Chettinad fish-fry

Chettinad fish-fry
  It's a deep fry where the fish is marinated with freshly blended paste. here the ingredients are dry-roasted n blended to make a paste which is also used in the preparation of chettinad fish curry, so the paste can be made in a large quantity for both fish-fry n fish-curry which makes a perfect combo along with steamed rice....c'mon let's have a quick look on the procedure...



Ingredients:


Fish - 20 small sliced pieces .
Garlic - 7 pods.
Shallots - 5-6.
Rice flour - 1 tbsp ( avoids the fish from more absorption of oil when deep-fried).
All-purpose flour / maida - 1 tbsp ( binds the marinated paste with the fish when deep-fried)
Dry curry leaves - 1/2 tsp.
Red color - 1/4 tsp (to give in an extra color)(opt)
Salt - as needed.

Dry-roast ingredients:
Cumin / zeera- 1 tsp.
Fennel seeds / saunf - 1 tsp.
Peppercorns - 15 nos.
Dry red chillies - 4.
Coriander seeds - 1 tbsp.

Method:



=> dry roast cumin seeds, fennel seeds, peppercorns, dry red chillies, coriander seeds n blend it.

=> blend together garlic pods, shallots along with the blended dry powder.

=> shift the blended paste to a blow, add rice flour, all-purpose flour, red color, salt, dry curry leaves n mix well.



=> apply the mix on to the fish n prick it with a fork to make the inner part of the fish to absorb the marinated paste.

=> marinate for 1 hour ( remember, more marination = more taste), this marination can also be done a day before n refrigerated n can be deep fries when needed but preferably use the marinated fish with in  a day.

=> deep - fry the marinated fish , transfer it to an absorbent paper  n enjoy...

Best combo idea 1 - chettinad fish curry, chettinad fish-fry, steam rice n salads.

Best combo idea 2 - chicken biryani ( click on the link for recipe), fish- fry, onion-tomato raitha n salads

Sending this recipe to kirthi's kitchen event - serve it-fried


Comments

  1. wowwww....drooling over here.perfectly done...

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  2. looks wow... i love fish fry..

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  3. Bookmarked to try...yummy looking

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  4. Super tempting fish fry... so authentic too

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  5. First time in your blog !!! Loved your presentation.

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  6. wow meens..looks yummy..fish fry ..a must try

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  7. Very useful for all of my roommates here in Boston...special thanks from Nanda,Saravanan,Chandru

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  8. hi is it ok to not add lemon juice or tamarind while marinaiton? want to try it with prawns because i don't have fish in hand..but your pics forcing me to make me try it right now.. thank you so much

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  9. sure u can try it on as prawns is also a see food and adding lemon eliminates the pungent see smell from see foods but if u want to avoid adding lemon its okey there will be slight different in taste but still tastes good!

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  10. How many kilos of fish is this marination for

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  11. 3/4 kg of sliced or cubed fish requires this measurement for marination but you can + or - the ingredients according to ur taste!

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