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South Indian Masala Fish Fry(Meen)

South Indian Masala Fish Fry
Prep Time 30 minutes
Total Time 30 minutes
Cuisine Tamil
Servings 2 people

Ingredients
  

  • 4 slices Fish you can use any fish, but in this recipe I have used Cat fish
  • 1/2 cup Oil
  • 1 no Onion medium
  • 2 nos Tomatoes
  • Ginger An inch piece
  • 3 nos Garlic pods
  • 1/4 cup Tamarind extract From a lemon sized ball of tamarind
  • 2 tbsp Red chilli powder
  • Salt As reqd
  • 1 tsp Turmeric powder
  • 1 tsp Cumin seeds optional, Jeerakam
  • Coriander leaves A few sprigs

Instructions
 

  • Grind chopped onions, chopped tomatoes, ginger & garlic and few springs of coriander leaves into a fine paste.
  • Add turmeric powder, red chili powder, salt and tamarind water into the paste.
  • :- You can add a little water into the mixture to make it a loose paste. The consistency of the paste should be thin.
  • Add the fish slices into the paste and marinate overnight or you can let it stand in the fridge for atleast 4 hours.
  • Heat oil in a flat pan.
  • Add the marinated fish one by one and cook until it becomes crisp on both sides.
  • :- You can also deep fry the fish but if you want to use less oil in your fish you can just do the step I mentioned above. :- You can just dump some extra masala mixture on top of the fish while you fry.
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