From gourmet restaurants to beach-side cafes, our list features all types of seafood joints that are renowned for their stellar fish dishes. Each of these restaurants specializes in seafood. From appetizers, finger food, stews, soups, entrees and snacks, the sheer variety of seafood available on their menus is astounding. Not to mention the many different ways they’ve found to cook it. These institutions don’t just make seafood, they are passionate about it and it shows in the dishes that they put together. Come, let’s have a look at some of…
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Fish & Chips Done 3 Ways – Part 2
And we’re back with the other 2 Chippy shop fare fried fish and chip dishes – we already did Jamie Oliver’s Fish and Chips with an Olive Tartar Sauce and we’re concluding this mini series with Kolkata Bhetki and Chips with Homemade Kasundi and an Asian-inspired Halibut and Chips with Peanut Sambal. Kolkata Bhetki and Chips with Homemade Kasundi This one was adapted from Kolkata Kuisine, and is as Kolkata and maach as they come. The bouquet of smells that come together when the crumbed fish hits shimmering oil brings back…
Read MoreFish & Chips Done 3 Ways – Part 1
Honest disclaimer: I can’t deep-fry food. I’ve probably tried it once or twice in all my years of cooking, but am fundamentally against immersing food in a pool of oil to cook it. Which is not to say I don’t enjoy stuffing face with deep-fried pakoras, samosas and kachoris, fries and chips, fritters and croquettes, meats and seafood etc. Especially that last one. From popcorn shrimp and crunchy calamari to maach bhaja and fish and chips; when great fish meets hot oil and other ingredients, it’s a deliciously magical ride.…
Read MoreMy Favourite Seafood Dishes – Part 2
And I’m back to complete this little series of my fav seafood dishes. Fish & Chips This one ranks high for many reasons – there is of course the whole childhood / mom / granddad connection to it but also it was the most often ordered thing at CCI after a swim during vacations. Fried Pomfret, club fries and tartar sauce or Dipys tomato ketchup… how wrong can it get right? I still, more often than not, use White or Silver Pomfret fillets for this dish. Yes people are using…
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