Preparation Time : 15 minutes + marination time
Cooking Time : 8 minutes
Serving : 4 members
Description
This masala is what my mother uses to fry fish . Really tasty . Back home in Coimbatore it’s really difficult to get fresh fish so my liking towards fish was less but once I got married to Tirunelveli the quest for fresh fish was over . any guests from Coimbatore when ever fish is served they go head over heels about the fresh fish . happy fishy Sunday .
Ingredients
Ingredients | Quantity |
|---|---|
| Fish | 1/4 kg |
| green chillies | 4 |
| chilli powder | 1 teaspoon |
| turmeric powder | 1/4 teaspoon |
| cumin powder | 1/4 teaspoon |
| pepper powder | 1/4 teaspoon |
| salt | to taste |
| small onion | 3 |
| juice of lime | 1/2 |
| curry leaves | few |
| ginger garlic paste | 1/2 tea spoon each |
| egg | 1 beaten ( use 1/2 of the beaten egg ) |
| coconut oil | 1 tablespoon to shallow fry each piece of fish |
MethodÂ
- Grind all the ingredients together except for fish and coconut oil to shallow fry to a nice smooth paste . Taste and adjust .
- Marinate fish in this masala and top with few whole curry leaves for 2 hours or more . ( My mom keeps it closed with a mesh lid under the sun till it has to be fried ) heat coconut oil to shallow fry .
- Shallow fry the fish to get a crisp crust on top and a soft inside on both sides . Serve hot .
