Kerala fish fry

Kerala fish fry Ingredients

Fish (pomphret) : 2
Garlic : 3-4 cloves
Black and green pepper : 1 tbsp
Red chilli powder: 1 tsp
Coriander powder: 2 tsp
Turmeric powder : 1/4 tsp
Coconut grated : 1 tbsp
Curry leaves : few
Rice flour : 2 tbsp
Juice of one lemon
Salt to taste
Oil for shallow frying

Kerala fish fry method

Wash and clean the fish and made deep gushes into it with a sharp knife.
Rub the fish with salt and juice of lemon and leave for 10-15 minutes.
Meanwhile dry roast the peppers and cloves of garlic and pounded them together to a fine mix. Roasted garlic when pounded along with peppers will accentuate the flavour of the dish.
To this add the scraped coconut, turmeric powder, coriander and chilli powder. Mix well to make a paste by adding very little water to it.
Marinate the fish with this spice mix for another 15 minutes . Drop few curry leaves in to it and leave aside.
Dust the fish with rice flour and fry them on smoking hot oil till the fish turns golden brown in color.
Serve the Kerala fish fry with some green salad.