Receta Fish Pie Recipe
Fish pie was a regular
dish amma used to make for special guests whenever she had to serve a two
or three course dinner. It is a
substitute for fish molie / fish masala/ fish
pollichathu and is an easy to
make dish which goes well with
bread or dinner rolls.... All the preparation can
be done ahead of time and baking can be done just
prior to serving..... Surprisingly I
found fish pie was my mother in law’s favorite also:)...and
now it’s my favorite too.... Both the recipes are slightly different and today I am sharing my mother in
laws recipe here.... will share amma’s recipe another time :).....
Fish Pie Recipe
Preparation
time – 25 mints
Cooking
time – 10 mints + 45 mints baking time
Ingredients:
Boil
- cleaned fish with little salt, remove all the bones and flake/mince with a fork
- - 2 cups of mince
- Finely
- minced onion – 1 cup
- All
- purpose flour / Maida – 4 tbsp
- Egg
- -4, separate yolk and white
- Pepper
- powder – ¾ to 1 tsp
Method:
Heat
butter in a pan and sauté minced onion until brown.
Remove from heat and add
all-purpose flour / maida mix well.
Whisk in milk without any lumps and
cook, stirring over medium heat until the mixture thickens well.
Turn off the
heat and add beaten egg yolks and mix very well.
Into this mixture add fish,
tomato ketchup, lime juice, pepper powder and mix well.
Check salt and if
needed add to taste.
Beat egg whites until stiff in a clean grease free bowl.
Gently fold egg whites to the fish mixture.
Grease an 8” round / square oven
proof dish, pour the mixture in it and bake in the centre rack of a pre-heated
oven 180°C
/ 350°F for 45-50 minutes or until golden on all sides.
Slice and serve hot
with bread slices or dinner rolls and ketchup.
Fleshy
fish like King fish (Motha), Seer Fish (Neimeen)
or any white fish fillet are good for making fish pie.
Remove all bones of the fish; it’s not nice to bite
on fish bones in a pie :)...
You can either bake it as a whole pie in an 8” dish
and serve as slices or can bake in individual ramekins for individual serving
too… baking time will vary.
You can bake this in Conventional Microwave ~
MW+CON 200°C/390°F, power level-30% for 15-20 minutes.
You can also add finely chopped carrots or any
other veggies to the pie mixture, but we like it plain.