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Pomfret Recheado Recipe, Fish Recheado, Goan Recipes

January 14, 2016 by maria 35 Comments

As promised in my last content I am writing about Stuffed Pomfret Fry – Pomfret Recheado Recipe which is stuffed with Indian spices. The taste and aroma of this Pomfret Recheado will make you crazy and tempt you to eat. Such is the magic of  Pomfret Recheado. Pomfrets are commonly referred as paplets in Mumbai-India.

This Goan specialty of Rechad Masala Or Recheado Masala comes from Portuguese Cuisine. However we generally don’t binge on pomfrets recheado in summer as it becomes too heavy. Reason being this Goan Pomfret Recheado tastes so great you will end up eating 2 Or 3 🙂 …….. I love this Pomfret Recheado made my mom. It tastes terrific with pav, bread, roti or just gulp like that. This Pomfret Recheado is a must try.

Goan Pomfret Fry

I can imagine myself sitting on a beach with my love. Listening to waves, sipping drinks and eating this exotic Goan Pomfret Fry….. Yum my mouth is already watering I am sure yours too lol.

This dish simple to make yet so delicious. You can eat as a side starter or snack along with hard drinks. In India all snack items served with hard drinks are termed as Chakna’s.

Even stuffed Mackerel Goan style tastes out of the world. I am a big fan of Goan delicacies be it curry, pulav, fish fries or goan sweets like Dodol. I just freak on them.

You can marinate and stuff these masalas into the Pomfrets. Marinate them for 1 hour or overnight in the freezer. This fish is cripy, spicy, tangy and will also give a tinge of sweet flavor. In short will give you all kinds of flavor. Doesn’t sounds interesting?

Very important clean the pomfrets make an incision with knife from mouth to tail in round shape. You can see them in the pics below. Don’t apply too much pressure on the knife else fish will cut. Clean the pomfrets and remove the unwanted flesh from the mouth with your hands and discard them. The incision is made so that you can easily stuff the masalas in the pomfrets.

 Let’s make step by step Pomfret Recheado Recipe:

1. Combine all the above listed ingredients except oil, semolina and flour (garlic cloves, fennel seeds, ginger, cloves, peppercorn, cardamom, cinnamon, Red chilies, tamarind(without seeds), sugar, turmeric, salt in a grinder). Add vinegar also in this mixture.

Goan Pomfret Fry

2. Grind them to form smooth thick paste. The mixture shouldn’t be very thin. Now stuff this red paste into the pomfret. Also coat this red paste on the outer cover of pomfrets. Marinate the pomfrets for about an hour or overnight.

Goan Pomfret Fry

3. Take a small tawa or pan add oil. Keep the gas on low flame and wait until oil becomes hot. In the meanwhile take semolina and flour. Mix them with your hands or spoon. Dip the marinated pomfrets in the above mixture. Coat them from both the sides.

Goan Pomfret Fry

4. Shallow fry the pomfret from both sides.

Goan Pomfret Fry

5. Repeat the same process with the rest of pomfrets.

Goan Pomfret Fry

6. Shallow fry the rest of pomfrets for 15 mins or until crisp, brown in color from both sides.

Goan Pomfret Fry

7. Place the fried pomfrets on tissue napkins to remove excess oil from them. Your Goan Pomfret Fry is ready. Serve Goan Pomfret Recheado hot with bread or rotis. Garnish with sliced onion, mint leaves, coriander leaves and lime.

Goan Pomfret Fry

Check some more authentic Goan recipes like goan prawns pulao, fish fry, mushroom vindaloo, mushroom chili fry, goan prawns curry, shrimp curry, crab curry, bebinca, dodol and guavacheese.

Pomfret Recheado Recipe below:

5.0 from 1 reviews
Goan Pomfret Fry:Stuffed Pomfret Fry
 
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Prep time
1 hour
Cook time
20 mins
Total time
1 hour 20 mins
 
