Surmai fish fry

Preparation time surmai fish fry-40 minutes
Serving-2 to 3

Ingradients for surmai fish fry:

• Surmai fish(washed)-250 gm(you may use Rohu, Katla or Salmon etc)
• Ginger garlic paste-1 tbsp
• Lemon juice-1 tbsp
• Rice flour-1.5 tbsp
• Fine semolina(rava/sooji)-3 tbsp
• Turmeric powder-3/4 tsp
• Red chilli powder-1 tsp
• Cumin powder-1/2 tsp
• Garam masala powder-1/2 tsp
• Cooking oil-3 tbsp
• Salt-1 tsp or as per taste

Method:

Marination:

• Add lemon juice, turmeric powder, salt and fish in a bowl, mix it properly.
• Mix it in the way that turmeric and salt is applied evenly on each fish slice.
• Cover it and leave it for 10 minutes.

Masala Preparation:

• Take a plate, add turmeric powder, red chilli powder, cumin powder, garam masala powder and salt.
• Add ginger garlic paste, mix it properly( you may add 1 tsp of water to mix it).
• Masala paste is ready.

Fish Preparation:

• Take one fish slice and coat it with prepared masala paste from both sides.
• Repeat the process to coat the remaining fish slices.
• Cover the fish and keep it aside for 20 minutes.
• In a plate, add rice flour and fine semolina, mix it properly.
• Take one masala coated fish slice and coat it with mixture of rice flour and rava from both sides.
• Repeat the process to coat all the fish slices.

Frying Process:

• Heat oil in a pan, once the oil is heated properly, reduce the flame to low.
• Put all the coated fish slices into the pan and fry it for 5-7 minutes on low-medium flame.
• Flip it to fry other side, add few drops of oil, if needed, fry it for 5-7 minutes on low-medium flame.
• Flip it and fry it for one more minute to make it little more crispy, turn off the flame and take it out on the kitchen towel.
• Super tasty surmai fish fry is ready to serve, serve hot with green chutney, lemon and onion slices.