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Saas ni macchi (Parsee fish in white sauce)
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Saas ni macchi (Parsee fish in white sauce)

16 ingredients 30 min + 30 min Serves 4-6 openrecipes

This is a spiced dish of fish cooked in a sweet and sour white sauce. Pomfret is the most popular fish for this dish in India, but you can use seabass or any white fish fillets. Serve with chapattis, poppadoms or khichri.

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

958
Calories
28g
Protein
8g
Fat
193g
Carbs

Counts 12 of 16 ingredients — the other 4 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 12 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Flour 1 cup (125g) all-purpose 455
Rice 1 cup cooked (158g) white 206
Cherry 1 cup (138g) 87
Egg 1 large egg (50g) 78
Sugar 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated 49
Red Onion 1 medium (110g) 44
Tomato 1 medium (123g) 22
Cumin 1 tsp ground (2.1g) 8
Garlic 1 clove (3g) 4
Vinegar 1 tbsp (15ml) distilled 3
Ginger 1 tsp grated fresh (2g) 2
Salt 1 tsp (6g) 0
Rapeseed Oil not in our table 0
Malt not in our table 0
Coriander not in our table 0
Peppermint not in our table 0

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • 3-4 tbsp rapeseed oil
  • 4 small red onions
  • 6 garlic
  • 7-10cm/3-4in of fresh ginger
  • 1 seabass, filleted and pin boned, each fillet cut in half
  • 15-20 curry leaves
  • 6 free-range eggs
  • 6 tbsp fine rice flour
  • 6-8 tbsp sugar
  • 6-8 tbsp malt vinegar
  • 1 bunch fresh coriander
  • 20-25 mint
  • 4 tsp ground cumin
  • 4-5 medium green chillies
  • few cherry tomatoes
  • , to taste salt

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By bbcfood · Recipe sourced from openrecipes

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