KERALA STYLE FISH FRY (MEEN VARUTHATHU) RECIPE

INGREDIENTS

• King fish steaks - 4-5 of medium size

• Ginger & garlic paste - 1- 1½tsp each

• Kashmiri chilly powder - 1 - 1½ tsp

• Turmeric powder - ¼ tsp

• Whole pepper - ¼- 1/2 tsp

• Lime juice - 1-2 tsp

• Salt

• Coconut oil

INSTRUCTIONS

1. Apply little salt and lime juice on the fish pieces and wash it with water. Drain the water. Grind together ingredients listed from ginger- garlic to salt into a fine paste adding a little water. Make gashes in the fish pieces and marinate the pieces with the ground paste. Keep the marinated fish for half an hour. Heat oil in a pan and shallow fry the fish pieces.Serve with onion rings and a slice of lime.

NOTES
Please adjust the qty of spices to suit your taste. The ground paste should not be watery (1/2 - 1 tsp of water is enough while grinding the masala). I usually fry the fish pieces on low-medium flame. Also you can add some fresh curry leaves while frying the fish pieces. You can use the same masala for any kind of fish.
King fish steaks – 4-5 of medium sizeGinger & garlic paste – 1- 1 1/2tsp eachKashmiri chilly powder – 1 – 1 1/2 tspTurmeric powder – 1/4 tspWhole pepper – 1/4- 1/2 tspLime juice – 1-2 tspSalt

1. Coconut oil
2. Apply little salt and lime juice on the fish pieces and wash it with water. Drain the water. Grind together number 2 ingredients into a fine paste adding a little water. Make gashes in the fish pieces and marinate the pieces with the ground paste. Keep the marinated fish for half an hour. Heat oil in a pan and shallow fry the fish pieces.Serve with onion rings and a slice of lime.

Notes: Please adjust the qty of spices to suit your taste. The ground paste should not be watery (1/2 – 1 tsp of water is enough while grinding the masala). I usually fry the fish pieces on low-medium flame. Also you can add some fresh curry leaves while frying the fish pieces. You can use the same masala for any kind of fish.