Kerala Fish Fry(Meen Varuthathu)

Preparation Time: 25 min

Cooking Time: 10 min

Serves: 8

Ingredients measure:-

For Masala:

Kashmiri Red Chilly powder: 2 tbsp

Turmeric Powder : 1 tsp

Small Onion :  2 cups

Pepper: 1 tbsp

Ginger garlic Paste : 2 tbsp,

Salt: to taste

Fish pieces: 1 kg fish sliced as in image(pomfret or Seer fish)

Oil: 1 cup coconut oil

Preparation:-

1)      Grind the items under masala in a mixer.
2)      Marinate the Fish pieces with the grinded masala from the masala mix prepared.
3)      Keep it marinated for 5  mins.
4)      In a earthern pot or kadai, put 1 cup oil and heat the oil.
5)      Slip in the fish pieces, two or three depending on the spacing of kadai.
6)      Deep fry and flip so that both sides get deep fried.
7)      Strain it in a tissue and serve hot.