Fish fry recipe – This delicious, crispy & spicy fish fry makes for a great appetizer or a side to a meal. A simple vegetable salad or sliced onion compliment the fish fry. It can be served as a side with any variety rice like Ghee rice, cumin or Jeera rice, simple coconut rice. However it also goes great with plain rice and simple rasam or this tamarind rasam. This recipe is very easy to follow, a bachelor’s recipe and yields a tasty crispy fish.
To make this easy fish fry, fish needs double marination. First marination for the fish to absorb all the flavors and spice. Second marination to give a crust to the fish.
This simple fish fry recipe can be used to grill or shallow fry or pan fry the fish. All methods yield crusty fish and is best served immediately.
If you do not have besan or gram flour, you can substitute with corn flour. But using besan or gram flour gives the flavor of a pakora.
1. Mix all the ingredients under first marination i.e ginger garlic paste, lemon juice, salt,garam masala, turmeric and chilli powder. Taste the marinade and adjust salt if needed.
3. I also powder half tsp saunf and little ajwain . Add all the second marination ingredients to a plate. Mix well and taste it. Adjust salt if needed.
4. Coat the fish in the dry flour mix on both the sides. Set aside in a plate.
5. Leave it for about 15 minutes for the dry flour to become moist and cling well to the fish.
6. It can be tawa fried till crusty. For tawa fry add 3/4 tbsp oil to a hot pan and spread it well. Fry on both the sides, take care while you flip the fillet otherwise it may break. Fry few curry leaves along with the fish to garnish.
7. For shallow fry, use oil as needed. I suggest using a small pan if shallow frying, the amount of oil needed will be less.
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.
Prep: 30min
Total: 40min
Serving Size: 1 serving
Nutrition Facts: calories 201 kcal, Carbohydrate 6 g, Protein 34 g, Fat 3 g, Saturated Fat 1 g, Cholesterol 83 mg, Sodium 102 mg, Fiber 1 g, servingSize 1 serving
Ingredients:
- ½ kg fish ((pieces or fillets))
- 2 tbsp Oil (or as needed)
- 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)
- 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)
Instruction:
- The moisture in the fish makes the flour damp and it sticks well to the fish. This takes around 10 to 15 minutes.
- 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.
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