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Muddoshi or LadyFish is a fresh water fish and is extremely tasty. It is easy to clean this fish. It is very delicate and it’s meat is whitish in colour. Apart from making muddoshi fish curry/hooman with this, you can also fry this fish with rava. I prefer rava fried fish as it is simple to cook. We Goans, try different types of dishes with fish and fish fry is one of them. A normal fish thali/plate in Goan homes will always have atleast one piece of fried fish along with rice, fish curry, sukha(dry) fish curry,salad and kadi. You can find a variety of fish recipes on my blog.

But it is true that we do not eat river fish. We eat only sea fish and that too fish which are known to us. If you get some unknown fish and ask us to cook and eat, we will never do that. In Goa, every morning you will notice fisher women selling fish. They go from door to door selling fish in “paatle” or big tubs made of bamboo or cane. Fish is a common dish for lunch in every home in Goa. Majority of the people in Goa eat veg food without onion and garlic on Monday and Thursday. They crave for fish on these days, yet they prefer staying due to their family customs and traditions.

Ingredients:                                                       Prep. Time: 30 Min’s
4-5 Muddoshi/Ladyfish WhittingFor marinating the fish:
1 tablespoon turmeric powder
2 tablespoon’s chili powder
1 tablespoon saltFor Frying the fish:
2-4 tbsp oil for frying fish

For coating the fish:
1 cup rava / semolina
1 tsp chilly powder
1 tsp turmeric powder
1/4 tsp salt

Procedure:
Wash the fish till its clean. Cut the head and remove the scales. If not cut, then cut it into 2-3 pieces. I normally get fish which is cleaned and cut from the local fish store.

After cleaning and washing the fish, apply the ingredients meant for marination. Do not add any extra water. Since the fish is cleaned, it will be wet and all the ingredients meant for marination will stick to the fish. Keep this aside for 20 Min’s preferably in a fridge.

Mix the all the ingredients meant for coating the fish in a big plate. So you will now get rava mixed with salt and the chilly and turmeric powder.

Dip the fish in this rawa. Ensure that it is covered with rawa on all sides.

I have used the shallow frying method to fry fish. So heat the frying pan and spread 1 tablespoon oil. Add more if required. Place the fish on the pan and fry on low flame. Spread 1/2 tbsp oil on top of the fish while frying.
After 10 minutes turn them to the other side. Fry them for 20 minutes.
You know they are done when they turn brown.

Note: Always fry fish on low flame and do not cover it while frying. Marinated fish will stay fresh in deep freezer for upto 2 weeks. Just thaw and fry.