Sayadiyah Fish صيادية السمك (Fish and Rice)

It is a very very tasty and delicious fish with rice recipe from the Arab world.

Sayadiyah

Ingredients:
For Fish:

• Fish fillets   1 kg
• Ginger paste 1 teaspoon
• Garlic paste 1 teaspoon
• Lemon juice 2-3 teaspoon
• Chopped fresh dill leaves 1 tablespoon
• Chopped fresh coriander 1 teaspoon
• Chopped tomatoes 1
• Salt to taste
• Red chillies powder 1 teaspoon
• Turmeric powder 1/2 teaspoon
• Coriander powder 1 teaspoon
• Cumin powder 1/2 teaspoon
• Bharat powder/ curry powder 1 teaspoon

For Rice:

• Basmati Rice 1/2 kg
• Onion chopped 2
• Oil 1 cup
• Ginger paste 1 teaspoon
• Garlic paste 1 teaspoon
• Salt 2 teaspoon
• Red chillies powder 1/2 teaspoon
• Black pepper whole 1teaspoon
• Cumin seeds whole 1 teaspoon
• Cardamom large 3
• Cardamom small 12
• Raisin 1 tablespoon
• Cloves whole 10

Garnish:

• Dry roasted pine nuts
• Golden fried Onion
• Butter shallow fried tomato wedges

Procedure:
For Rice

• Soak rice in water for 1/2 hours.
• Wash and drain. keep aside.
• Now in a cooking pan fry onion till golden brown.
• Add spices fry for 2 minutes.
• Then add rice and 2-3 glass water, water should be 1 inch above the rice layer.
• Cook on medium heat till rice are done.
• Sayadiyah Rice are ready 

For Fish

• Mix all the ingredients together then apply on fish fillets and keep in dark or refrigerator for 3-4 hours to marinate.
• Then fry in hot oil till tender.
• Delicious Sayadiyah Fish is ready.
• Serve with Prepared Sayadiyah Rice

How to serve:

• Arrange prepared Sayadiyah Rice in a platter.
• Put on prepared Fish pieces.
• Garnish with roasted pine nuts, fried golden onion and butter fried tomato wedges.

Amritsari Fried Fish امرتسری مچھلی فرائی

Amritsari Fried Fish is a delicious fish snack from Indian Punjab.

Amritsari Fish Fried

Ingredients:

• Boneless Fish pieces  1 kg
• Lemon Juice  1 tablespoon
• Ginger paste 2 teaspoon
• Garlic paste 2 teaspoon
• Besan 1 cup
• Salt to taste
• Black salt 1/2 teaspoon
• Red Chillies powder
• Haldi powder 1/2 teaspoon
• Ajwain 1 teaspoon
• Oil for frying

Procedure:

• Mix all spices, ginger garlic paste, lemon juice with besan.
• Add little water to make a light thick batter.
• Apply on fish pieces and marinate in a cool place for 1 hour.
• Deep fry in oil.
• Delicious Amritsari Fried Fish is ready.
• Serve hot.

Fried Fish Fillet فرئیڈ فش فیلٹ

Winter is reaching in Karachi, so it is the season of fish recipe. Here is a most popular Fried Fish Fillet recipe to enjoy in cold weather.

Fish Fillet Fried with French Fries

Ingredients

• Fish Fillet   4-6
• Ginger paste 1 tablespoon
• Garlic paste  1 tablespoon
• Lemon juice 1 tablespoon
• Salt 1 teaspoon
• Red chillies powder 1 teaspoon
• Turmeric powder 1/2 teaspoon
• Ajwain (Origano powder) 1 teapoon
• Dill seed fresh  chopped 1 tablespoon
• Bread crumbs for coating
• Vinegar for washing fish fillets

Procedure:

• Wash fish fillets with vinegar water.
• Mix together all spices and ginger garlic paste with lemon juice except bread crumbs to make a paste.
• Apply/rub over fish fillets and keeps aside for 1 hour to marinate.
• Deep fry in hot oil.
• Delicious Fried Fish Fillets are ready.
• Serve hot with French fries and tomato ketchup.

Bengali Fish Curry বাংলা মাছ কারি بنگالی مچھلی کا سالن / بنگالی فش کری

Bengali Fish Curry is a world popular curry from Bangladesh. I ate this curry many time cooked by my Bengali friend living in Sher Shah Colony Karachi at least 20 years back.  It is cooked in mustard oil and served with boiled rice.

