crisp, then drain on paper.
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Dust with chaat masala, scatter the coriander leaves, and serve with the remaining lemon in wedges and hot naan.
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Serve it with
A Pakistani dinner is a plate rather than a single dish. These are the courses that normally sit beside Fried Machli (Masala Fish Fry), read from the same composition Dinejot builds a real meal from.
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The protein alongside
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The cooked vegetable
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What it is eaten with
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The sharp little thing
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Something cool and fresh
Safe at your table
Dinejot tracks ten allergens and tags every one of them by hand, so the absences below are as deliberate as the presences. Fried Machli (Masala Fish Fry) carries fish. It is free of the remaining 9 allergens on that list.
| Allergen | In this dish | Cook this instead |
|---|---|---|
| Peanuts | No | |
| Tree nuts | No | |
| Dairy | No | |
| Gluten | No | |
| Shellfish | No | |
| Eggs | No | |
| Soy | No | |
| Fish | Yes | Aloo Anday (Potato and Egg Bhujia) |
| Sesame | No | |
| Coconut | No |
These tags are set by a person rather than inferred from an ingredient list, and they describe the recipe as written here. Read the labels on whatever you actually buy.
What it brings to the plate
Estimated, per serving
- Calories
- 350 kcal
- Protein
- 39 g
- Carbs
- 11 g
- Fat
- 17 g
- Fiber
- 2 g
- Sugar
- 1 g
- Sodium
- 460 mg
- Saturated fat
- 2 g
Estimated values. Actual nutrition varies with ingredients, brands, and how you cook.
When to cook it
Fried Machli (Masala Fish Fry) takes about 35 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is a fair bit of work. It is eaten at lunch and dinner. It is at its best in winter, which is when what goes into it is worth buying.
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