Kilangan Fish Fry/ Kizhanga Meen Varuval

Meen Varuval Kizhanga

This is an basic South Indian fish fry recipe. With very few ingredients traditional home style fish fry is ready in minutes.

Ingredients

Kizhangan Fish( or any small sized fish)- 500gms

Red Chilli powder- 2tsp

Coriander powder- 3tsp

Turmeric powder- 1/2tsp

Salt- 1tsp

Water few tbsp

Oil to shallow fry fishes

Tamilnadu Fish Fry

Method

Cut, clean the fishes and set aside.

Add red chilli powder, coriander powder, turmeric powder, salt and 1 tbsp water to a bowl, mix well to make smooth chilli paste.( if the prepared chilli paste is too thick and little more water). Add the cleaned fishes to the chilli paste and marinate well. Heat oil in a pan to shallow fry the fish pieces, when oil is hot add fish pieces and fry on medium heat until fish pieces are cooked and golden browned on both sides. Serve hot Kilangan Fish Fry with steamed rice, home style fish curry--Click for recipe or with sambar.

Home Style Fish Fry