Bengali Fish Curry

Ingredients:

• Fish pieces   1 kg
• Mustard oil for frying

For Marination:

• Yoghurt 1-2 tablespoon
• Lemon juice  1 tablespoon
• Haldi powder 1/4 teaspoon
• Mustard powder  1 tablespoon
• Salt 1/2 teaspoon
• Cumin seed 1/2 teaspoon

For Curry:

• Mustard oil  1 cup
• Onion chopped 1-2
• Tomatoes chopped 2-3
• Ginger paste 1 teaspoon
• Garlic paste 1 teaspoon
• Yoghurt beaten 1/2 cup
• Green Chillies trimmed 3
• Fresh Coriander leaves  for garnish
• Salt to taste
• Red chilli powder 1 teaspoon
• Haldi powder 1/4 teaspoon
• Coriander powder 1 teaspoon
• Cumin powder 1/2 teaspoon
• Mustard powder 2 teaspoon
• Caraway whole 1 teaspoon
• Bay leaves 2
• Red Chillies whole 2-3

Procedure:

• Thoroughly wash and prepare the fish pieces for marination.
• Mix together marination ingredients and apply over fish pieces. 
• Keep aside for 1 hour.
• Then fry marinated fish pieces in hot mustard oil and keep aside.

• Now in another pan take 1 cup mustard oil.
• Heat oil and add onion, fry till golden.
• Now add ginger garlic paste and fry for 1 minute.
• Then add tomatoes, yoghurt , green chillies and spices, and fry for another 5-6  minutes.
• Now add fried fish pieces carefully to avoid breakage of fish pieces.
• Cook on low heat for 5-8 minutes with shaking of cooking pan.
• Garnish with fresh coriander leaves and simmer for 3-5 minutes.
• Serve hot with boiled rice.

Fish Pulao / Mahi Pulao/Muhi Pulao مچھلی کا پلاؤ / ماھی پلاؤ

Fish Pulao is Known as Mahi Pulao (پلوماهی ) in Persian in Iran. It is very very delicious dish. In Karachi Memon community also cooks Mahi Pulao and knwon as Memoni Mahi Pulao. Some people spell it Muhi Pulao as written in Urdu موھی پلاؤ .

Fish Pulao/Mahi Pulao

Ingredients:

• Fish  1 kg
• Rice   1/2 kg
• Oil 1cup
• Onion chopped 3-4
• Yoghurt 1 cup
• Ginger paste 1 teaspoon
• Garlic paste 1 teaspoon
• Lemon juice 1 tablespoon
• Green Chillies whole 5-6 nos.
• Fresh dill leaves chopped 1/2 cup
• Salt to taste
• Red Chillies powder 1 teaspoon
• Black pepper whole 1 teaspoon
• Cumin seed whole 1 teaspoon
• Dill seed whole 1/2 teaspoon
• Cinnamon stick 3-4 nos.
• Cardamom green whole 6
• Cloves whole 10

Procedure:

• Soak rice in water for 30 minutes, wash and drain. Keep  aside.
• Fry onion in oil till golden brown.
• Add ginger garlic paste fry for 2 minutes then add lemon juice,  yoghurt and spices and fry for 5-6 minutes.
• Then add fish pieces and cook on low flame till tender with minimum stirring. (Fish pieces can be fried before adding to avaoid breakage during cooking)
• Take out fish pieces from curry and keep aside.
• Now add soaked rice and enough water. The water layer should be 1 inch above the water rice.
• Cook on medium heat till rice are tender and most of the water is absorbed.
• Now place fish pieces on top sprinkle fresh dill and green chillies and simmer for 15-20 minutes.
• Delicious Fish Pulao/Mahi Pulao is ready.
• Serve with salad and Raita.

Fish Kofta فش کوفتہ / مچھلی کے کوفتے

Fish Kofta is a very very delicious curry dish.

Fish Kofta

Ingredients:

• Fish Chunks (Skinless/boneless)  1 kg
• Oil 1 cup
• Bhunay Chanay (Roasted Black gram)  1 tablespoon
• Ginger paste 2 teaspoon
• Garlic paste 2 teaspoon 
• Onion chopped 2
• Fresh Dill leaves (Soya)  chopped 2 tablespoon
• Yoghurt beaten 1/2 cup

• Salt 1/2 teaspoon
• Red Chillies 1 teaspoon
• Haldi 1/2 teaspoon
• Garam Masala 1 teaspoon
• Cumin powder 1 teaspoon
• Dill seeds whole 1/2 teaspoon
• Coriander powder 1 teaspoon

Procedure:

