• Surmai Fish (remove its skin and bone,
• cut it into small pieces, wash thoroughly)
• Marinate fish pieces with salt,
• vinegar and garlic for half an hour and then wash it.
• Ingredients of Koftas
• Cumin (white) 1 tsp
• Red chilies 1 tsp
• Black pepper 1 tsp
• Green chilies (crushed) 4 only
• Coriander (green, thinly cut) 1 bunch
• Mint 1 bunch
• Salt to taste
• Lemons 2 only
• Eggs 1 only
• Ingredients of gravy
• Black pepper 1 tsp
• Red chilies 1 tsp
• White cumin powder 1 tsp
• Green chilies finely cut 4 only
• Mint thinly cut 1/2 bunch
• Salt to taste
• Lemons 1 only
• Egg 1 only
• Onion thinly cut 2 only
• Coriander powder 1 tbsp
• Ginger/ garlic paste 1 tbsp
• Red chilies powder 1 tbsp
• Turmeric 1 tsp
• Salt to taste
• Yogurt 1/2 cup
• Oil 1 cup

Heat oil in a non-stick frying pan. Rub again on fish pieces white cumin, vinegar, salt and fry them in the frying pan until water dries up and pieces turn brown.

In a bowl place fish pieces and crush them with hand to make mince.

Add all ingredients of koftas in this mince and mix well till cooking time. In another pan heat oil and brown onion in it.

Place fried onion on newspaper to absorb its oil and make it crispy.

In a bowl mix all the ingredients of gravy, then pour them in a pan and add fried onion (first crush it by hands).

Add half cup of water to mix all masalas and cook until water dries up.

Stir-fry until oil floats on top. Now add enough water to make gravy and cook on low flame.

In this gravy place koftas and cook on low flame until koftas are tender. (Do not cover the pan and donâ t stir, as koftas will break).

Then lower the flame and simmer. If required add half cup of water and cook until oil floats on top and good odor comes out.

Surmai koftas can be served with naan, chapatti or boiled rice.

by Pak101.com (few years ago!) / 1600 views