Mixed Fish Varai

Submitted by Busy Bee on Sun, 12/16/2007 - 5:02am. Member Contributions | Fish

Description

A very simple but yummy fish varai, which would not even take 10 mins to prepare. Its very spicy and can be served with warm rice, bread & etc. Also can be used to make fried rice or noodles or as sandwich filling.

Ingredients
1 T	Gingelly oil
1 pinch	Mustard seeds
1 pinch	Fennel seeds (perum serakam)
1 no	Medium size onion (finely chopped)
6 nos	Green chili (finely chopped)
5 nos	Curry leaves (chopped)
5 clove	Garlic (chopped)
¼ tsp	Black pepper powder
1½ tsp	Chilli powder (coarsely ground one)
½ tsp	Meat curry powder (optional)
1 pinch	Cumin seed powder
2 cup	Canned mackerel hash
1 cup	Frozen vegetables
	Salt for taste
1 tsp	Lime juice or for ur taste

Instructions

Drain the sauce from fish tin; remove the skin & bones as well. Scramble and keep it aside.

Microwave the frozen vegetables for 3 mins in medium and keep aside. Heat oil, splutter mustard, and fennel seeds. Add the chopped onions, green chili, curry leaves and garlic. Fry these till it turns light brown and then add the frozen vegetables. Sauté for a couple of mins and add fish hash. Add salt, cumin seed powder & pepper powder and fry for 5 minutes over medium flame. Once the fish cooked well, add the curry powder & chilli powder and fry for few more mins. Add lime and saute for a min. Serve hot.

Notes

It can be made with boiled fish as well.
Clean and boil the fish with salt and a pinch of turmeric powder. Drain the water once the fish cooked well. Scramble and use it.
As far as I know you can use many fish for this varai. I am a Mackerel fan so I end up using canned mackerel.
Canned Tuna flakes can be used to make this as well.
It can be kept in fridge for a week.
Reduce or increase the amount of chilli powder for your taste.
A chopped tomato can be sauted along with onions & etc.

Few Recipes Using This Mixed Fish Varai:

You can use it to make fish fried rice OR noodles.
Can be used as sandwich filling OR just as a side for breads.
A boiled potato can be mixed with this and used as masala for masala thosai for different taste. (Thats how amma made us to eat fish)

Whoever thinks canned fish not healthy can avoid this recipe rather than posting negative comments that discourage us.