Anjali's Food Kaleidoscope

Baked and sliced fish

We had a pleasantly busy Sunday today. I found a great shop here in Vizag which has a delightful collection of baking items.

I went crazy looking at the latest stuff which has come into the market which makes baking lots more easier and the turn out better.

           After spending over an hour in the small but well stocked shop famous to all cooking enthusiasts by the name "la choclate", I  came back a little tired and I had little time and energy to prepare a grand meal so I did a quick fix with the following ingredients and the result was good.

        I had baked whole mackerels yesterday in an aluminium tin for about 20 minutes at 180 degress celcius, and after they had cooled down, I deboned them and mashed them gently with the finger tips and stored the mixture in the  fridge for use today.

        The mashed fish was about two cups and I put  it in a mixing bowl and added the following…one cup of fresh bread crumbs ( now this is simply a little stale bread about a day or two old and kept in the fridge so its not like really dry like a rusk but  it crumbles the moment you rub it between your hands).

        Then I added two finely chopped onions, half a cup chopped coriander leaves , half a teaspoon of ajwain / bishop's seeds, one teaspoon of fennel powder/ saunf, half a teaspoon of dry ginger powder/ sonth , one teaspoon of black pepper powder, five tablespoons of olive oil, two eggs and salt to taste.

 I just gently mixed all this stuff and pressed it into a greased loaf tin. 

I baked it at 180° for about thirty minutes and once done , I cut it into thick slices and served immediately with hot buttered toast.