BEST FISH ROE RECIPES

Steps:

• Wash the fish roe carefully in water. You can leave the roe whole or cut into small pieces. I like it either way. Marinate the roe for half an hour with ginger garlic paste, chilly powder, pepper powder, turmeric powder and salt.
• Heat the oil in a non stick pan. Add the onions and curry leaves and saute for a minute. Adding onions is optional and is purely based on individual choice. I sometimes like to add it while other time, i just fry the roe alone. Both tastes delicious. When you add onions, you get some extra masala which you can enjoy with rice or bread.
• Push the onions to the sides of the pan and add the marinated roe. Let the roe roast undisturbed for 2-3 minutes for chopped roe. If you have left the roe whole as shown in the picture, you may need to cook for about 6 or 7 minutes.
• Gently flip the roe and fry for another few minutes till it get well cooked and browned.
• Mix the onions and the roe together and reduce the flame. Let it hang on for another 2 minutes till all the flavors blend together. The roe should get dry and a brown color.
• Add few drops of lemon juice on top and garnish with chopped parsley / cilantro.

Steps:

• We clean and wash the carps well, then we cut the head, the tail and the fins for each one. Slice the onion coarser, and cut the tomatoes and kapia peppers into larger pieces.
• We take a pot of soup in which we place the fish pieces first. Put sliced onions on top at the end add the tomatoes and chopped paprika. Fill the pot with cold water, about 5 litres, season with sea salt and one peppercorns and put it to boil, over medium heat, for about two hours.
• After it has boiled, let it cool a bit, then, while it is still hot, pass this soup through a sieve. Try with a spoon or a wooden spoon to mix in the sieve, so that you can press as much of the solid part through the sieve.
• Add three tablespoons of paprika to the soup base and poured the soup base back into the pot and boiled it. Because it is a fish concentrate, we add about two litres of water. Season with of one teaspoon of chilli flakes and taste, if you want, add more salt and pepper.
• When the soup has boiled, add the fish pieces, and simmer for another 10-15 minutes. Served hot, with the addition of chilli and fresh bread.