STIR FRIED BABY SHARK FISH FLAKES (SURA MEEN PUTTU)

Hi! Everyone, thanks for following my blog Ruku's Authentic Kitchen Flavors where real food recipes are shared. Today I am glad to share with you a recipe which is called Sura Puttu. Everyone have their own version of doing this dish.  This is how the way my mom does it. The combination of spices gives it taste and aroma. It's one of the favorite dish my family enjoys. Hope you try it at home. Enjoy!

INGREDIENTS
1 kg sura meen (baby shark)
3 big onions (diced)
5 cloves of garlic (finely diced)
Thumb size ginger (finely diced)
5 green chilies (finely diced)
2 sprigs of curry leaves
1½ tablespoon fennel seeds
1 cinnamon stick
½ teaspoon turmeric powder (to be added during boiling of the fish)
½ teaspoon turmeric powder (to be added during stir fry of the fish flakes)
½ teaspoon black pepper powder
2 eggs
4-5 tablespoons oil
Salt to taste

PREPARATION METHOD

FIRST STEP

BOILING THE FISH

1. Cut the sura meen into pieces without the skin. 
2. Boil water in a pot, add in the sura meen pieces, turmeric powder and salt. 
3. Cook till soft. Drain the water and cool it down. 
4. Then take out the bones and flake it with a fork or you can use your hands (whichever way you want to do it) and keep aside.

SECOND STEP
TO STIR FRY THE FISH FLAKES

1. Heat up oil in a wok, add cinnamon sticks and fennel seeds. 
2. Then add in the diced onions, ginger, garlic, green chilies and curry leaves. (it is up to your own personal preferences how fine you want your ginger, garlic and green chilies to be diced. If you want to crushed the ginger and garlic you can too).
3. Saute for about 5 minutes till the onions starts to get brown. 
4. Then add in the fish flakes, turmeric powder and salt. Mix all ingredients till well combined. (Please note that we have added salt while boiling the fish. Therefore, check salt before adding.)
5. Once the moisture of the fish flakes have reduced and it is getting a bit brown, beat the eggs and pour over it. Stir until all mixture gets together and nicely combined.
6. Best eaten with rice.