Fish fry – Uncomplicated Cooking

Tilapia Fry

Make a mix, dredge the fish. Spread some flour, pat the fish. Heat the oil, fry it up. For the mix, combine chilly powder, turmeric powder, garlic powder and salt. Rub this all over the fish fillets, let it marinate. Just before frying, coat the fish with all purpose flour and shake off the excess.Continue reading “Tilapia Fry”

Fish Fingers

Party Snack. Make a dry mix with 3 parts of flour (maida) and 1 part of corn flour. Season this with salt, chilly powder, turmeric and anything dry. Add boneless fish fillets cut into finger sized pieces. I used Basa but the same will work with any white fish. With very dry fingers toss theContinue reading “Fish Fingers”

Garam Masala Fish Fry

Most recipes have a little story behind them. In some its a bit of fun and banter. I got fish in the morning. After washing it up, I asked my wife to give me turmeric. She gave me the mixie jar with ground up garam masala. This was just some spices like cumin, cinnamon etcContinue reading “Garam Masala Fish Fry”

Crispy Fried Fish

Fish is yum. Crispy fried fish is super yum. They trick is to have it dry when it gets into hot oil. Cornflour is the easiest way to do that. Pat the fish dry. Marinate it in chilly powder and salt for about 10 – 15 minutes. Pat into corn flour and using very dryContinue reading “Crispy Fried Fish”

Garlicky Pomfret Fish Fry

I find people who don’t like fish as being very fishy…in other words, my cat does not like them. Take a whole garlic. Remove all the pods. Pulse them in a mixie and you have this wet paste that smells awesome. But you can’t really fry anything in it. So we start a balancing act.Continue reading “Garlicky Pomfret Fish Fry”

Red Snapper

One more in my series of recipes that don’t need recipes. I got a beautiful Red Snapper that weighed just a little under 1 kilo. Made slits and rubbed in a paste made with lots of garlic, green chilly and salt. Used a large non stick that has a lid. Heated mustard oil and carefullyContinue reading “Red Snapper”

Seer Fish

I don’t think this needs a recipe because frankly speaking there is none. Make slits on a fish and stuff in pounded garlic, pepper and salt. Shallow fry in mustard oil. Use a spoon to baste the fish as it fries. Enjoy.

Mackerel Fry, The All Time Fav!

I can never get tired of Mackerels and nor will I stop coming up with variations to prepare it. Mackerel. Preferably filleted. Chilly Powder. Turmeric. Rice Flour. Corn Flour. Lemon Juice. Salt. Oil for pan fry. Take a teaspoon of corn flour and rice flour per fillet of fish. Into this add turmeric, chilly powderContinue reading “Mackerel Fry, The All Time Fav!”

Sardines Pepper Fry

By now you will know that I use very few ingredients. This has 4 ingredients. Fresh Sardines. Pepper crushed in a pestle. Mustard Oil. Salt Mix pepper and salt. Add mustard oil to it. Coat the fish with this sticky oil. Heat a pan. Place the fish and let it sizzle away. Cook on lowContinue reading “Sardines Pepper Fry”