Lahori Tawa Fish by Zarnak Sidhwa

Ingredients:

• Fish fillet ½ kg
• Salt to taste
• Ginger-garlic paste 3 tbsp
• Ginger, finely chopped 1 tbsp
• Garlic, finely chopped 1 tbsp
• Rice flour 1 cup
• Corn flour ½ cup
• Eggs 3
• Lemon (Juice) 4 – 5 lemons
• Red food coloring as required
• Black cumin seeds 2 tsp
• Red chili powder 2 tsp
• Garam masala powder 1 tbsp
• Black pepper powder 1 tsp
• Coriander seeds, crushed 2 tsp
• Cinnamon powder 1 tsp
• Oil to fry
• For the Sauce
• Dried dates 100 gm
• Tamarind paste 1 tbsp
• Chaat masala 1 tbsp
• Chicken stock cubes 2 tsp
• Yogurt 250 gm

For the Fish:

1. Marinate fish with salt, ginger-garlic paste.
2. Leave aside for 10 minutes, then wash and strain excess water.
3. Put chopped ginger and garlic on fish pieces after washing.
4. Mix rice flour and corn flour.
5. Then mix in the eggs.
6. Also add lemon juice, red food coloring.
7. Add all the spices.
8. Beat together into a smooth paste.
9. Dab this paste onto fish pieces and refrigerate for 10 minutes.
10. Remove from fridge and shallow fry on tawa in oil or ghee.

For the sauce:

1. Remove seeds from dried dates.
2. Boil in 2 cups of water for 10 minutes to soften dates.
3. When water reduces to half remove from heat and add all the other ingredients.
4. Grind to a fine paste.
5. Add a pinch of salt to the paste and mix.
6. Serve the sauce with fish.