Fish fry recipe (Pan fried crispy fish)
Fish fry recipe made with basic ingredients in South Indian style. Crispy, delicious and flavorful fish fry can be served as a appetizer or as a side in a meal.
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Ingredients (1 cup = 240ml )
- ½ kg fish (pieces or fillets)
- 2 tbsp Oil or as needed
First marination
- 1 tbsp ginger garlic paste or grated
- Lemon juice as needed
- Salt as needed
- ¼ tsp turmeric powder
- ¾ tsp garam masala or any spice powder
- ½ tsp coriander powder (optional)
- ½ tsp red chili powder or smoked paprika
Second marination
- 1 ½ tbsp rice flour or all purpose flour
- 1 ½ tbsp besan or gram flour (substitute corn flour)
- Salt as needed
- ¼ to ½ tsp red chilli powder or paprika
- 1 sprig curry leaves chopped finely or any herbs
How to make the recipe
Preparation for fish fry
- 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.
How to make fish fry
- 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.
For grilling the fish
- 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.
NUTRITION (estimation only)
Calories: 201kcal | Carbohydrates: 6g | Protein: 34g | Fat: 3g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 83mg | Sodium: 102mg | Potassium: 535mg | Fiber: 1g | Vitamin A: 200IU | Vitamin C: 0.6mg | Calcium: 21mg | Iron: 1.3mg