Scrumptious Kerala Fish Patties

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• 1 (15 ounce) can tuna fish
• 1 (7 ounce) can tuna fish
• 2 small potatoes, boiled and mashed
• 1/2 cup cooked green peas
• 1 -2 tablespoon coconut oil
• 2 teaspoons ground cumin
• 2 teaspoons ground coriander
• 1 teaspoon ground turmeric
• 1 teaspoon pure ground red chili powder (not the chili spice mix)
• 2 medium onions, finely chopped
• 1 inch ginger, finely chopped
• 4 cloves garlic, finely minced
• 1 teaspoon garam masala
• 2 teaspoons tomato paste (optional)
• 2 -3 tablespoons fresh cilantro, finely chopped
• 3 green chilies, finely chopped (and seeded if desired)
• salt, to taste
• 2 eggs, beaten well
• 2 -3 cups breadcrumbs
• coconut oil or other vegetable oil, for shallow frying

Recipe

• 1 drain and flake the tuna.
• 2 mix together the ground cumin, coriander, turmeric and chile powder.
• 3 heat a tablespoon of oil in a skillet and fry the fish for about 5 minutes, along with one teaspoon of the blended spices, until no liquid remains.
• 4 remove fish and place in a medium sized bowl.
• 5 add a little more oil to the skillet and then saute the onions till golden brown.
• 6 add the ginger and garlic and saute a couple of minutes more.
• 7 add the rest of the spice mix and saute a little longer, then add the tomato paste, cilantro, green chiles and garam masala and heat through.
• 8 add this spicy onion mixture, along with the mashed potatoes and cooked green peas, to the fish in the bowl, and mix well.
• 9 do not add too much potato, just enough to bind the fish.
• 10 shape into patties, then dip into the beaten eggs, then in the bread crumbs placed in a shallow bowl, into the egg once again, followed again by the bread crumbs.
• 11 you can do the egg-bread crumbling procedure just once, but doing it twice makes for crunchier patties.
• 12 saute patties in hot coconut oil until brown on all sides.
• 13 drain on paper towels and serve.