Pomfret Recheado is a popular and delicious fish recipe from Goa
Author: Maria@flavorsofmumbai.com
Recipe type: Side
RecipeCuisine: Indian
Serves: 3-4
recipeIngredient (used american measuring cup, 1 cup = 250 ml)
  • 3 fresh pomfret
  • 12 Garlic cloves
  • 1 Inch Ginger chopped
  • 1 tbsp Cumin seeds
  • 3 Tamarind Pieces
  • 7 to 8 Peppercorn
  • 2 to 3 Green Cardamoms
  • 16 to 17 Red Kashmiri Chiles
  • 4 to 5 Cloves
  • 2 t/s Turmeric ( I used organic turmeric)
  • 1 tbsp Sugar
  • 8 to 9 tbsp White Vinegar o any vinegar
  • 5 tbsp Oil to fry
  • 4 tbsp Semolina
  • 2 tbsp Rice flour Or Wheat flour
  • Salt as per taste
How to make the recipe?
  1. Very important clean the pomfrets make an incision with knife from mouth to tail in round shape. You can see them in the pics below. Don't apply too much pressure on the knife else fish will cut. Clean the pomfrets and remove the unwanted flesh from the mouth with your hands and discard them. The incision is made so that you can easily stuff the masalas in the pomfrets.
  2. Combine all the above listed ingredients except oil, semolina and flour (garlic cloves, fennel seeds, ginger, cloves, peppercorn, cardamom, Red chilies, tamarind(without seeds), sugar, turmeric, salt in a grinder). Add vinegar also in this mixture.
  3. Grind them to form smooth thick paste. The mixture shouldn't be very thin. Now stuff this red paste into the pomfret. Also coat this red paste on the outer cover of pomfrets. Marinate the pomfrets for about an hour or overnight.
  4. Take a small tawa or pan add oil. Keep the gas on low flame and wait until oil becomes hot. In the meanwhile take semolina and flour. Mix them with your hands or spoon. Dip the marinated pomfrets in the above mixture. Coat them from both the sides.
  5. Shallow fry the pomfret from both sides.
  6. Repeat the same process with the rest of pomfrets.
  7. Shallow fry the rest of pomfrets for 15 mins or until crisp, brown in color from both sides.
  8. Place the fried pomfrets on tissue napkins to remove excess oil from them.
  9. Your Goan Pomfret Fry is ready. Serve hot with bread or rotis.
  10. Garnish with sliced onion, mint leaves, coriander leaves and lime.
Notes
1. You can use the same paste for stuffed Mackerels
2. If need more spice can increases the quantity of red chilies.
Nutrition Information
Serving size: 3 people
3.4.3177


Filed Under: Fish, Goan, Non Veg Tagged With: Fish Recipes, Spicy and Namkeen

Comments

  1. Amit Patil says

    January 1, 2017 at 1:00 pm

    Awesome mouth watering recepie. Prepared it @ home on the New Year’s Eve & we all were left licking our fingers….

    Reply
    • maria says

      January 5, 2017 at 11:33 am

      Pleased to know this Amit, thanks for your kind words. Wish you a bright new year 🙂

      Reply
  2. Anusia says

    December 26, 2014 at 12:00 pm

    This is an easy recipe. I had no idea making pom fret is this much easy.

    Reply
    • madhu says

      January 24, 2015 at 8:32 pm

      Very nice.. truly goan touch

      Reply
      • maria says

        January 26, 2015 at 1:32 pm

        Thankyou Madhu 🙂

        Reply
  3. saira says

    November 16, 2014 at 3:42 pm

    Dear u did not mention ratio of fennel seeds

    Reply
    • maria says

      November 17, 2014 at 6:53 pm

      Saira I am sorry it’s a typo error no fennel seeds its cumin seed. Thankyou for highlighting have rectified the same.

      Reply
  4. Suma says

    October 9, 2014 at 7:10 am

    Hi Maria, thanks for this recipe. I did this and it came out really well. My daughter who is not a big fan of fish liked it a lot, and I am really happy. Thank uuuuuu

    Reply
    • maria says

      October 10, 2014 at 11:11 pm

      Suma I am glad your daughter liked the rechead pomfret 🙂 and you are welcome.

      Reply
  5. petert says

    September 5, 2014 at 1:39 pm

    hi maria pls post recepie for dry bombay duck pickle recepie if you can

    Reply
  6. petert says

    September 5, 2014 at 1:37 pm

    hi recheado masala is my favorate one but i tryed it with macreal and it taste too good

    Reply
    • maria says

      September 5, 2014 at 2:26 pm

      Thanks Peter give me some time would surely post bombay duck pickle soon 🙂

      Reply
  7. Anuradha says

    May 21, 2014 at 11:04 pm

    Another question:
    If in the US, using Tilapia steaks ( that are more delicate than whole fish) do we still need to make the incisions or it’ll still be as good if applied over the fish?

    Reply
    • maria says

      May 22, 2014 at 2:04 pm

      If the fish is delicate you won’t be able to stuff the mixture, but you could apply all over the fish and fry. Hope this helps you.

      Reply
  8. Anuradha says

    May 21, 2014 at 10:11 pm

    Hi!
    Awesome recipe! I’m in the process of trying it. My masala paste looks more yellow than red coz of the turmeric unlike yours. I did follow the measurements. Not sure why? Prob the quality of the turmeric?

    Reply
    • maria says

      May 22, 2014 at 2:07 pm

      Anuradha I have used organic turmeric but the color is due to kashmiri chilies. The kashmiri chilies imparts the red-orange color to the paste. Hope this helps you and do share your views on the recipe… thanks.

      Reply
  9. Laura López A. says

    April 10, 2014 at 8:59 pm

    HOLA MARIA! COMO ESTAS ? ME GUSTA MUCHO TU RECETA TE AGRADEZCO POR ELLA , HAY COSAS QUE ACA EN CHILE NO LAS CONSEGUIRE PERO LO VOY A INTERTAR, SI, TENGO UN PROBLEMA NO PUEDO COMER COSAS FRITAS , SE PUEDE HACER HORNEADO? DESDE YA GRACIAS, UN ABRAZO Y FELICITACIONES.-

    Reply
    • maria says

      April 10, 2014 at 10:19 pm

      Laura do try them brush some butter or oil over the fish. Preheat the oven to 200 degree celcius for 20 mins before baking then bake for 25 to 30 mins or until fish is cooked. Let me know how it turned out?

