Fish with Cheese Sauce

Ingredients

• Fish Fillets 8 (750 g)
• Lemon juice 1 tbsp.
• Salt 1 tsp
• Flour (Maida) for dusting about 2 tbsp
• Oil for deep-frying
• Chopped greens for garnish
• Batter:
• Flour (Maida) ½ cup (60 g)
• Oil 1 tbsp. (15 g)
• Water ½ cup (120 g)
• Egg, white only 1
• Salt 1 tsp or to taste
• For Sauce:
• Milk 2 cups (480 g)
• Flour (Maida) 2 tbsp. (15 g)
• Oil 1 tbsp. (15 g)
• Salt 1 tsp or to taste
• Powdered black pepper (Pissi Kali Mirch) ¼ tsp
• Cheese, grated 1 cup (120 g)

Preparation

• Marinate fish, lemon juice and salt for 5 minutes and wash off.

• From the batter ingredients, mix together the flour, salt and oil. Add the water gradually, mix into a batter and keep aside.

• Make the Cheese Sauce

• with the sauce ingredients .

• Wash and wipe the fish dry. Dust lightly with flour, patting off any excess flour.

• Heat oil for frying, and while it is heating, whip egg-white stiff and fold into the batter.

• When oil is ready, dip the fish into the batter, shake off the excess and fry to a very light golden on both sides. Place it on an absorbent paper to drain off the excess fat.

• Immediately before serving, fry the fish once again in hot oil, drain and arrange in a serving dish. Pour some of the hot cheese sauce over it (serving the rest of it on the side) and garnish with the greens.