Skate or Ray (Pakat) Fish Lonvas is a cooling curry apt for the warm summer weather.
It’s a fish you sometimes love, and sometimes don’t. Friends who visit from abroad are always surprised that they’re eating shark fish fingers (Mom’s speciality). Then comes the explanation that mushi as we call it is actually a milk shark and is commonly eaten in India. It’s eaten simply fried with bottle masala, turned into cutlets, or used in curries like the lonvas. And if you know how to make a pakat lonvas, you can easily make a mushi lonvas. The recipe is fairly easy.

Mushi / Shark Lonvas Curry
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Ingredients
- 2 Shark Fish
- 12 Garlic Cloves or Garlic Flakes
- 8 pieces Amboshi (Sun dried mango)
- 2 sprigs Curry Leaves
- 2 Tablespoons Bottle Masala
- 4 Tablespoons Coconut Ground
- 2 Green Chillies
- 2 Tablespoons Oil
- 1 Tablespoon Salt
- 1 Tablespoon Rice Flour Optional
- 500 ml Water
Instructions
- Cut the shark fish into 2-inch pieces. (We usually get the fisher lady to do this for us.)
- Crush the garlic with a mortar and fry it in oil for 2 minutes.
- Add the chilies, salt, coconut, bottle masala, and curry leaves and 200 ml water and cook on a high flame for about 5 minutes.
- Add the amboshi and about 300 ml more water and cook for another 2 minutes (still on the high flame.)
- If you want the curry thicker, you can mix rice flour and a little water. Add this to the curry and let it boil for a minute.
- Lastly, add the fish pieces and continue cooking on the high flame for about 3 minutes till done.
- Serve with plain rice or rotis or chitiaps.
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Notes
Nutrition (Per Serving)
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