Mom's Special fish dish with mustard paste

This is one of my favorite dish, among all the dishes that mom prepares. I thought of sharing my mom's secret recipe with you guys, because everyone should be able to enjoy this yummy dish and not just us. 

Just words of caution for people who do not like the taste of mustard and mustard oil---> there is no other option for mustard oil or mustard. This dish cannot be prepared with any other alternative. 

Since childhood, I have been a big fan of non-veg food. My mom used to call me a cat, as I refused to eat if there is no non-veg item for that meal. What can I say,  I am perfect non-vegetarian J

Now, the famous - Mom's special fish dish.

Ingredients I used for this fish dish

          1. Rohu fish

          2. Turmeric

          3. Red chili powder

          4. Salt

          5. Mustard Oil

          6. Onion

          7. Green chili

          8. Tomato

          9. Garam masala

         10. Mustard paste

We had planned for a picnic, so my friend Supriya, Vinayak and their son come over to house apartment the night before. Supriya is a great cook, specially non-veg dishes, although she is a vegetarian, just like my mom ;-)

So, we were both busy cooking that night, well actually she was cooking and I assisting her. But this fish dish, I was preparing for the dinner.

I started with marinating fish with turmeric, salt and red chili powder. After that I deep fried the fish with mustard oil. I know everyone says to use refined oil(vegetable oil) for cooking and frying stuff… its good for health.. blah blah blah. But if you don’t cook fish with mustard oil, then you will never know the taste of fish. I am sure many people will agree with me and some will not.

So after fish were fried, I left them to cool down in an oil soaking paper.

Then I finely chopped onion, tomato and green chilies, then I mixed all of them with mustard paste, chili powder, little bit of garam masala, salt and mustard oil. Kept the mixture aside.

After fish was cold, I mixed fish with the onion mixture that was kept aside. After that I kept the entire mixture with slight oil in a pan and put the flame at slow. In between just made sure that it is cooking well and kept mixing it.

This dish cooks slowly, but I must say, worth the wait. Slowly everything starts mixing with each other and oil starts coming out of the mixture. The mixture starts to change color. The aroma itself is so mouthwatering. Actually just writing about it making me salivate :-P

Finally once the dish is done, serve it with rice and dal and enjoy the dish with your loved ones.