• Mix together all spices and make 2 portion , one for curry another for meat balls.
• Fry onion in oil till golden brown, separate, cool and grind.
• Now add 1/2 quantity of onion, ginger garlic paste and 1 portion of spices to the fish chunks and mix well.
• Then grind/ process in an electric chopper to a smooth texture.
• Make small round ball.
• Shallow fry these ball in oil in a frying pan, one by one and carefully to avoid damage/breakage.
• Keep aside these fried fish balls.
• Now take the remaining oil in a pan/pot.
• Add  remaining onion, ginger garlic pastes and spices. 
• Fry for 1 minute then add yoghurt and fry for 3-5 minutes.
• Add 1-2  glass of water and cook for 10 minutes.
• Add fried fish ball at this stage and cook on low flame till fish balls are tender.
• Sprinkle Dill leaves and simmer for 10 minutes.
• Delicious Fish Kofta Curry is ready.
• Serve with Tarka Rice/Roti and Salad

Lahori Fish Fry لاھوری مچھلی فرائی

Lahori Fish Fry is a very very tangy and delicious fish snack.

Lahori Fish Fry

Ingredients:

• Fish boneless Cubes/Chunks/Fillets  1 kg
• Oil for deep fry
• Besan (Chickpea flour  2 cup
• Ginger paste  1 teaspoon
• Lemon juice  2 teaspoon
• Salt to taste
• Red Chillies powder 1/2 teaspoon
• Red Chillies cutter 1 teaspoon
• Coriander whole 2 teaspoon
• Cumin whole 1 teaspoon
• Ajwain whole 1/4 teaspoon
• Cumin powder 1/2 teaspoon
• Coriander powder 1/2 teaspoon
• Haldi powder 1/4 teaspoon
• Black salt 1/4 teaspoon

Procedure:

• Mix all spices, salt, ginger paste, lemon juice to besan.
• Add enough water to make a soft to hard batter.
• Now add fish pieces and coat well.
• Keep to marinate for 1/2 hour.
• Now heat oil in a wok (Karahi), add marinated fish pieces in portions and fry till tender and golden.
• Delicious Lahori Fish Fry is ready.
• Serve with chutney and roti.

Sindhi Fish Curry سندھی فش کری

Hey  Zameer Bhai, This recipe I dedicate to you.  Zameer Bhai is a my Sindhi Speaking Friend. He is working as Director Finance Sanfaz Mersi Foods Dubai. One day he send a Curry made of Fish and asked me for comments.  It was very tasty dish named Sindhi Fish Curry. So here is the recipe For Sindhi Fish Curry. Zameer Bhai now you cook and comment. Is it the same taste.

سندھی مچھلی کا سالن

Sindhi Fish Curry  سندھی فش کری

Ingredients:

• Fish (Surmai or paplet)  cut into large vertical pieces   1 kg
• Potatoes  cut into oval discs like Fish pieces   1/2 kg
• Oil 1 cup
• Yoghurt 1 cup
• Ginger paste 2 teaspoon
• Garlic paste 2 teaspoon
• Onion chopped 2
• Tomatoes chopped 2
• Karhi/Kadi patta    10-12
• Salt to taste
• Haldi powder 1 teaspoon or slightly more
• Red chillies powder 1/2 teaspoon
• Coriander powder 1 teaspoon
• Cumin powder 1 teaspoon
• Garam Masala 1 tteaspoon
• Ajwain 1/2 teaspoon
• Kalonji 1 teaspoon
• Mustard  1 teaspoon

Procedure:

• Fry onion in oil till golden brown.
• Add ginger, garlic paste fry for 2 minutes, then add tomatoes fry for 3-5 minutes.
• Now add yoghurt and spices and fry for 5 more minutes.
• Add Potatoes and fish pieces, fry for few minutes, then cook on medium flame till fish and potatoes are tender.
• Add 1-2 cup water during cooking to adjust gravy.
• Garnish with Karhi patta and simmer.
• Delicious Sindhi Fish Curry is ready to serve.
• Serve with roti or rice.

Fish Tikka فش تکہ

Fish Tikka
Fish Tikka is a very tasty snack. Low in cholesterol and rich source of protein. Easy to cook.


Ingredients:

• Fish cubes   1/2 kg
• Crushed Garlic 1 teaspoon
• Crushed Ginger 1 teaspoon
• Crushed Green Chilli  2 teaspoon
• Lemon juice 1-2 teaspoon
• Black pepper cutter 1 teaspoon
• Salt to taste
• Lemon wedges as desired
• Tomatoes squares as desired
• Bamboo sticks (pre-soaked in water) 6-8
• Oil for grilling/saute frying

Procedure:

• Mix all spices together and coat on fish cubes , leave to marinate for 30 minutes.
• Insert marinated fish cubes, lemon wedges and tomato squares to bamboo skewers.
• Grill over charcoal fire, drip oil during grilling.
• Or saute fry in frying pan in little oil.

