Indian Mackerel / Bhangda / Kembung / Aiyla meen / Bangude Fish


Indian Mackerel fish is widely distributed in the Indo Pacific region. The Indian Mackerel or Bhangda is an oily fish found in warm shallow waters along the coasts of India and Western Pacific oceans.

It is a delicious, nutritious with an intense creamy taste packed with rich Omega-3 fatty acids. Unlike other white fish, Bhangda should be fresh as it tends to turn faster than other varieties of fish.

The fishing season starts very early in about August in the southern zone and lasts till February. In the Central zone the season starts at about the same time and lasts till March-April. In the northern the fishery starts late by about October-November and lasts till about March. Peak catches occur in October-November.

This is a fairly meaty fish with fairly light flesh that is milder than most mackerel, but definitely could not be called “fish lite“. There is a substantial streak of dark meat under the skin along the lateral line.

Small bony fish like this take a little special handling to be easily edible and not take too much time to prepare. The instructions below will produce good results with minimum effort. They will also work with other small bony fish.

Method:
  1. First scale and clean the fish the normal way.
  2. Make a cut to the backbone behind the collar on both sides.
  3. Use your kitchen shears to cut through the backbone.
  4. Use your kitchen shears to cut off the skirts diagonally
  5. Find all the rib bones, full length or cut short with the skirts, and pull them out with your long nose pliers.
  6. Lightly powder with rice or wheat flour and fry. Deep frying is easiest but you can pan fry them in about 1/8 inch of oil. If you pan fry, you can finish brown them by stand them upright, they’ll have spread out so they’ll stand up.
  7. Pull the fins, full length, from both top and bottom. This removes all the most pesky tiny bones and just leaves a groove where the fins were.
  8. Serve whole if desired. It’s easy to eat the flesh off the main bones.

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