Introduction:
pickling is a culinary art of India. Though preparation of pickles from vegetables and fruits is
an age old practice in the state of Assam, the development of fish pickle is of recent origin.
Pickles prepared from fish are gaining acceptance in recent days as they add palatability to the
dishes. Besides being highly nutritious fish pickles are good appetizers too.
Steps of preparation of fish pickle:
- Fish (Small miscellaneous varieties/ bigger fish)
- Washing in potable water
- Weighing
- Dressing to remove head, scales, fins, viscera etc.
- Washing in potable water
- Cutting in convenient size (1 cm3)
- Weighing
- Marinating using salt for 60 minutes and draining
- Fry fish pieces in mustard oil till brown colour appears
- Remove the fried pieces, transfer into a clean dry tray and keep it covered
- Pour more oil in the frying pan and fry Indian methi and mustard seeds
- Add paste prepared from garlic, ginger, and green chilli and fry for a while
- Add paste prepared from turmeric, cumin power and chilli powder and fry at low flame
- Add fried fish pieces to the mixture and then add the remaining quantity of salt.
- Stir the content gently taking care not to break the fish pieces
- Add garam masala and stir. Mint leaves may also be used for better flavour.
- Add vinegar
- Cool the contents at room temperature and add sodium benzoate as preservative
- Packing and sealing
- Labelling and storage at room temperature
Ingredients required per kg of fish pieces: Menthi: 4g, Mustard seed: 4g, Garlic (peeled):
100g, Ginger: 25g, Green Chilli: 30g, Turmeric: 5 g, Cumin powder: 30g, Chilli powder: 25g,
Garam masala: 10g, Salt: 60g, Mustard oil: 300ml,
Preservatives: Sodium benzoate: 0.25g, Vinegar: 200 ml.
Management practices
I. General sanitary practices are to be followed during the whole process.
II. Bigger fishes are dressed, beheaded, filleted, and cut into convenient size for use.
II. Bigger fishes are dressed, beheaded, filleted, and cut into convenient size for use.
Fish Pickle
Preparation of Fish Sausage:
The following ingredients are to be procured as tabulated below:
Sl No |
Ingredients |
Quantity (g) |
1 |
Minced fish meat |
1000 |
2 |
Salt |
28.5 |
3 |
Sugar |
21 |
4 |
Polyphosphate |
2.8 |
5 |
Mono sodium glutamate |
2.8 |
6 |
Color solution (5%) |
- |
7 |
Ponceau 4R + carmosine |
1.4 |
8 |
Ginger |
0.7 |
9 |
Garlic |
0.7 |
10 |
Coriander powder |
2.8 |
11 |
Pepper Powder |
2.8 |
12 |
Potassium sorbate |
2.8 |
13 |
Starch |
128 |
14 |
Chilled water |
160 ml |
15 |
Fat (oil) |
71 ml |
Procedure:
- Wash fish repeatedly in chilled water.
- Dress fish by removing head, gut, and fins.
- Pick the meat manually or by using a meat picking machine.
- Mix the ingredients with the minced meat to obtain paste (mixing of all the
ingredients should be done within 15 minutes).
- Stuff the fish paste in animal casing (goat intestine) with a sausage stuffing
machine and seal the ends by putting a knot using the intestine itself.
- Wash the stuffed casing and boil at 70-75°C for 30 minutes.
- Cool in chilled water at 4°C and dry it under a fan.
- Store at refrigerated temperature. It keeps well for 12 days.
Fish Sausage
Preparation of Fish Ball:
The following ingredients are to be procured as tabulated below:
SL.NO. |
INGREDIENTS |
QUANTITY |
1 |
Fish Meat |
1000 g |
2 |
Salt |
20 g |
3 |
Starch |
50 g |
4 |
Onion |
100 g |
5 |
Garlic |
25 g |
6 |
Ginger |
25 g |
7 |
Green Chilli |
10 g |
8 |
Turmeric Powder |
2.5 g |
9 |
Chilli Powder |
7 g |
10 |
Cumin Powder |
5 g |
11 |
Coriander Powder |
3 g |
12 |
M.S.G. |
2 g |
13 |
Egg |
6 nos. |
14 |
Bread Crumbs |
150 g |
15 |
Refined Oil |
200 ml |
Procedure:
- Wash fresh fish in water.
- Dress fish by removing head, gut, and fins.
- Pick the fish meat manually or by using a meat picking machine.
- Fry the chopped onion, garlic, ginger, and green chilli paste in oil.
- Mix the fish meat with corn flour, fried onion, garlic, and green chilli paste.
- Add salt, turmeric powder, chilli powder, cumin powder, coriander powder, and
mix
well.
- Mould 15 g of the dough into balls.
- Steam cook balls for 15 minutes.
