fish fry recipe. Indian fish recipes

fish fry recipe

There are so many ways a it can be fried, I have shared 2 recipes in this post. The Andhra fish fry recipe made from curried fish is at the second half of this post.
 

Method – step by step photos on simple fish fry recipe

1. Add some salt to fish and wash it. Drain water completely. I have used a single fillet weighing 250 grams. You can increase the quantity of ingredients proportionately if you are using more fish. Do not use too much masala powder, red chili powder and ginger garlic paste for marination. It will taste bitter. For added spice, sprinkle more spice powders at step 5.

2. Make a paste of salt, red chili powder, garam masala, turmeric and lemon juice. Marinate with this. Set aside for just 10 minutes.

3. Heat a heavy bottom pan with 1 tbsp. oil or ghee. If deep frying use oil. If pan frying, to get an Andhra taste, use ghee. To get a kerala taste use coconut oil. But any oil will do as well.

4. You can shallow fry, deep fry or pan fry, use oil accordingly. I suggest using a small pan, so less oil can be used to fry.

5. When the oil becomes just hot enough, place the fish in the oil and fry on a medium flame. After 3 to 4 minutes flip it and then repeat frying. When it is almost done, add some curry leaves and fry. It adds flavour to the fish. If you are pan frying and want to make a spicy fish fry, sprinkle more of red chili powder, pepper powder or garam masala now (not for deep fry or shallow fry).

6. Drain it on an absorbent paper. Switch off the stove. fish fry is ready. Garnish with onion wedges and serve.

Ingredients (240 ml cup used)

• Oil or ghee as needed
• 250 grams fish pieces or fillet
• Salt as needed
• 2 to 3 pinches of turmeric
• 1 tbsp. Lemon juice or as needed
• ¾ tsp ginger garlic paste
• ¼ to ¾ tsp red chili powder
• ¼ to ½ tsp garam masala powder

Instructions

1. Apply salt to fish and rinse it well. Drain thoroughly. Mix all the ingredients except oil. Apply to the fish. Keep this aside for 10 minutes. It absorbs flavors well.
2. Heat a small pan with oil or ghee. When the oil turns hot enough fry it for about 3 to 4 minutes. Then flip it to the other side. Fry again till it is fried properly. Add curry leaves and fry until crisp. Drain to a kitchen tissue.
3. Serve with onion wedges.

Adjust the masala to suit your taste