Fish Curry Rice - Baner Pashan Link Road — Restaurant in Pune

Fish Curry Rice

There are very few places where you can enjoy the food at a restaurant and yet you will feel like you are eating at your home. Fish Curry rice is one of those place in my list. I have been visiting FCR since 2010 and enjoying seafood which is one of my personal favourite. I have visited the shaniwar peth and law college outlets many times and as soon as I got a msg from Sandesh Bhatt sir for visiting the Baner outlet I was really excited. The Baner outlet has started their operation since Jan 2018 and is located on baner road opp to the LIC /SBI Building. The ambience of this place is simple yet elegant, there are paintings of popular old Marathi plays put up on the walls and the wooden tables and chairs give it a traditional look, the seating is comfortable. I visited this place for #foodtasting.

Welcome Drink Tival: A kokum based runny drink which had a hint of spicyness from green chilly was good and refreshing.This complimentary drink is served to all the customers who visit FCR.

JiriMira Kadhi: A coconut based kadhi prepared with jeera, pepper, curry leaves and mustard seeds was something unique and was good in taste.

Thecha Bombil Fry: Bombil stuffed with green chilly-garlic thecha was shallow fried with rawa coating. The thecha was perfect on spice level and the bombil was superb in taste. I have never had anything like this before and was surprised to see this dish which turned out really good. #Highlyrecommended

Stuffed Bangada Fry: This dish has recently been introduced under the new menu addition where Bangada was stuffed with coconut and coriander based green chutney and then shallow fried with rawa coating, this one was also brilliantly done, the chutney complimented the bangada fry and was excellent in taste. #Recommended

Surmai Thali: Surmai Fish Fry, Prawns Curry (Goan Style), Bangada Fish Curry (Karwar Style), Chapati/Tandalachi Bhakri, Steamed Rice, Solkadhi. The surmai fish fry was a huge palm sized surmai with rawa coating which was shallow fired and was done neatly, the prawns curry had medium sized prawns in a medium thick curry and was medium spicy, the Bangada curry was prepared in karwar style which was bit spicy and tangy, both curries were prepared with a finely grinded paste of coconut, coriander seeds and bedgi mirchi, the bangada curry was a bit spicy because of the use of Triphal in the same and were truly flavourful and went well with thr rice flour bhakari and hot steamed rice. The in house prepared solkadhi was again superbly done and had the slightly spicy punch. The thali also comes with a green chutney preparead from coconut, pudina, coriander,jeera and pinch of sugar and a red chutney prepared from coconut, bedgi mirchi, tamarind and jeera. Both chutneys are exceptional in taste. I really enjoyed having this scrumptious thali.

Overall: Service was prompt and restaurant was hygienic. The staff was polite and friendly. The Baner outlet is having a good seating capacity of around 80 people and is spacious. The seafood preparation done at FCR is in Goan & Karwar Style whereas the chicken and mutton preparations are done in Mangalorean and Malvani Style. FCR will definitely be in my recommended places list for having seafood. Pricing might appear to be on higher side but I personlly don’t mind paying if I am getting superior quality food with excellent ambience and prompt service.

Location: Near Kapil Complex, Opp to LIC / SBI building, Baner Main Road,...

Fish curry rice is located in the happening streets of baner,the restaurant has a speciality in serving seafood,the restaurant has variety dishes in goan and malwani cuisine,the place has kept the authenticity of goan and malwani food and the place has also brought some twist and turns in some dishes which led to the innovation of new dishes.

The place makes each and every dish in a different flavour curry which makes this place unique and more adorable,the place has large variety of seafood dishes in menu which gives you lot of varieties of seafood to choose and to eat,this place is a must visit for seafood fans,the place gives you all types of curries in a bowl to taste and you can tell the curry which you liked the most to the server and then your fish will be made in that curry which makes you to enjoy your meal to next level.

Coming on to the food which i tried here:

1)TIVAL:This was a kokum based drink,it had a watery consistency and a strong kokum flavour with other spices as soon as drink it you get a strong kokum flavour and then a hit of spice at the end which surprises your tastebuds.

2)SUKAT PAPAD:This was papad topped with sukat,the sukat chutney was made with perfection and went too good with the papad.

3)PADWAN SURMAI:This surmai is cooked in padwan untensil so the name of the dish is padwan surmai,the surmai had a tangy flavour of tomato and subtle flavour of coconut chutney,the taste and flavours were beyond delicious and the surmai was absolutely fresh.HIGHLY RECOMMENDED

4)PRAWNS RAWA FRY:These were crispy fried prawns coated with rawa,the prawns were fried to perfection and had a nice crispy texture and the most important the prawns were not oily at all.

