Indian Fried Fish Food

INDIAN FRIED FISH

Steps:

• Wash the fish thoroughly and add a teaspoon of turmeric and salt and rinse again. This helps in removing raw smell from the fish considerable.
• Make a batter of chilli powder,remaining turmeric powder, coriander powder, ginger garlic, garam masala. besan (gram flour)and salt with little water.
• Dip the fish in the batter one by one and keep aside. Marinate for 30 minutes or you can skip it.
• Heat oil in a skillet and fry fish until brown, turning once and frying on the other side till brown. Serve hot with lemon wedges and onion.

FISH FRY RECIPE (PAN FRIED CRISPY FISH)

Steps:

• Add the following ingredients to a plate. - salt, ginger garlic paste, red chilli powder, turmeric, garam masala, coriander powder and lemon juice.
• Mix all of these together to make a paste. Taste the marinade and adjust salt or spice as needed.
• Rinse the fish fillets thoroughly. If using a fish like salmon, make slits on the fillet.
• Apply this marinade to the fish pieces. If needed add 1 tsp of water to apply the paste well. Set this aside.
• Add flour, salt, red chili powder and curry leaves. Mix all of these. Taste this and adjust salt or spice as needed.
• Place the fish in flour mixture. Make sure flour coats well on to the fish on both the sides. Fish looks floury at this stage. Set this aside till the dry flour turns moist.
• The moisture in the fish makes the flour damp and it sticks well to the fish. This takes around 10 to 15 minutes.
• Heat a griddle, pan or tawa. Add 2 tbsp oil and spread it well.
• Heat it on a low flame. Fry the fish fillets till crusty on both the sides.
• Be gentle while flipping the fish otherwise the masala comes out.
• Fish can be pan fried or shallow fried both yield almost the same result.
• Garnish fish fry with sliced onion and grated carrot. Serve with a meal or as an appetizer.
• After the second marination, Gently brush a generous amount of oil over the fillet. heat the oven at 170 C for 15 minutes and grill for about 25 minutes. You may need to grill for more or long depending on the thickness of the fillet or the variety of fish.

EASY INDIAN MEAL WITH FISH FRY

Steps:

• Fish fry : cut fish into desired pieces.
• Place all ingredients in the blender to make a paste.
• marinate the fish 15 min - overnight.
• place the marinated fish in the air fryer for 8min each side with 350 F.
• serve with red onions cut.
• Veg.Stew(Sambar): mix all the ingredients until water to cover in pressure cooker.
• cook on stove top until the whistle blows.
• turn off the burner and wait until the pressure knob goes down.
• Add tamarind pulp.
• In a separate pan fry mustard seeds.
• when it pops add red chilies and curry leaves.
• turn off the burner.
• add the above into the pressure cooker.
• mix well and serve with rice and fish fry.