Fish Fry is a tasty, spicy dish made by marinating fish with spice powders, rice flour and toasting it in a pan or deep frying it. Fish Fry is a great side dish for non-veg meal and can be relished as an appetizer too. Learn to make Fish Fry with step by step pictures.
Mittu loves fish fry and its the only non-veg item she eats. So I have started experimenting fish recipes too. This is basic fish fry that is very simple and easy to make at home.
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About Fish Fry
Fish Fry is made using fish, spice powders, rice flour, lemon juice, salt and oil. First the fish pieces are marinated using the mentioned ingredients and tawa toasted or deep fried. Deep fried fish tastes great but however tawa toasted fish fry also tastes equally good.
This Fish Fry is aromatic, flavorful and tasty that is perfect to go with rice. This fish fry can be made using pomfret fish, seer fish etc. My family loves this with rasam rice the best combination.
Fish Fry is one of the popular order at restaurants. The heat levels are moderate in this recipe, you can alter it according to your taste.
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Fish Fry Ingredients
- Fish – You can use any fish variety you like. I have used seer fish also called as vanjaram in tamil.
- Spice powders – Turmeric powder, red chili powder and coriander powder are added.
- Ginger garlic paste – Ginger garlic paste is added for flavor.
- Rice flour – Rice flour is added to give a crisp texture to the fry.
- Salt – Salt is added for taste.
- Lemon juice – Lemon juice adds a zesty flavor.
- Oil – Oil for deep frying or tawa toasting the fish.
How to make Fish Fry Step by Step
1.Clean fish and wash it well. Set aside. To a wide mixing bowl, add fish along with red chili, turmeric powder, ginger garlic paste, coriander powder, lemon juice, rice flour and required salt. Sprinkle little water and mix it well. Coat the masala on all sides of the fish and marinate for at least for 30 mins. Set aside.
2.Heat oil in a pan or dosa tawa and toast the fish until the fish turns golden red in color. You can alternatively deep fry too.
Serve hot with lemon wedges and onion rings.
Expert Tips
- Adjust spice level according to your taste and preference.
- You can serve fish with raw onions. I love it with tomato sauce.
- Squeeze lemon while serving if you like the tanginess.
- You can even add ginger garlic paste as a add on to the marinade.
- We like fish fries toasted in tawa than the deep fry. Also it avoids fish becoming hard.
Serving and Storage
Fish Fry tastes great with raw onion and lemon wedges. You can marinate the fish pieces and freeze it for about a month. Thaw it, then fry and serve it hot!
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Fish Fry Recipe
Ingredients
- 8 pieces fish
- 1 teaspoon ginger garlic paste
- 1 teaspoon turmeric powder
- 3 teaspoon red chilli powder
- 2 teaspoon coriander powder
- 1 teaspoon lemon juice
- 2 tablespoon rice flour / corn flour
- salt to taste
- oil to fry
Instructions
- Clean fish and wash it well. Set aside. To a wide mixing bowl, add fish along with red chili, turmeric powder, coriander powder, lemon juice, rice flour and required salt. Sprinkle little water and mix it well. Coat the masala on all sides of the fish and marinate for at least for 30 mins. Set aside.
- Heat oil in a pan or dosa tawa and toast the fish until the fish turns golden red in color. You can alternatively deep fry too.
- Serve hot with lemon wedges and onion.
Notes
- Adjust spice level according to your taste and preference.
- You can serve fish with raw onions. I love it with tomato sauce.
- Squeeze lime while serving if you like the tanginess.
- You can even add ginger garlic paste as a add on to the marinade.
- We like fish fries toasted in tawa than the deep fry. Also it avoids fish becoming hard.
Aarthi
wow..yummy fish fry
Chandrani
Fish fry looks yummy.
Reshmi Mahesh
Simple delicious fish fry…
Cham
Unga veettuku naan varen Sharmi. I am great seafood lover but the men in my house hate the smell! Looks superb!
Priti
I like this very much too …looks perfect
Valarmathi Sanjeev
love fish…looks so yumm and mouthwatering.
Kitchen Flavours
Simple and drool worthy recipe…i sometimes add onion and green chilli paste for marination. Try that…you will love it….
faseela
wow….lovely fish fry
Priya
Mouthwatering here..just love this fish fry..
Shilpakiran
feel like having them right now.. so tempting they are .. wow
Priya's Feast
Nethu unga veetu super sunday special meena?? :)…Same pinch,Sharmilee.
Happy Cook / Finla
I love fish like this, but alas hubby and daughter don't like so i have never made at home here, always wait till i go back to india to enjoy these.
ANU
This is my all time Fav! perfectly done!
Usha
Delicious fish fry! My husband & I like fish and especially the the fish that does not require deep frying.
Sukanya Ramkumar
Lovely looking fish fry. My all time fav. We add tamarind extract for marination. YUM! Missing this fish a lot, as this is not widely available at my place.
sangee vijay
Fish Fry looks so spicy and yummy…
Uma
I never cooked indian variety fish till now. But love to cook these kind of fishes. Looks tempting.
Varshini Sudharsan
my god sharmi…this sooooo yummmy… i wanna have rightaway 🙂
Shanavi
Is this sharmispassions ? Or Did I bump into someone else blog ? Literally, I thought u r a vegetarian now I can count for ur NV recipes also.. 🙂 ..Fry looks awesome..My H would hv emptied that plate rt away..
Preety
lovely clicks..
prabavathi
lovely
sucheta dalvi
Dear Sharmi,
My Mother in Law is a goan, she makes fish fry the same way, the only difference is:
1. Use of Lemon is optional,(we generally do not prefer).
2. Ginger-garlic paste gives a good flavor.
3. Coat the marinated fish into plain rawa (take rawa in a bowl and apply on all sides of the marinated fish).
4. Tawa fry the fishes, tastes yummy…please try this way.
mughal29173
lovely simple method
Amu raj
samaika therinjavaluku yella dsamaiyalum super dishadha irukum, all tym fav.a irukum ………..
pf
Very nice recipe………I tried it today ,thank you …….my fish fry always used to be a disaster…..I got lot of appreciation from dear hubby ……can you post mangalore fish curry with coconut …Manju.
Sakthi
Got a wonderful fish fry recipe, tasted very nice..! Thanks Sharmi..