Stuffed and Steamed Melt-in-the-Mouth Fish

Ingredients

• 1 medium-sized pomfret fish (cleaned and slit from the side)
• 2 medium-sized tomatoes (finely chopped)
• 1 large onion (finely chopped)
• ½ tsp turmeric
• 3 cloves of garlic (finely chopped)
• 3 spicy green chillies (finely chopped)
• 1 tbsp ghee
• Salt to taste
• Coriander leaves to garnish
• 1 small lime

Method

1. Marinate the pomfret with a paste of turmeric, salt and lime. Cover the fish from the inside and outside. Leave this aside for about 15 mins or till you prepare the stuffing.
2. For the stuffing, sauté the tomatoes, onion, green chillies and garlic. Do this till the onion turns transparent. Add a little salt to this and keep aside.
3. In a pressure cooker vessel place a layer of this stuffing. Stuff the pomfret from the slit side and place this on the layer. Cover the fish with the leftover stuffing.
4. Place this above a vessel into a pressure cooker with a little water for steaming. Cover the pressure cooker vessel with a lid and let it rest.
5. Steam the fish till the pressure cooker lets out 3 whistles.
6. Place the fish in a serving dish and garnish with coriander.
7. Serve with plain rice.