Recheado Pomfret/Stuffed Pomfret in Recheado Masala

 

Recheado Pomfret/Stuffed Pomfret in Recheado Masala is an absolutely lip smacking dish served as appetizer or side dish . Recheado means stuffed in Portuguese (source wiki ) basically the red paste with chillies vinegar etc stuffed in Pomfrets/mackerel or used as a marinade to fry Shrimps/Prawns and chicken .Recheado masala is  very versatile and can be used to make many mouthwatering  dishes .

Recheado Pomfret or Mackerel taste just amazing ,can be served as an appetizer with some salad and lemon wedges or as an side dish with your meals .

ingredients

2 med sized pomfrets 

salt 

1/2 tsp turmeric powder 

(to be ground to paste )

8 to 10 kashmiri chillies

5 to 6 garlic cloves

1 inch ginger

1 tbsp cumin seeds

5 to 6 peppercorns

1 inch cinnamon 

 a small piece of tamarind

 1 tsp sugar

vinegar as needed 

2 to 3 med sized onions chopped/minced 

oil to shallow fry 

method

• Clean the  Pomfret and make slits to stuff the masala.
• Soak the red chillies in lukewarm water for 15 minutes .
• Apply salt lime juice  and turmeric powder  to the pomfrets inside the slits too and keep aside for 10 to 15 minutes.
• Meanwhile prepare the recheado masala by grinding all the spices with little water and vinegar to a smooth fine paste .
• Heat a pan add 1 tbsp oil then add the chopped onions and saute till they turn soft and the raw smell goes off.
• Add the ground paste and mix well saute for few minutes
• You may add more sugar or salt if needed .

• Let the masala cool down a bit before you stuff it in.
• Stuff the masala in the pomfret and use a thread to tie/secure  the Fish .
• rub little masala to coat the pomfret
• You can coat the fish with little rava or dust little flour to avoid the fish sticking to the pan while frying.
• Heat a nonstick pan add oil to shallow fry and fry the pomfrets over medium flame on both sides till done.
• Serve with some onion salad and sliced lemon.

You can either grind the onions with the masala paste or stuff it as i have done ,tastes good either ways

Also the chopped onions little green chilli chopped can be stuffed with the masala .