Meen Varuthathu (Kerala Style Fish Fry)

Meen Varuthathu (Kerala Style Fish Fry).

You can cook Meen Varuthathu (Kerala Style Fish Fry) using 14 ingredients and 11 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Meen Varuthathu (Kerala Style Fish Fry)

1. Prepare 12 of Pomfret Fillets (Avoli/Paaplet).
2. Prepare 1 sprig of Curry Leaves.
3. It's 2 tbsp of Rice Flour.
4. It's As Required of Coconut / Vegetable Oil for shallow frying.
5. Prepare of For The Marinade :.
6. You need 2 tsp of Coconut Oil / Vegetable Oil.
7. It's 4 of Dry Red Chillies Deseeded.
8. You need 10 of large Garlic Cloves.
9. It's 1/2 ″ of Ginger.
10. You need 1 1/2 tsp of Black Peppercorns.
11. It's 2 tsp of Fennel Seeds.
12. You need 1 tsp of Turmeric Powder.
13. You need 2 tsp of Tamarind.
14. It's to taste of Salt.

Meen Varuthathu (Kerala Style Fish Fry) instructions

1. To make Meen Varuthathu (Avoli/Pomfret Fish Fry), clean and rinse the pomfret well. Drain away all excess water..
2. Discard the unwanted parts and cut it into approximately 1 cm thick fillets..
3. For the marinade, first heat a small pan and add oil to it. Add to it the dry red chillies and roast slightly..
4. Grind it together with the garlic cloves, ginger, black peppercorns, fennel seeds, turmeric powder, tamarind and salt to taste using very little water to get a thick paste..
5. Add the oil, remaining after roasting the red chillies, as well as the rice flour to the marinade..
6. Alternatively, instead of mixing in the rice flour, it can be used for dusting the fish before frying which prevents the spice paste from separating during frying..
7. Rub this marinade on both sides of the pomfret fillets. Keep aside to marinate for about half an hour..
8. To make the fish fry, heat a griddle and add oil to it. When the oil heats up, add the curry leaves and stir..
9. Slowly release each of the marinated pomfret fillets either as they are or after dusting with rice flour, into the hot oil..
10. Reduce the flame to medium and fry well, till both sides of the pomfret are well done and crisp..
11. Serve this delicious Meen Varuthathu with some Meen Moilee and steamed rice and some salad by the side!.

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