Today, Parsi households across our country will be celebrating the festival of Pateti with their near and dear ones. With prayers and yummy food preparations, they will bid adieu to the bygone year and usher in a new year. Now are you curious to know what goodies will be churned out in a typical Parsi household to hold a feast for all loved ones in the house? Well, Parsi cuisine is unique and has exceptional food preparations such as patra ni macchi, chicken farcha, jinga nu pathio, pulao dal, salli boti, ravo, sev, falooda, mawa fish among the many that will be dished out on the occasion of Pateti.
Therefore, today I bring to you two yummy recipes that you will surely enjoy like all the Parsis do on the auspicious occasion of Pateti.
[I] Patra ni Macchi
Ingredients:
Pomfret fillets (clean and washed) – 500 gms
Vinegar – 1 tbsp
Groundnut oil – 2 tbsp
Banana leaves to wrap each fillet
Salt to taste
Lemon wedges for garnishing
For paste:
Fresh coconut (chopped) – 5 tbsp
Fresh green coriander (chopped) – 3 tbsp
Green chillies – 5 nos.
Garlic – 1 tbsp
Red chilly powder – 1 tsp
Coriander seeds – 1/2 tbsp
Cumin seeds – 1/2 tbsp
Lemon juice – 3 tbsp
Sugar – 1 tbsp
Salt To Taste
Method:
1.) Marinate the fish fillets in salt and vinegar for half an hour.
2.) Grind the paste ingredients to obtain a smooth paste. Keep aside.
3.) Make slits, put this paste inside the fish fillets, and spread the rest on outer sides as well.
4.) Oil the banana leaves and wrap each fish fillet separately.
5.) To cook fish steam it for about half an hour.
6.) Once cooked open up the banana leaves and serve the fish got garnished with lemon wedges.
[II] Chicken Farcha
Ingredients:
Chicken pieces (cleaned and washed) – 500 gms
Ginger-garlic paste – 1 tsp
Red chilly powder – 1 tsp
Turmeric powder – 1/2 tsp
Garam masala powder – 1/2 tsp
Vinegar – 1 tsp
Ghee – 4 tbsp
Eggs – 4 nos.
Bread crumbs – 1 cup
Salt and sugar to taste
Method:
1.) Mix chicken with all ingredients except ghee, eggs and bread crumbs.
2.) Refrigerate for 8 hours.
3.) Pull out of the refrigerator, dip chicken pieces in egg, roll them in breadcrumbs.
4.) Fry until chicken is done and turns reddish brown in color.
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Source: Indianfoodforever, Indinetwork
