MACKEREL FRY (fish fry)

MACKEREL FRY

I often fry fish with a tasty aromatic coating. But the coating is applied on a semi-fried fish. If you feel the fried fish smells too fishy, then apply the final coating on the raw fish and fry.

This is a very conventional fish fry except that I have used a bit of roasted sesame and groundnut powder.

INGREDIENTS

Mackerel 4 nos ( or any other fish with or without bones).

Oil for sallow frying

For the marinade

Lemon juice 30 ml

Ginger juice 1 tbsp

Salt and pinch of turmeric

For the coating

Cumin powder 2 tsp heap

Coriander powder 1 tsp heap

Red chili powder 1 tsp or more

Turmeric 3/4^th tsp

Mustard powder 1 level tsp (optional)

 Garlic smashed and chopped fine 2 tsp

Green chili 2 chopped fine

Mustard oil 2 tsp ( in the coating mix)

Roasted sesame 1 heap tsp and roasted ground nut 8 seeds , ground to a paste or powder

Salt

Sugar 1/4^th tsp

Besan 1 tbsp approx. ( as needed for the consistency)

Corn flour 1 tsp level

Rice flour or suji 1 tsp

PROCESS

Clean the fish and make slits

Mix the fish with salt, turmeric, lemon and ginger juice. ( grind ginger and squeeze the juice).

Mix separately the spice powders meant for coating, mix in chopped garlic and green chili, mustard oil, sesame and groundnut paste/powder. Add corn flour and rice flour, add little water so that the dry powders are soaked. Add besan and make thick batter either by adding more besan or water.

Coat each fish with batter so that the slits are filled and nothing is outside the fish surface.

Take oil in a frying pan for sallow fry. Heat oil and fry two or one  fish at a time on slow heat. Flick the fish and fry.

Now apply the coating again on the fried side, so that there is a thick layer of about 3 mm.

Now with a spoon collect the hot oil from the frying pan,and keep sprinkling on the applied coating so that the coating gets solidified

 Reverse the fish and apply the coating to the other side and follow the above procedure .

The frying shall be carried out on low heat so that the fish is done by the time the coating is fried and light brown

Eat as a snack or with hot rice, ghee or butter, green chili.

The chili hot, coating goes well with rice