Poora Mach

Description

 * Ethnicity - Assamee, North East Indian
 * Type of Meal - Party, Lunch, Dinner

Ingredients

 * 500 gm: Sole fish
 * 2 tbsp: Mustard seeds, soaked and ground
 * 1 bunch: Chopped coriander leaves or mint leaves
 * 6 flakes: Garlic, crushed
 * 1 tbsp: Chilli powder
 * 2 tbsps: Lime juice
 * 1 tsp: Turmeric powder
 * 2 tbsp: Mustard oil
 * 1 tsp: Salt

Directions

 * 1) Ease the fillets away from the backbone of the fish, leaving them attached at the sides.
 * 2) Rub the oil on to the insides and outside of the whole fish.
 * 3) Apply in between the fillets.
 * 4) Mix together all the ingredients into a paste, marinate the fish with it, spooning the remaining into the insides of the fish for an hour.
 * 5) Wrap the fish in an aluminum foil and cook on a barbecue.
 * 6) If cooked on an open charcoal fire, wrap it in a banana leaf and tie up the fish inside the banana leaf till cooked and ready to be served.
 * 7) Serve with plain boiled rice.