Shutki is a spicy preparation of dried fish using Bombay Duck or lotka and Shidol, either fried with onions and garlic or cooked with vegetables like eggplant and pumpkin.
Author: Meghalee Das
Recipe type: Dinner
Cuisine: Indian
Serves: 4
Ingredients
Method 1
Dried lotka/ loitta: 200 gm
Chopped onions: 1 large or 2 medium
Chopped garlic: 8 pods
Slit green chillies: 3
Ginger paste: 1 tbsp
Chilli powder: 1 tbsp
Kashmiri mirch: 1 tbsp
Turmeric: ½ tsp
Cumin powder: ½ tsp
Mustard oil: ½ cup
Salt to taste
Method 2 additional ingredients
Diced long eggplant: 2 cups
Diced potatoes: 2 cups
Method
Method 1
Thoroughly wash the dried fish and soak it in warm water for an hour. Shred it with your hands or cut into pieces.
Heat mustard oil and fry onions, garlic, chilles and ginger paste. Add half the dried fish (100 gm) and fry it with some salt, chilli powder, Kashmiri mirch, turmeric and cumin powder till the fish is cooked. It will take hardly 15 min. Serve with steamed white rice.
Method 2
Heat mustard oil and fry onions, garlic, chilles and ginger paste. Add eggplant and potatoes and fry a bit.
Add the remaining dried fish (100 gm) and fry it with some salt, chilli powder, Kashmiri mirch, turmeric and cumin powder.
Add ¼ cup water and cover for 10 min or till the potatoes are cooked. Serve with steamed white rice.
Recipe by The Saffron Platter at https://thesaffronplatter.com/1270-dried-bombay-duck-or-lotkaloitta-shutki.html