- Cool and batter by dipping into egg-white solution.
- Roll over bread crumbs.
- Pack and store in the deep freezer where it can be stored for up to 6 months.
- Fry in oil before use and serve hot as snacks with sauce.
Fish Ball
Preparation of Fish Cutlet:
The following ingredients are to be procured as tabulated below:
SL. NO. |
INGREDIENTS |
QUANTITY |
1. |
Fish meat |
1000g |
2. |
Boiled potatoes |
215g |
3. |
Garlic (chopped) |
14g |
4. |
Ginger (chopped) |
14g |
5. |
Green chilli (chopped) |
4g |
6. |
Onion (chopped) |
128g |
7. |
Salt |
23g |
8. |
Eggs |
6 nos. |
9. |
Bread crumbs |
150g |
10. |
Black pepper powder |
4g |
11. |
Chilli powder |
10g |
12. |
Coriander powder |
3g |
13. |
Garam masala |
7g |
14. |
Mono Sodium Glutamate |
3g |
15. |
Baking powder |
1g |
16. |
Oil |
200mL |
Procedure:
- Dress the fresh fish by removing head scales, guts, and wash thoroughly.
- Pick fish meat free of bones and keep it aside.
- Boil potatoes for 15 minutes, cool, peel, and mash into paste.
- Fry chopped onion, garlic, ginger, green chilli paste in oil.
- Mix fish meat into potato paste, onion, ginger, garlic, green chilli paste
thoroughly.
- Add salt, garam masala powder, pepper powder, chilli powder, coriander powder,
baking powder and mix well.
- Mould 25g of paste into oval or round shaped structures.
- Dip into egg white and roll over bread crumbs.
- Pack in polyethene pouches and store in deep freezer (can be stored for up to
120
days).
- Fry in oil before consumption and serve hot as snack with sauce.
Fish Cutlet
Preparation of Fish Bhujia:
The following ingredients are to be procured as tabulated below:
SL. NO. |
INGREDIENTS |
QUANTITY |
1. |
Fish Meat |
1000 g |
2. |
Rice Flour |
600 g |
3. |
Bengali Gram Flour |
400 g |
4. |
Ginger Paste |
10 g |
5. |
Garlic Paste |
10 g |
6. |
Red Chilli Powder |
20 g |
7. |
Soda |
10 g |
8. |
Salt |
26 g |
9. |
Oil |
2 L |
Procedure:
- Boil the fish meat and make a paste.
- Add rice flour, Bengal gram flour, ginger paste, garlic paste, red chilli
powder,
salt, and soda in it.
- Now make dough of required consistency.
- Cool the bhujia at room temperature and then pack in air tight polythene bags.
- Store it in a dry place at normal temperature.
Fish Bhujia
Preparation of Fish Finger:
The following ingredients are to be procured as tabulated below:
SL.NO. |
INGREDIENTS |
QUANTITY |
1. |
Fish Meat |
1000 g |
2. |
Salt |
20 g |
3. |
Onion |
120 g |
4. |
Garlic |
30 g |
5. |
Ginger |
30 g |
6. |
Green Chili |
20 g |
7. |
Black pepper powder |
1 g |
8. |
Chili Powder |
4 g |
9. |
Cumin Powder |
2 g |
10. |
Coriander Powder |
2 g |
11. |
Gram Flour |
200 g |
12. |
Bread Crumbs |
200 g |
13. |
Refined Oil |
200 ml |
Procedure:
- Dress the fresh fish by removing head scales, guts and wash thoroughly.
- Pick fish meat free of bones and keep it aside.
- Boil potatoes for 15 minutes, cool, peel and mash into paste.
- Fry chopped onions, garlic, ginger, green chilli paste in oil.
- Mix fish meat into potato paste, onion, ginger, garlic, green chilli paste
thoroughly.
- Add salt, garam masala powder, pepper powder, chilli powder, coriander powder,
baking powder and mix well.
- Mould 25g of paste into oval or round-shaped structures.
- Dip into egg white and roll over bread crumbs.
- Pack in polyethene pouches and store in deep freezer (can be stored for up to
120
days).
- Fry in oil before consumption and serve hot as snack with sauce.
Preparation of Fish Flakes/ wafers:
The following ingredients are to be procured as tabulated below:
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Sl. No. |
INGREDIENTS |
QUANTITY |
1. |
Fish meat |
1000g |
2. |
Starch |
1000g |
3. |
Salt |
40g |
4. |
Water |
2.5 litres |
Procedure:
All the ingredients are homogenized into a fine slurry and poured in thin layers
(1mm)
in flat aluminium trays.
Cook in steam.
Cool it.
Cut into desired shape and dry it.
The product swells several times on frying in oil, become crisp and wholesome.