Macchi Nu Pulao
( Fresh Rice Cooked in Coconut Milk )

Macchi Nu Pulao (Fish rice cooked in coconut milk)

Ingredients :

2 cups Rice, washd, soaked for 30 minutes
1 large Pomfret, fillet, cut into large pieces
Salt to taste
5 tbsp Vegetable oil or ghee
5 Onions, large, sliced
Grind to a paste:
2 tsp Cumin (jeera) seeds, roasted
1 Cinnamon (dalchini), 1” stick
2 Cloves (laung)
½ tsp Turmeric (haldi) powder
5 Green cardamom (choti elaichi)
7 Garlic (lasan) cloves
7 Dry red chilies (sookhi lal mirch)
2 cups Coconut (nariyal), grated
Salt to taste
3 cups Coconut milk
1 cup Green coriander (hara dhaniya), chopped
 

1. Marinate the fish with salt for a few minutes.
2. Heat the oil in a wok (kadhai); saute onions till brown, Add the ground paste; saute for 2 minutes.
3. Wash the marinated fish and then add to the wok.
4. Add rice, coconut milk, and half of the green coriander. Bring the mixture to the boil. Lower heat and simmer until the rice is cooked. If more water is required, use only hot water. Serve hot, garnished with the remaining green coriander.

Serves : 6-8