Fried Fish فش فرائی

Fried Fish

Fried Fish is a favourite snack in winter.



Ingredients:

• Fish pieces  1 kg
• Garlic crushed  3 teaspoon
• Ginger crushed 2 teaspoon
• Lemon juice   from 2 lemons
• Besan   2 tablespoon
• Salt to taste
• Red Chilli powder to taste
• Ajwain whole 1 teaspoon
• Haldi powder 1 teaspoon
• Coriander powder 1 teaspoon
• Oil for deep frying

Procedure:

• Mix all the ingredients together and coat on fish pieces. Keep aside to marinate for 1 hour.
• Now deep fry is oil till fish is tender.
• Serve hot singly or with Naan and onion rings and chutney.

Punjabi Fish Biryani پنجابی فش بریانی

Punjabi Fish Biryani

This is a very tasty Fish Biryani you can not forget its taste.



Ingredients:

• Fish pieces  750-1000 g
• Rice 1/2 kg
• Oil 1 cup
• Tomatoes chopped 3-4 nos.
• Onion chopped 3-4 nos.
• Ginger crushed 3 inch long piece
• Garlic crushed 1 medium pod
• Lemon juice from 3 lemons
• Yoghurt beaten  1 cup
• Green Chillies whole , slit along length  8-10
• Fresh coriander leaves 1/2 bunch chopped
• Salt to taste
•  Chilli to taste
•   Ajwain whole 1 teaspoon
•  Haldi powder 1 teaspoon
•  Coriander powder 1 teaspoon
•  Black pepper whole 1 teaspoon
•  Cloves whole 10 no
•  Cardamom small 6-8 no

Procedure:

• In half yoghurt add spices, ginger , garlic, and lemon juice, mix well and coat this mixture on fish pieces, keep aside for marination.
• Soak rice in water for 1/2 hour, then rinse.
• Take soaked rice in a pan, add 2-3 teaspoon salt and six glass of water, boil till rice near to cook. Sieve and keep aside.
• Now in a separate pan fry onion till golden brown, take out half of the fired onion from oil keep aside.
• Add tomatoes and remaining yoghurt to the pan and fry for 5-7 minutes, then add marinated fish pieces and green chillies and cook on medium flame till fish is tender.

• Now in a large pan arrange alternate layers of rice and prepared fish curry and sprinkle fresh coriander leaves, and separated fried onion over it.
• Simmer for 10-15 minutes.
• Delicious Punjabi Fish Curry is ready.
• Serve with salad and raita.

Pakistani Fish Biryani پاکستانی فش بریانی

Pakistani Fish Biryani

This is the recipe of Traditional Pakistani  Biryani cooked with Fish.



Ingredients:

• Fish   750-1000 g
• Rice soaked in water 500g
• Oil 1 cup
• Yoghurt beaten 1 cup
• Tomatoes chopped  2-3 nos.
• Onion chopped 2-3 nos.
• Garlic crushed 1 medium pod
• Ginger crushed 2 inch long piece
• Green Chillies 4-5 nos whole
• Fresh Coriander  chopped 1/2 cup
• Fresh Mint chopped 1/4 cup
• Lemon juice 3 -4 teaspoon
• Salt to taste
• Chilli powder to taste
• Haldi 1 teaspoon
• Coriander powder 1 teaspoon
• Dried Plum  4 pieces
• Cardamom brown 2 nos.
• Cardamom green  5 nos.
• Cloves whole 10 nos.
• Black pepper whole 1 teaspoon
• Cumin whole 2 teaspoon
• Taj patta 3 nos.

Procedure:

• Boil soaked  rice in water with 2 teaspoon of cooking salt. Keep aside.
• Add all spices, ginger, garlic, lemon juice to the yoghurt and mix well then coat on fish pieces and marinate for 1 hour.
• Now fry onion in oil till golden brown.
• Add tomatoes and fry for 5 minutes then add marinated fishand green chillies  to it and cook on low heat till fish is tender.
• Avoid over stirring.
• Now in a large pan arrange alternate layers of boiled rice and prepared curry. Sprinkle fresh coriander and mint over it and simmer for 5-10 minutes.
• Delicious Traditional Pakistani style Fish Biryani is ready.

