When last did you have Fish Choka? Or should I ask, have you ever had Fish Choka? It is food made simple that is simply delicious.
Fish Choka is fish that has been cooked, bones removed, flaked, and mixed with aromatics and fresh herbs. That’s it. I told you, it is food made simple. Growing up, weekday protein for us was fish and shrimp, mostly fish, and a lot of it. Fish was curried, stewed, fried, and baked. And then mommy introduced us to Fish Choka, something from her childhood days. Fish Choka quickly became a favourite for us kids because it meant that there were different ways we could eat the Choka – stuffed in fried bakes, or the cut pockets of Sadha roti, Tennis Rolls, sandwiched between slices of bread or eaten with Paratha roti, just as one would when eating sardines and roti. Actually, I think that some people refer to fish when prepared like choka, as being sardined.
