Seyal Fish with Onions
Seyal Fish with Onions is a popular fish recipe from Sindhi Cuisine. One can prepare this hassle-free, gourmet-style dish quickly with just a few ingredients. The fish is cooked with sauted onions, basic aromatics and herbs. This delicious fish features a rustic flavor and texture. Its cooking doesn't really take much time.
Equipment
- Cooking pan
- spatula
Ingredients
- 250 gm fish fillets marinated with lime juice, salt and turmeric powder.
- 200 gm onion chopped.
- 1 tomato, chopped.
- ½ tsp ginger finely chopped.
- ½ tsp garlic finely chopped
- ¼ cup coriander leaves
- 2 green chilies chopped.
- 2 tbsp oil plus more for shallow frying
Spices
- ¼ tsp turmeric powder haldi.
- 1 tsp coriander powder dhaniya. dhaniya.
- ½ tsp salt adjust as needed
- ¼ tsp red chili powder
- ¼ tsp garam masala powder
Instructions
- Firstly, heat oil in a pan and shallow fry the marinated fish on both sides till half done.
- Thereafter, reduce the oil in which fish was fried.
- Add chopped onions to the oil. Sauté onions till translucent.
- To the sautéed onions add chopped green chili, ginger and garlic. Sauté for 2 minutes.
- Now add the spices – turmeric powder(haldi), salt, coriander powder (dhania powder), and red chili powder. Sauté well. If you think oil is less, add a bit more of it.
- Now add tomatoes. Sauté and cover till they soften.
- Then add fresh coriander leaves and garam masala powder. Reserve some coriander leaves and garam masala powder to sprinkle in the end.
- Lastly, place the fish gently in the pan. See that the onion mixture is spread all around it.
- Finally, sprinkle coriander leaves and garam masala powder. Cover and let the fish cook in the masala. For first 10 minutes maintain a moderate flame. Check if the fish is done. If the onion mixture is dry, sprinkle a few drops of water.
- Thereafter, simmer on low flame for 5-7 minutes. Seyal machchi is ready to serve.
What to serve with
- Serve hot with roti, Methi Lehsun Paratha, Bajri Methi jo Dhodho or rice.
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Notes
- You could use any fish variety such as Rohu, Surmai, Basa or any variety locally available. It is a matter of personal preference to use fish with bones or boneless.
- Adding ginger and garlic is optional. If using, their taste should not be overpowering.
- Keep this recipe as simple as possible without indulging in any premix masala powder. Do not disturb the pure alchemy of onions and fish.