Spicy Chettinad Fish Fry Recipe

Step 1: To begin making the Chettinad Fish Fry Recipe, wash the seer fish steaks and keep it aside

Step 2: Heat a Tadka pan and dry roast curry leaves, garlic and the spices till a nice aroma is released

Step 3: After the spices cool down, using a Mortar and Pestle to grind these spices by adding a little oil

Step 4: Now add tomato and tamarind along with its soaked water, the ground spices, ginger-garlic paste, turmeric powder, red chilli powder and salt to a Mixer

Step 5: Grind it into a thick paste

Step 6: The paste will be dark brown in colour

Step 7: Check salt, adjust and mix well

Step 8: Smear every seer fish steak with this spicy paste on both sides

Step 9: Be generous while smearing the paste

Step 10: Let it be thick to achieve the spicy Chettinad effect

Step 11: Marinate these steaks for at least 20 minutes

Step 12: After 20 minutes, heat a Non-stick pan for shallow frying

Step 13: Add adequate oil for shallow frying and place the fish steaks on the pan

Step 14: After 5 minutes, carefully flip the fish to the other side on the pan

Step 15: Continue to fry till the fish gets cooked and crisp

Step 16: The fish will appear flaky when it’s cooked

Step 17: Garnish Spicy Chettinad Fish Fry Recipe with lime juice, garnish with lemon wedges and serve hot

Step 18: Serve Chettinad Fish Fry Recipe along with Steamed Rice and Chettinad Paruppu Urundai Kuzhambu to make it a complete meal