5)MORI FRY:This was baby shark,the baby shark had a tangy marination,the baby shark was fried to perfection,there was not a single drop of oil on the body of the baby shark and as the baby shark has a little thick meat than other fishes,the fish was tasting really good and out of the world.HIGHLY RECOMMENDED

6)THIKLA BANGDA:This was curry based on tomato water due to which it had a tangy flavour and at the same time triphal is used which spices up the curry and the addition of bangda fish gives a whole different flavour to the curry,this dish and this kind of flavour you can only to get at this place.

7)MORI MASALA:This was thick onion based curry with baby shark,the curry had a medium spicy taste and the addition of baby shark enhanced the taste of the dish.HIGHLY RECOMMENDED

8)PRAWNS KICHADI:This is a whole new twist and level of your regular biryani with addition of prawns,this kichadi is cooked in mild spices and in ghee,the kichadi gives nice mild flavours on the palate with the moisture of ghee,the rice in the kichadi was well cooked and fluffy and there was nice balance of the flavours.HIGHLY RECOMMENDED

Top five reasons to visit this place:

1)The place does not use any outside oil for preparing their dishes,only the oily which is obtained from fish is used in preparing the dishes.

2)The place serves authentic food which is very rare and appreciable.

3)The place has variety of options to choose,this gives you a lot of dishes to choose and try.

4)The restaurant uses fresh fish which is the best part of the restaurant.

5)The restaurant is a bliss for seafood lovers,no one will get such unique dishes and...

Before even starting anything, hats off to this place for the freshness of the ingredients and the structure of the dishes maintained. Saying this because this is one of those places where you actually feel like eating fish meat. So much stress is given over the curry/masala at other places that flavours of fish actually fall short to satisfy the craving. Minimilistic yet adequate use of spices at this place won my mind and heart. I was satisfied to the core for all my fish cravings. FCR / Fish Curry Rice is a 2nd generation business run by Mr Sandesh Bhatt.The ambience is not fancy. yet perfect in its own way and gives a homely feeling. The dishes are the steel ones, yes the same ones we use at home.

What we had here was : First thing we had here was Tival which is goan version of solkadhi. The fragrance of greenchilli hinted that this thing is going to be epic and sure it was !!

Onion Kachrya: Onion slices deep fried in rice flour. This didnt exactly made then crisp, but the awesome as being fried in coconut oil.

Padawan Pomfret and Prawns : Star ingredient of this dishes is the masala used .Thick puree made out of coconut , greenchilli and coriander is stuffed inside the pomfret fish and this is then wrapped up in jackfruit leaf and steamed in a vessel called Padawan , hence the name . For prawns, they were marinated in the same masala and cooked using the same process. This literally took the fish to another level.

Bangda Karnataka: Hands down one of the best bangda I have ever eaten . I usually dont like bangda coz of this smell, but here it was no where to be found . The cooking process consists of roasting the chicken is this so called perfect marination which has this strong spiciness and lemony zing to it.

Surmai Palamunji: Big portion of Surmai covered in precooked masala and kept on low flame and allowed to cook. Another generous portion of the masala is applied to it just to keep the dryness away. The masala dominated with coconut and curry leaves flavours and tasted awesome.

Prawns Tihkla: Curry made out of byagdi mirchi powder , coconut and triphal. This resulted into strong spicy and tangy taste which went well with chapati and rice bhakri

Prawns Bhaat / Rice: This thing is gold!! Hands down tasted better than all the masala rice/bhaat/pulaaos I have tasted recently. The amount and taste of the masala prepared for this was just perfect and the way I love it. Flavourful, yet spicy. Roughly perfectly cooked prawns, but just a bit hard , so that they dont get overcooked as they are cooked with the rice, Must try at this place!!

Overall: Apart from the polite staff and ambience , the best thing I would like to highlight here is the experience that get of having the rightly done fishes. I am not a regular fish eater , but this experience somehow satisfies me. This somehow feels right that how a fish should be cooked. We were also served with fresh coconut chutney along with cauliflower chutney. We were also served tasters of all the different fish curries which come along with the main dish in thalis. None of the 4 tasters were even close to each other in terms of flavour. Hats off for maintaining this difference. A must visit place for...