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Chettinad Fish Fry Recipe

Name: Fish Fry
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 45 min
Yield: 4 people
Ingredients: 4 Seer fish steaks ( finely sliced); cooking oil (for fry); 1 tomato (chopped); 1 sprig Curry Leaves; 30 grams Tamarind (soaked in 1-2 ); Water (as required); 1 teaspoon Mustard seeds; 8 cloves Garlic (chopped); 1 teaspoon ginger garlic paste; 1 teaspoon Cumin seeds; 1 teaspoon coriander seeds; 1 teaspoon Fennel seeds (Saunf); 10 Whole Black Pepper Corns; 1 teaspoon red chilli powder; 1 teaspoon Turmeric powder; Salt (to taste); 1 teaspoon cooking oil (adjustable); 2 lemon wedges

1 year ago

January 22, 2023

HF Team

Fish Fry

Chettinad fish fry recipe is a delicious and spicy preparation of fish made in the Chettinad region of South India. Chettinad cuisine is known for spicy food which is made using freshly ground masalas.

Course

Side Dish

Cuisine

Chettinad

Keyword

Chettinad Fish Fry Recipe

Prep Time

15 minutes

Cook Time

45 minutes

Servings

people

MetricUS Imperial

Ingredients

4 Seer fish steaks finely sliced
cooking oil for fry

For The Chettinad Masala

1 tomato chopped
1 sprig Curry Leaves
30 grams Tamarind soaked in 1-2
Water as required
1 teaspoon Mustard seeds
8 cloves Garlic chopped
1 teaspoon ginger garlic paste
1 teaspoon Cumin seeds
1 teaspoon coriander seeds
1 teaspoon Fennel seeds (Saunf)
10 Whole Black Pepper Corns
1 teaspoon red chilli powder
1 teaspoon Turmeric powder
Salt to taste
1 teaspoon cooking oil adjustable

To Garnish

2 lemon wedges

Course

Side Dish

Cuisine

Chettinad

Keyword

Chettinad Fish Fry Recipe

Prep Time

15 minutes

Cook Time

45 minutes

Servings

people

MetricUS Imperial

Ingredients

4 Seer fish steaks finely sliced
cooking oil for fry

For The Chettinad Masala

1 tomato chopped
1 sprig Curry Leaves
30 grams Tamarind soaked in 1-2
Water as required
1 teaspoon Mustard seeds
8 cloves Garlic chopped
1 teaspoon ginger garlic paste
1 teaspoon Cumin seeds
1 teaspoon coriander seeds
1 teaspoon Fennel seeds (Saunf)
10 Whole Black Pepper Corns
1 teaspoon red chilli powder
1 teaspoon Turmeric powder
Salt to taste
1 teaspoon cooking oil adjustable

To Garnish

2 lemon wedges

Instructions

To prepare this spicy Chettinad Fish Fry Recipe, wash the seerfish steaks and keep it aside.
Heat a Tadka pan and dry roast curry leaves, garlic and the spices till a nice aroma is released.
After the spices cool down, using a Mortar and Pestle to grind these spices by adding a little oil.
Now add tomato and tamarind along with its soaked water, the ground spices, ginger-garlic paste, turmeric powder, red chilli powder and salt to a Mixer.
Grind it into a thick paste. The paste will be dark brown in colour.
Check salt, adjust and mix well.
Smear every seer fish steak with this spicy paste on both sides. Be generous while smearing the paste. Let it be thick to achieve the spicy Chettinad effect.
Marinate these steaks for at least 20 minutes.
After 20 minutes, heat a Non-stick pan for shallow frying.
Add adequate oil for shallow frying and place the fish steaks on the pan.
After 5 minutes, carefully flip the fish to the other side on the pan.
Continue to fry till the fish gets cooked and crisp. The fish will appear flaky when it’s cooked.
Garnish Spicy Chettinad Fish Fry Recipe with lime juice, garnish with lemon wedges and serve hot with cooked rice, Chettinad Paruppu Urundai Kuzhambu and potato kurma recipe to make it a complete meal.