Name: Kuttanadan Seer Fish-Surmai Fish Fry(Meen)
Prep time: 30 min
Total time: 30 min
Ingredients: 250 g Fish (cut into medium sized pieces, Seer fish/Ney Meen); 1 1/4 tsp Pepper (crushed); 1/2 tsp Red chilly powder; 1/2 tsp Chilly flakes; 3/4 tsp Lemon juice; Ginger (garlic paste - 1 tsp); 1/4 cup Curry leaves; Oil (For frying); Salt (As reqd)

Kuttanadan Seer Fish-Surmai Fish Fry(Meen)

Seer Fish/Vanchiram/Arkoli fish pieces are marinated in a mixture of chilly powder, crushed pepper, lemon juice, other ingredients and deep fried with curry leaves

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Prep Time 30

Total Time 30

Cuisine Kerala

Servings people

Ingredients

250 g Fish cut into medium sized pieces, Seer fish/Ney Meen
1 1/4 tsp Pepper crushed
1/2 tsp Red chilly powder
1/2 tsp Chilly flakes
3/4 tsp Lemon juice
Ginger garlic paste - 1 tsp
1/4 cup Curry leaves
Oil For frying
Salt As reqd

Instructions

For preparing kuttanadan fish fry, first pat dry the washed fish pieces.
Take a bowl and combine crushed pepper, chilly powder, chilly flakes, lemon juice, ginger-garlic paste and required salt. If the paste is too dry, add some oil instead of water.
Apply the chilly mixture on the drained fish pieces and marinate for 30 minutes.
Heat oil in a frying pan. Add curry leaves and place fish pieces on top.
Fry fish to a golden brown color. Kuttanadan Seer Fish/Surmai/Vanchiram/Arkoli fish fry, a delicacy of the coastal belt, is ready. Serve hot with fried curry leaves.

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Kuttanadan Seer Fish-Surmai Fish Fry(Meen)