      Reply
  10. Kevin Menezes says

    April 13, 2012 at 5:08 am

    Hi,

    I love cooking foods… and some dishes i really prepare deliciously as i get positive comments from my Family Members….

    I would like to know that do you have Books of all these receipes Flavor Of Mumbai…. Pls suggest me from where i can get the same as i am desparetly looking for the same.

    Its OK if all these receipes are available in EBook… i cam copy to my Mobile and refer whenever required…

    Hope i will get positive reply ASAP.

    Thanks in Advance,
    Kevin M
    8806432954

    Reply
    • maria says

      April 13, 2012 at 9:40 am

      Thanks Kevin 🙂 I am happy your family loves the recipes made by you!

      Reply
    • maria says

      July 5, 2012 at 3:01 pm

      I apologise for my delay in replying back. Thanks for coming here Kevin 🙂 I have not written any books but planning in future. Nor do I have an Ebook although you could check my blog on your mobile too 🙂 thanks again.

      Reply
  11. PKB Dass says

    January 23, 2012 at 7:04 am

    Goan cuisine is truly delightful. Please keep me upated. Thanks.

    Reply
    • maria says

      January 23, 2012 at 7:26 am

      Hi PKB Dass! thanks will do that 🙂 …… have fun.

      Reply
  12. Urmila Ashok Bhovad says

    January 11, 2012 at 12:21 pm

    I like your recipe. its so easy and very testy. i try this recipe in my kitchen in last week & my hubby like it too much.
    thank you.

    Reply
    • maria says

      January 11, 2012 at 4:31 pm

      Thanks Urmila 🙂 …………….. I am happy you and your hubby liked it very much. You are welcome keep cooking have fun!

      Reply
  13. Louise says

    November 16, 2011 at 11:53 am

    Thanks Maria, look forward to that. No, havent done the cake yet, my daughter is in grade 8, she is young for her class, and the work as you know is tremendous, so cooking is only on weekends, She is looking forward to it though, and we have our shopping list to make sure we have all the ingredients, will let you know as soon as we make it. Thanks again and take care, to your mom and grandmom as well.

    Reply
    • maria says

      November 16, 2011 at 1:31 pm

      Yeah I know let her make at her convenience 🙂 ………..You too take care….thanks again

      Reply
  14. Louise says

    November 15, 2011 at 12:57 pm

    Hey Maria,
    Sorry for the delay, was a leetle bit busy, tried your reichad masala, turned out great, I would like to know if you can check if there is another version. Problem being, my MIL was a great cook (passed away), she used to make me tons of reichad masala and sorpotel by the bucket (husband and daughter can eat sorpotel for every meal). Sadly, she did not leave the recipe, and I have been searching for the identical version of reichad and sorpotel, this one while great, is not the same (Goan husbands grrrr…, I am thinking perhaps, if I tried Goa vinegar, it might pass the goan husband taste test. Do you think so?

    Reply
    • maria says

      November 15, 2011 at 5:51 pm

      Hi Louise,

      Happy to know it turned out great also did your daughter made Lava Cake? ………………..sorry about your MIL…… You could try Goan vinegar for this recipe. This recipe is of my grandmother and mom. Hmmm lemme check if they have some other version… I will get back to you shortly. Till then take care buddy.

      Love,
      Maria

      Reply
  15. Shal says

    June 25, 2011 at 12:22 pm

    Hi Maria, in the first step of this recipe, you have listed grinding onion along with the rest of the ingredients to get the masala. However, I cannot seem find the qty of the onion to be used in the list of ingredients. Could you help? Thanks! 🙂

    Reply
    • maria says

      June 25, 2011 at 1:07 pm

      Hey Shalli,

      Thanks a ton for pointing out my mistake please discard onion as its not used for Pomfret Fry it’s by mistake have added . Do try them and lemme know how were they?

      Love,
      Maria

      Reply
  16. dassana says

    May 27, 2011 at 7:37 am

    looks good…… but i am a vegetarian. i know the taste of this masala and its awesome. can it be used in some vegetarian recipes…

    Reply
    • maria says

      May 27, 2011 at 9:32 am

      Hi Dassana,

      Thanks for your views. Hmmmm You are making me use my grey cells. Thought a lot You can try this as stuffed potatoes, grilled or fried paneer Or may be Stuff in Brinjal and fry them. DO try and let me know how veggies turn out 🙂

      Love,
      Maria

      Reply
      • dassana says

        May 29, 2011 at 8:02 am

        hmmm…. i will try this and let you know how the recipe turns out. thanks….

        Reply
        • maria says

          May 29, 2011 at 10:35 am

          Hey Dassana,

          Do try them and lemme know how was it?

          Cheers,
          Maria

          Reply

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