Fish Fry Recipe - Kerala Style Fish Split
A non-veg Kerala Recipes recipe with fish fillet, ginger garlic paste, red chilli powder - (adjust). Ready in 1h 5m, serves 2.
Curated byAditya Nair🇮🇳
Instructions
11 steps- 1
To begin making the Meen Varuthathu Recipe - Kerala Style Fish Fry, wash and clean the fish well
fish fillet(5) - 2
Drain off the excess water
- 3
Set aside
- 4
In a mixing bowl, make a thick paste of all the ingredients under “for the Marinade” including ginger garlic paste, red chilli powder, turmeric powder, black pepper powder, lemon, salt adding a little water
ginger garlic paste(1 teaspoon)red chilli powder - (adjust)(1 tablespoon)turmeric powder (haldi)(1/2 teaspoon)black pepper powder - freshly ground to tastelemon - juiced(1/2)salt - to taste - 5
Coat the spice mixture over the fish steaks well
fish fillet(5) - 6
Set aside for 30-40 minutes
- 7
Heat a frying pan with the oil, add the curry leaves and allow to splutter for a few seconds
coconut oil - for shallow fryingcurry leaves - a few sprigs - 8
Once the curry leaves are spluttered, immediately add the fish fillets, and shallow fry the fish till done and crisp on the outside
fish fillet(5)coconut oil - for shallow fryingcurry leaves - a few sprigs - 9
Flip the fillet to even brown on the other side also
fish fillet(5) - 10
Make sure to fry the fish over medium low heat so that they crisp up
fish fillet(5) - 11
Serve Meen Varuthathu Recipe as an appetiser with Steamed Rice, Kerala Chicken Curry and Snake Gourd Thoran and Paruppu Podi
curry leaves - a few sprigs
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Fish Fry Recipe - Kerala Style Fish Split
A non-veg Kerala Recipes recipe with fish fillet, ginger garlic paste, red chilli powder - (adjust). Ready in 1h 5m, serves 2.
Curated byAditya Nair🇮🇳
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11 steps- 1
To begin making the Meen Varuthathu Recipe - Kerala Style Fish Fry, wash and clean the fish well
fish fillet(5) - 2
Drain off the excess water
- 3
Set aside
- 4
In a mixing bowl, make a thick paste of all the ingredients under “for the Marinade” including ginger garlic paste, red chilli powder, turmeric powder, black pepper powder, lemon, salt adding a little water
ginger garlic paste(1 teaspoon)red chilli powder - (adjust)(1 tablespoon)turmeric powder (haldi)(1/2 teaspoon)black pepper powder - freshly ground to tastelemon - juiced(1/2)salt - to taste - 5
Coat the spice mixture over the fish steaks well
fish fillet(5) - 6
Set aside for 30-40 minutes
- 7
Heat a frying pan with the oil, add the curry leaves and allow to splutter for a few seconds
coconut oil - for shallow fryingcurry leaves - a few sprigs - 8
Once the curry leaves are spluttered, immediately add the fish fillets, and shallow fry the fish till done and crisp on the outside
fish fillet(5)coconut oil - for shallow fryingcurry leaves - a few sprigs - 9
Flip the fillet to even brown on the other side also
fish fillet(5) - 10
Make sure to fry the fish over medium low heat so that they crisp up
fish fillet(5) - 11
Serve Meen Varuthathu Recipe as an appetiser with Steamed Rice, Kerala Chicken Curry and Snake Gourd Thoran and Paruppu Podi
curry leaves - a few sprigs
Rate this recipe
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