Kerala Fish Cutlets & Brussel Sprouts

There's ALWAYS fish in my parent's house. 

At any moment, you'll find fish in all of its different forms in our house - big fish, small fish, curried fish, fried fish, dried fish, pickled fish, canned fish, and it keeps going... Thats what happens when your parents are from Kerala (a south indian coastal state), where "fish" is a way of life.


My sis and I quickly got tired of fish, eating it everyday. But somehow our parents never did! 

It was only after moving out of the house I missed eating fish curry and fried fish. Im too scared to try and make my mom's amazing fish curry. Instead,I made something that had flavors reminiscent of my mom's fish curry but way simpler - Fish Cutlets!

spicy fish cutlets

The following is my mom's recipe but as Ive mentioned before, my mom, mom-in-law nor I cook with exact measurements. I realize many of you would like exact measurements - so I found a comparable recipe online from www.panchakam.com. 

Ingredients:

Tuna Fish (canned) - I used the tuna fish variety that is not canned but fresh sealed without oil.

Onion(chopped) - I used green onions
Green chillies(chopped) - 4
Garlic paste  - 2 tsp
Ginger paste - 1 tsp
Potatoes - 3
(boiled & mashed)
Black Pepper  - 1 tsp
Coriander leaves - As reqd
Garam masala - 2 tsp (can be found in any Indian grocery store and some specialty grocery stores)
Oil - 4 tbsp
Bread crumbs - 1/2 cup
Eggs - 3
Oil for deep frying - 2 cups 
1 stalk of curry leaves - thinly sliced 


Steps:
1. mix all of the ingredients together in a bowl (except the oil for frying)
2. form into patties and arrange onto a sheet  
3. once oil is hot,  shallow or deep fry one or two at a time *I hardly deep fry anything but these were an exception - Im sure they would actually be very good baked as well!*
4. remove and allow to drain on paper towels.
5. serve with ketchup, hot sauce, etc  - i loved it with Sriracha (garlic chili sauce)! So good!


To serve with the yummy fish cutlets, I whipped up Brown Butter Brussel Sprouts! I never grew up eating this adorable vegetable (reminds me of a baby cabbage) and learned to love it just recently. 

buttery brussel sprouts

Ingredients:

Brussel Sprouts (you can use fresh but to be quick I used the steam-in-bag frozen variety - theyre amazing!)

Butter or Margarine

Salt

Pepper

Steps:

1. Steam brussel sprouts and cut in half

2. warm butter in a pan and once golden brown, toss in brussel sprouts (non-stick pan is likely best to keep veggies from sticking)

3. toss with salt and pepper

4. serve hot

Another wonderful food blogger - Shabunam from http://yumanddelish.blogspot.com/ was kind enough to pass along a very nice award to this blog - The Stylish Blogger Award. Thank you Shabunam!

Following the rules of the award I have to share seven things about me .

1. I NEVER watch scary movies. ( I  usually look up the ending on wikipedia.com so I dont feel left out in conversations )

2. I just recently discovered that I LOVE food photography.

3.Im a 4th generation Seventh-Day Adventist (Christian) where vegetarianism and veganism is not only accepted but encouraged! (I might try it one day : j )

4. My husband is an excellent cook as well.

5. Ive never met another person with the same name as me (Jasmol)

6. The last book I read was One Hundered Years of Solitude by Marquez  (awesome)

7. Thanks to my mom, dad, husband, sisters, brother and best friends - I have laughed every single day of my life : j

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5. mycookingdiarys.blogspot.com
6. www.eizels.com
7. onecreativekitchen.blogspot.com
8. lifewithspices.blogspot.com
9.thatskinnychickccanbake.blogspot.com
10.foodandthriftfinds.blogspot.com


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