Amritsari Macchi - Punjabi Style Pomfrets

Here is a delicious fried fish dish known as "Amritsari Macchi", with the flavor of Ajwain (also known as carom, ajowan, or bishop's weed), which is a delicacy in Punjabi cuisine. "Ajwain" is a herb also known as Bishops Weed. This beneficial herb is used in culinary process as spice as well as a major ingredient of different kind of medicines. Ajwain seeds are small in size but taste hot, penchant and bitter. It acts as good appetizer and laxative and used to treat abdominal pains. 

This dish makes an excellent snack as well as a starter to a meal. The Punjabis mostly make this dish using boneless pieces of fish and the fish mostly used is Sole, but I have used whole Pomfrets to make this legendary "Amritsari Macchi".