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Sunday, October 23, 2011

Fresh water fish fry - Andhra style

We live in Florida where where climate here permits us have a home with a lake view. Every now and then my husband and my son does fishing. So, they have caught a fresh water fish in our lake. I am from Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh and it immediately reminded me of a taste at one of the restaurant, that used to make excellent fish fry, which I wanted to try. It came out really good and I would like to share it with you all.. :)

Ingredients:
Fish - 1 lb
Salt - 1/2 tsp
Turmeric - 3 tbsp
Red Chilli powder - 1 tsp
Ginger garlic paste - 1/2 tsp
Corn flour - 2 tsps
Lemon juice - 1/4 tsp (optional)
Coriander powder /Dhaniya powder - 1/2 tsp
All purpose flour /Maida - 1 tsp
Cilantro - copped fine for garnishing
Onions- 1/4 cup chopped for garnishing
Oil - as needed


Method:
Clean the fishes really good with salt and turmeric. Damp dry the fishes now and put it into a bowl. Add red powder, salt, turmeric, ginger garlic paste, coriander powder, maida, lemon juice (optional),  corn flour and mix well. 
Heat 2 tbsps of oil in a pan for shallow frying. Add the fishes to the pan and let it cook on each side for 5 minutes on medium heat. 


Garnish it with chopped onions and cilantro and serve it.







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