Ingredients:
· 1 kg Fish of your Choice
· salt to taste
· 1 Lemon
· 1spn Turmeric
· 2 tspn Corn flour
· 1 tspn rice powder
· egg ( optional)
· 1 tspn pepper powder ( Optional)
For the marinade:
· 1 firmly packed cup of coriander leaves
· 1-2 sprigs mint leaves (optional)
· 4-5 green chillies
· 1 spn coconut
· 1 inch fresh ginger
· 6-7 cloves of garlic
· 8-9 peppercorns
· 1/4 teaspoon turmeric powder
· 1-1/2 tamarind – adjust to taste
· 9-10 curry leaves
· salt to taste (approx 1 level teaspoon)
Method:
· Clean the fish drain off excess water. Then to a vessel add salt to taste, lemon juice, 1tsp.Turmeric & 1 tsp. pepper powder (Optional) mix it all together and coat the fish evenly.
· Let’s start with masala, Grind all the ingredients mentioned under ‘For the marinade’ without using any water. If you want you can add just 2-3 teaspoons of water just to help grind the mixture. If you add too much water the marinade won’t be thick and will turn watery.
· To a vessel add as much as required ground masala add corn flour, rice flour, salt to taste & 2spn Coconut Oil mix it well.( If you feel the masala is too thick you can add little water / Vinegar.) Once the right consistency is achieved, nicely coat the fish with the masala Marinate the fish in the masala for a minimum of half an hour. We will keep the masala coated fish in refrigerator.
· Heat the tawa on medium high flame. Add the oil as much as required once the oil is hot slide the fish in, fry the fish flip over to cook from other side. Fish should be cooked brown and crisp from both sides. Tilt the pan slightly to drain off excess oil, then carefully remove onto a serving plate.
· Heat oil a frying pan and fry the fish on a medium heat till it is fried on both sides. 6. Garnish with coriander, lime wedges/slices .
