Iftar Recipes
Easy Fried Fish Recipe
Prep Time | 40 minutes |
Cook Time | 20 minutes |
Servings |
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Ingredients
Masala Ingredients For Marinade
- 1 tablespoon coconut oil
- 1 egg
- 2 heaping teaspoon red chilli powder (use more if you want really spicy)
- 1 talespoon Turmeric powder
- 1 tablespoon black pepper powder
- 1 tablespoon corn flour
- 2 inch piece ginger
- 5 garlic cloves
- 1 Salt
- 1 sprig Curry Leaves
Other Ingredients
- 500 grams Fish steaks
- 1/2 cup Sunflower Oil / Vegetable Oil
- 10 sprigs – 6 curry leaves for deep frying
- 5 Lime / Lemon wedges for serving
Ingredients
Masala Ingredients For Marinade
Other Ingredients
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Instructions
- Grind all the Masala ingredients to a fine paste. Don’t add water while grinding. Pulse it several times until you get a fine paste. Rub the paste on the fish steak on both sides and let it marinate for 30 minutes. I used seer fish today.
- Heat sunflower oil in a pan until really hot. Add in the fish steaks and just place a sprig of curry leaf on each one of them.
- After 1.5 to 2 minutes, turn the other side. Turn the curry leaf along. It might very slightly splutter. Be cautious.
- Cook the other side for 1.5 to 2 minutes and remove from oil.
- Drain on paper towel. Serve hot.
- Squeeze a little lime juice on the fried fish just before serving.
NOTES
- Don't let the fish to marinate for more than 30 minutes. I have noticed that the texture of the fish becoming hard if marinated for too long.
- You can omit the curry leaves if you do not like them.
- Always cook fish in really hot oil. That's the trick to getting crisp and juicy fish.
- Fish cooks faster than you think. So eyes on the hot pan. If you cook fish for too long, it might become really dry.