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Fried Fish Cutlet

Spicy and delicious cutlet
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Prep Time 45 minutes
Total Time 45 minutes
Cuisine Kerala
Servings 6 people

Ingredients
  

  • 1/2 kg Boneless fish Kingfish or Prawns
  • 2 tbsp Oil
  • 2 nos Onion finely chopped, medium
  • 2 tbsp Ginger chopped
  • 5 nos Green chillies chopped
  • 2 tbsp Curry leaves optional, chopped
  • 1/2 tsp Pepper powder
  • 1 no Potato boiled and mashed, medium
  • Salt As reqd
  • 1 tsp Garam masala
  • 1 or Egg beat well
  • 2 cups Bread crumbs
  • 2 cups Oil

For marinating the fish:-

  • Ginger garlic paste - 1 tsp
  • 1 tsp Pepper powder
  • 1/4 tsp Turmeric powder
  • Salt As reqd
  • 2 tbsp Lime juice

Instructions
 

  • Clean, wash and marinate fish pieces with ginger-garlic paste, pepper powder, turmeric powder, lime juice and salt for half an hour.
  • Shallow fry it in oil and drain it on a tissue paper to remove excess oil. Allow it to cool.
  • Break the fried fish into small pieces using hand and mince these pieces in a mixer (just rotate it for 2 or 3 seconds).
  • :- If we are using prawns, just fry it and mince it in a mixer, no need to break it into small pieces before mincing.
  • Keep the fried and minced fish aside.
  • Heat 2 tbsp of oil in a pan.
  • Add chopped onion, ginger, green chillies and curry leaves and saute well by adding salt.
  • Add mashed potato, pepper powder and garam masala and mix it well with the onion mixture.
  • Add minced fish and mix well.
  • Remove it from fire and allow it to cool.
  • Beat well the eggs by adding little salt.
  • Make balls out of the cutlet mix and shape it into oval shaped cutlets.
  • Dip the cutlets in beaten egg, coat it evenly with bread crumbs and fry it in oil.
  • :- Serve hot with tomato sauce.
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