Fish Vindaye

    Lunch & Dinner · Fish & Seafood · Pickles · Street Food · Christmas & New Year · Picnics

    Fish Vindaye is basically fried fish combined with mustard seeds, garlic, turmeric, chilli and onions pickled in vinegar to give it a distinctive taste and flavour.

    Ingredients

    • Tuna Fish
    • 1/2 Cup Vinegar
    • 2 Tbsp Garlic paste
    • 2 Tbsp Mustard Seeds paste
    • 1 Tbsp Turmeric
    • 1 Tbsp Chilli Flakes
    • Salt
    • Black Pepper
    • 1 Tbsp Vindaye Spices
    • 2 Medium Onions
    • 4 Green Chillies
    • Oil

    Method

    1. Cut the onions into big chunks
    2. Add vinegar and leave it to marinate
    3. Season the fish with salt and pepper
    4. Slice chillies lengthwise
    5. In a bowl, combine the mustard seeds, salt, garlic, turmeric, chilli flakes and vindaye spices together
    6. Add some water into the mixture
    7. Heat oil in deep frying pan, fry the fish until golden brown. Put aside
    8. Cut the fried fish into medium pieces
    9. In a pan, heat 2 big tbsp of oil over medium heat
    10. Add the vindaye paste in the pan and let cook for 5 minutes
    11. Keep stirring
    12. Add the fried fish pieces and turn off the heat
    13. Mix until well coated
    14. Add salt to taste
    15. Add the pickled onions and the sliced chillies and mix well
    16. Allow to cool before serving

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