Yummy n Easy Salmon Fish Puttu / Sura Meen Puttu / Baby Shark Puttu / Salmon Pulled Fish

Ingredients

Salmon Fish / Baby Shark - 1 lb or 4 thick fillets
Fennel Seeds/Sombu - 1/4 ts
Big Onion - 1 no
Garlic - 10 big pods
Ginger - 1/2 inch
Green Chili - 2 nos
Turmeric pwd - 1 ts
Red Chili Pwd - 1/4 ts Black Pepper pwd - 1/2 ts
Coriander leaves - 3 strands
salt for taste
Oil - 2 ts
Cashew nuts - 2 ts (optional -- Gives extra flavor to the dish)

Boiling the Fish

1. Wash the fish with some turmeric powder.
2. In a thick bottomed vessel add 4 cups of water, 1/2 ts of turmeric pwd and a ts of salt let it boil then add the fish fillet and cook the fish. It takes 12 to 15 mins to cook a fish in a medium flame, once the fish is cooked switch off the heat and drain the water.
3. Once it is cool enough smash the fish with your hands and keep aside.

Method

1. Very finely chop the Onion,Garlic,Ginger,Curry Leaves,Coriander Leaves,Cashew nuts and green chili.
2. In a thick bottomed pan add oil once it is hot add fennel seeds,chopped cashew nuts fry for 5 sec(dont burn it) then add the chopped curry leaves,green chili,Ginger and garlic saute for a 30 secs then add the chopped onion and saute it nicely for 8 mins in a medium flame, wait till the onion are soft and turns translucent then add the turmeric pwd,Red chili pwd and saute it another for 3mins. Make sure that the onion doesn't turn to brown color...

3. Then add the smashed or pulled fish to it and mix it nicely adjust the seasoning and saute it for another 5 to 10 mins then add pepper pwd and mix it for 2more mins and add the chopped coriander leaves and switch off the gas.


This Puttu is very delicious and goes very well with any Rice, I used to make Fish cutlets using this puttu , the recipe for the same can be tracked under Fish Cutlet..