Fish Curry مچھلی کا سالن

Fish Curry

Fish Curry is a tasty dish usually served with boiled rice and roti.



Ingredients:

• Fish   1 kg
• Oil  1 cup
• Yoghurt beaten 1 cup
• Onion chopped 2-3 nos.
• Tomatoes chopped  2-3 nos
• Garlic crushed  1 medium pod
• Ginger crushed 2 inch long piece
• Green Chillies  5-6 nos.
• Fresh coriander leaves for garnish 
•  Salt to taste
•  Chilli to taste
•  Haldi 1 teaspoon
•  Ajwain 1 teaspoon
•  Coriander powder 1 teaspoon 
• Qasuri methi 2 teaspoon
•  Garam masala 1 teaspoon

Procedure:

• Add spices, ginger, garlic to the yoghurt and make a paste, then coat this paste on fish pieces and keep aside for marination.
• Now in a pan fry onion in oil till golden brown.
• Add tomatoes and cook for 5 -7 minutes, then add marinated fish pieces and green chillies.
• Cook on medium flame till fish is well cooked.
• Garnish with fresh coriander leaves and simmer.
• Delicious Fish curry is ready serve with boiled/fried Rice or Roti

Fish Karahi (Green Masala Fish) فش کڑاھی

Fish Karahi (Green Masala Fish)

Fish Karahi is a very tasty dish.  Eating fish is my weakness, I cook fish in variety of way but this recipe is more liked by my elder son Hasan Ansari.


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Recipe of Fish Karahi
Ingredients

• Fish    (Surmai/Paplet   urdu names)     1/2 kg
• Green Onions (spring onion)      2-3 nos  chopped
• Garlic chopped     1 medium pod
• Ginger   2 inch long piece  chopped
• Oil    1 cup
• Tomatoes  chopped  2 medium size
• Coriander fresh chopped    a few
• Green Chillies  3-4 whole
• Spices:  ( Chilli   1/2 teaspoon or according to your taste mild or hot, salt to taste, turmeric powder  1/4 teaspoon,  ajwain seeds  1/8 teaspoon, coriander  1/4 teaspoon, black pepper  1/4 teaspoon)

Cooking Procedure

• 1.  Heat oil in a Karahi (Deep frying pan).
• 2.  Add onion, tomatoes, garlic , ginger and cook on medium flame for 3-5 minutes.
• 3. Now add fish and spices to it , cook on medium flame till fish is near to tender , now add green chillies and after 1-2 minutes add coriander fresh and simmer  for 5 minutes.  Take extra care during cooking to avoid breakage of fish pieces.
• Delicious Fish Karahi is ready.
• Serve hot with Naan/Roti or Fried Rice

Fish Biryani فش بریانی

Fish Biryani

Fish Biryani is very popular in middle east, now gaining popularity in Pakistan also. Very delicious and nutritious.



Ingredients:

• Fish (Surmai/Paplet)        750-1000 g
• Basmati Rice  (soaked in water for 30 minutes)        1/2 kg
• Oil  1 cup
• Yoghurt   1 cup
• Ginger  crushed  2 inch long piece
• Lemon juice  4 tablespoon
• Green chillies    10-15 numbers
• Fresh coriander leaves chopped 1 bunch
• Fresh mint leaves chopped 1/2 bunch
• Onion  chopped   3-4 numbers
• Garlic crushed 1 medium pod
• Spices: Salt to taste,  Paprika 1-2 teaspoon, Haldi 1 teaspoon, Coriander crushed 1/2 teaspoon, Qasuri Methi dried 3 teaspoon ,  Cloves whole  5 nos., Black pepper whole 10 nos., Fennel whole 1/2 teaspoon, cumin seed whole 1 teaspoon, Cinnamon sticks 3-4 nos.

Procedure:

• 1. Add spices , lemon juice, ginger garlic to yoghurt and make a paste then apply on fish piece, keep aside for marination.
• 2.  Take 2 teaspoon of oil, add fresh mint and coriander in a pan and fry for 2 minutes then add 6 glass of water, soaked rice and 3 teaspoon of cooking salt. Boil till rice is near to cook. Sieve and keep aside.
• 3. Now in another pan fry onion in oil till golden brown.
• 4.  Then add marinated fish, green chillies to it and cook on medium flame till fish is tender ,15-20 minutes. Avoid over stirring, otherwise fish pieces can broke in pieces.
• 5.  Now in a large pan arrange alternate layers of prepared Fish curry and boiled rice and simmer for 10-15 minutes.
• Delicious Fish Biryani is ready.
• Serve with salad and raita.