Sura Puttu/Shredded Shark Hash

Ingredients:

Sura or shark – 3 to 4 pieces

Onion – 2

Green Chillies – 3

Ginger garlic paste – 1tblspoon

Curry Leaves – 1handful

Saunf – 1teaspoon

Cinnamon – 1piece

Red Chilli Powder – 1teaspoon

Salt Required.


Method:

1.Add sea salt, lemon juice and turmeric powder to the shark pieces and keep it aside for 10 to 15mins and then wash it thoroughly. This will kill the germs and remove the sand from the fish. Now boil water in a pan. When it boils add the fish pieces and wait till it turns white which is the sign that the fish is cooked. Remove from gas, strain water, pat dry and remove the skin off from the fish.
2.Shred the fish and keep it aside.
3.Heat oil in a pan. Add saunf, cinnamon and curry leaves. Fry for a minute.
4.Now add finely chopped onion and green chillies.Fry till the onion turns transparent.
5.Add Ginger Garlic Paste, turmeric powder, red chilli powder and fry till raw smell goes away.
6.Now add the shredded fish and salt.Fry till the excess water goes away from the fish.
7.Continue to fry till the fish slightly changes color and comes to puttu texture.
8.Serve hot with rice.