Crispy pan fried fish in Indian style.You can use the marination for any fish and make this recipe. Buying the exact fish here is the biggest task. I wanted to get king fish but i got only the red snapper. It was still good but too small and had lot of bones. But many like the small fish variety as they are tastier and crispier when it comes to fish fry.Deep frying in oil makes the fish hard. So, i would say try to pan fry the fishes. You save lot of oil and better for health.
You can adjust the spice level according to your taste. This spicy aromatic fish fry can be eaten as an appetizer or goes well with rice and some curry. There are different ways of preparing a fish fry. This is a simple and tasty one to start with. You can do masala fish fry, kerala style fish fry and so on.
Some add flour to it, but i feel it is not needed for now. This requires minimal oil but still had a crunchy outer and taste palatable. My friend always mentions to me that a sunday afternoon is not complete without a fish fry 🙂 . Its so easy to make, healthy and tasty! what else do you need for a blissful lunch :)! I would say do not overcrowd the pan when frying the fish.The final coat of rice flour gives that crispy texture and makes it stay crispy longer.
Fish Fry
Author: Suganya Hariharan
Recipe type: Main
Cuisine: Indian
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Serves: 10 pieces
Ingredients
- Fish - 10 pieces ( small ones) or big 5 pieces.
- Coriader powder - 1 tbsp
- Chilli powder - 1 tbsp
- ginger garlic paste - 1 tbsp
- coriander keaves - 1 tbsp, chopped finely
- Curry leaves - 1 tbsp, chopped finely
- turmeric powder - 2 tsp
- Lemon juice - ¼ cup
- pepper powder - 2 tsp
- Oil - 2 tbsp
- salt- as needed
- rice flour - 1½ tbsp
Instructions
- Clean fish and wash it well by rubbing with salt.
- In a mixing bowl, add red chilli powder,coriander powder, cumin powder, turmeric powder,pepper powder, lime juice, salt,chopped curry leaves,chopped coriander leaves,oil and ginger garlic paste. Sprinkle little water to make it as a paste consistency.
- Then add the fish to it and mix well. make sure each piece is coated well with the masalas.Marinate for 20- 30 minutes.Sprinkle rice flour over the fish and coat it well.
- heat oil in a pan. I used dosa tawa, and toast the fish until the fish turns golden red in color and turn and toast the other side too. It approximately takes 8-10 minutes. You can deep fry too.
Notes
you can use coconut oil or normal oil.
You can serve this with lemon wedges and onions.
You can serve this with lemon wedges and onions.
It is great to have as an appetizer and can also be served with rasam/sambhar and rice.
I am seriously just loving all the spices and incredible flavours going on in this fish fry! I definitely need to make the recipe.. thanks for sharing it!
thank you Thalia 🙂 Try and let me know how it turns out! Cant wait 🙂
Gorgeous fish! I must try this recipe out very soon!
🙂 thank you 🙂 memoria 🙂 try and let me know how it turns out
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Thank u shobana 🙂
I love the first photo in this post Suki! Your fried fish looks so good!
Thank you Shareba 🙂 you should try it too! It was yum!