Flathead Fish | Kukkar
₨ 750
Many say it’s the greatest Arabian sea fish for fish-n-chips. A light tempura-style batter keeps the sweet meat wet, flaky, and soft, which tends to dry out with other cooking methods.
The fish weighs 300–1 kg.
All seafood pricing and billings are based on pre-cleaning/cutting weight. The cutting type determines the delivered net weight.
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Introduction
Flathead Fish or Kukkar fish is a cheap, delicious dinner fish with great meat. Steamed, poached, pan-fried, or grilled. Many say it’s the greatest Arabian sea fish for fish-n-chips.
Flathead — Kukkar is eaten with chips and tartare or mayonnaise and has juicy, flaky, and soft sweet meat that tends to dry out with typical cooking methods.
Flavor Profile
Flathead Fish meat is white and delicious, tougher than channel catfish. Like lobster when grilled.
Nomenclature
Flathead (English)
Local: Kukkar
Scientific: Platycephalidae
This sea fish inhabits Benthic locations with sand or coral rubble bottoms as its primary habitat.
Catching Method
Gillnets and bottom trawls catch this fish.
Physical Qualities
This fish is scaled. The head is fairly depressed and the body is lengthy. It has 3 preopercular spines. The vomer contains two patches of teeth.
The sea fish is usually grey or brown with a white body underneath.
Size
The Average Size of this fish is 0.2 kilogram to 1 kg. However, bigger sizes are sometimes available.
Cutting Styles
Slices, boneless fillets, and fingers favor.
Approx. Cutting Yields
Whole: 100%
Gutted: 80%
Headless and gutted: 60%
Slices: 60%
Boneless: 37%
Preferences for cooking
Kids prefer flathead to fried and tempura-style fish n chips.
Health benefits
Healthy for the heart, lowers blood pressure, and boosts immunity.
Strengthens bones
Skin and hair health improve
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