Mangalorean Fish Fry
Mangalorean Fish Fry is a traditional recipe where fish is marinated in a chili based spice mix coated with semolina and then deep-fried.
Ingredients
- ½ kilogram fresh medium size mackeral cut and cleaned
- 1 cup red chili paste* or as required
- ½ cup semolina for coating
- ¼ cup oil for shallow frying
For *Red Chili Paste: (grind together to a smooth dry paste)
- 12 dry red chilies soaked in warm water for 30 minutes
- 10 curry leaves
- 3 cloves of garlic
- 1 tsp roasted cumin
- ¼ tsp roasted methi seeds fenugreek
- 1 tsp salt
- ¼ cup or little more of water
Instructions
- Make fine slits on the fish.
- Apply the chili paste on the fish pieces generously and marinate in it for at least 1 hour.
- Heat a frying pan with oil. Coat marinated fish pieces with semolina and shallow fry on medium low heat for about 20 minutes. (10 minutes on each side)
- Serve hot with rice and dal.
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