Indian Food

Milspec said:
Great question:

I'll share my experience :

Pompano: Will replace Pomfret one to one on the grill, and will work well for goan dishes like recheido. It will better replace the the fish I know as halwa in Maharashtra, which looks like a big black pomfret. Pompano also does extemely well in South type curries with coconut milk, type preparation. They are also sturdy enough to go on the grill whole.

Swai and Cod : Are good replacements for Surmai. Both are a little more softer. Both of these fishes will work well for Fish curry, Cod tend to break when over cooked, Swai will hold up better to tikka.

Mahi Mahi is similar to Cod, but tastes better, and just like cod, it's works pretty well fried, smaller fillets don't do very well on the grill unless you are very careful.

Rohu/Rui: I can't distinguish between rui maach/ Rohu, and the Silver carp found here. They taste exactly the same. People who like river fish and can deal with bones will like these.

Other stuff to explore;

Other fishy stuff I discovered in the US:

Salmon, If you can develop the taste, i.e stand the smell; which my wife informs me is quite strong, these are great fish to eat. I cannot eat steamed fish like white folks, these are extremely easy to cook, works extremely well a skillet. Salmon/Trouts(steelhead) can be extremely good post-workout protein.

Although EEL's look is funky, they are really oily fish. First time I had it was in a sushi restaurant, now I am hooked. So eels are cool, work great on the grill and the skillet, pair it with some garlic and chillies, you are good.

If you do intend to catch fish someday, Bass tastes good, I have caught smallmouth largemouth, rock bass, all of them taste ok on the grill with bright spices.

Edit: Forgot to mention Mackeral, or as we call it bangda, so a common fish. Great fish for experimenting with spices and shallow pan frying.
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By the virtue of being in Bay Area we get Rohu, Katla, Pomfret, Hilsa and Surmai :).
 
RATHORE said:
Interesting tips. My father was a pomfret fanatic when he lived in India; but according to him most of the pomfret is gone now due to overfishing/foreign demand and the remaining ones (that we get in ethnic food stores here) are smaller than the ones he used to eat.

Very tasty though, I had a fried pomfret one time during a layover in Singapore.
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We do get Indian pomfrets in Lion and Ranch 99 stores (Bay Area). You are in L.A. area right ? I thought at least pomfrets would be available over there.
 
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Bali78 said:
By the virtue of being in Bay Area we get Rohu, Katla, Pomfret, Hilsa and Surmai :).
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I did too, in Artesia when I lived in Huntington beach, since moving to Co, it's kind of difficult. The most we can get is Bombay Pomfret at H Mart.
 
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Bali78 said:
We do get Indian pomfrets in Lion and Ranch 99 stores (Bay Area). You are in L.A. area right ? I thought at least pomfrets would be available over there.
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Yup, we get pomfret here in the LA Area stores too (Ranch 99 and other Asian/Indian places).
 
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Milspec said:
I did too, in Artesia when I lived in Huntington beach, since moving to Co, it's kind of difficult. The most we can get is Bombay Pomfret at H Mart.
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Holy shit you used to live near Artesia? When was this, I'm over there pretty much all the time...
 
Milspec said:
07-12, lived in long beach & Huntington beach. Moved to co in 13.
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Very interesting, for all we know, we could've actually run into each other at some point. Although I wasn't even on any defense forums back then.
 
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