Fish Kabiraji (Bengali)

Ingredients:

Bhetki fish fillets   :  6
Cornflour              :  6 tablespoons approx.
Sugar                  :  1/2 teaspoon
Salt                     :  To Taste
Ginger Paste       :  1 Teaspoon
Garlic  Paste       :  1 Teaspoon
Onion  Paste       :  2 Tablespoon
Lemon                :  2
Pepper Powder    :  2 Teaspoon
Egg White           : 10
Refined Oil          : For frying

Method

Marinate the fish fillets with salt, pepper powder and lemon juice.

Take a bowl and mix the following to make a batter. First add appropriate amount of cornflour and then some water. To this add some lemon juice, salt,sugar and pepper powder. Then add some ginger paste, garlic paste and onion paste. Mix this batter well.

Heat sufficient oil in a pan.

Dip the marinated fish fillets into the above mentioned batter and coat well the fillets. Then fry the fish fillets well one by one.

Meanwhile in a separate bowl mix the white portion of an egg yolk with 2 tablespoons of cornflour. Stir to mix well.

While frying the fillets pour this egg white mixture over each fillet getting fried in the pan. You have to pour this from above, in a zig-zag manner, so as to coat the surface of each fish fillet. The egg white would make the fillets crispier and fluffy.

Complete the frying of the fishes and your fish Kabiraji is ready. Serve hot accompanied by french fries and sauce.

Regards

Chef Tirthankar Sengupta